Michelle Whitfield-Stevens

- Supervise a team of Child and Family Specialists daily.
- Ensure all Conference Requests are screened and assigned to a facilitator timely.
- Ensure all Safety and Risk concerns are fully identified and addressed by the Facilitator in the Family Team Conference.
- Maintain fidelity to the Family Team Conference Model/ Utilizing consensus decision making however when appropriate initiating a high-level review process when the conference decision falls
outside of safety and or policy.
- Complete administrative functions including performing area data analysis.
- Coordinate and collaborate with Child Welfare Programs divisions and outside stakeholders including community organizations to support the integrity and purpose of conferencing.
- Attend Inter/Intra-agency meetings to share information and develop policies and procedures

• Facilitate a minimum of three Family Team conferences per day to ensure placement and decisions reflect children services values and principles.
• Prepare Family Team Conference reports and other documentation in a timely manner
• Assess education, health, socialization and progress of child/youth.
• Developed training materials for staff on best practices in protective decision making conferences.

• Attends case conferences and act as a liaison between contract agencies and Administration for Children’s Services
• Assist attorneys with legal research
• Assist attorneys with drafting of supoenas and other legal documents
• Assisting in obtaining court documents, records, and reports from various ACS systems including but not limited to Connections, LTS, ACRES, UCMS

• Conduct a social work assesment of a family during crisis under the supervision of Family Assessment Staff
• Refer families to appropriate long term services
• Document retrieval of previous ACS intervention of families from various ACS databases including but not limited to Connections, LTS, ACRES, UCMS