Community Support Specialist - SHERIFF

Department:  SHERIFF

Pay:  $23.75 per hour  

Work Schedule: Monday - Friday , 8am to 5 pm  

Sedgwick County offers a comprehensive benefits package for full-time employees that includes health coverages, paid leave, regular compensation reviews, retirement plans, and professional development opportunities.  For more detailed information, please visit our benefits page at SCBenefits.

Work with law enforcement through a community-based response for families with children in Sedgwick County. Utilize multidisciplinary strategies and responses to effectively addresses cases involving children who have been or are at risk of being a victim of abuse and/or neglect. In addition, completion of intake, follow-up, and outreach appointments.

Based on referral from patrol or other law enforcement officer, make contact with family to complete screenings using motivational interviewing and other best practice techniques. Engage adults and children in mapping what’s going well, worries and engage family’s safety network for stability and resiliency. Provide and promote general health and safety materials such as safe sleep, period of purple crying, early reading benefits and general/ universal primary prevention reinforcement.

Complete and maintain Plans of Safe Care alongside families with infants. Refer families to home visiting, early childhood, youth mentoring, parent skill building, and mental health and substance service providers. Provide support and connections for family to avoid another event with law enforcement. Follow up with patrol or other officers as needed.

Document required data elements for each family seen for data collection, submit data for reports and prepare reports or promotional materials or the community specialist program as needed.

Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree or higher. Must have a valid Kansas Driver’s license and current proof of automobile insurance.

Preferred Qualifications; Master’s Degree or higher. Two or more years of experience.

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