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Job Opportunities

Hillsborough Kids, Inc. is a Drug Free Workplace.

With Hillsborough Kids, Inc. you will be on the road to exciting professional challenges and opportunities. You will find that we offer competitive salaries, excellent benefits, and a rewarding environment.

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Current HKI Job Opportunities:

Administrative Assistant-Licensed Care

Location: 9309 N. Florida Avenue, Tampa, FL 33612

Summary: This position is responsible for administrative support of all areas and positions within the Licensed Care department. Responsibilities include:

  • Order supplies
  • Maintain conference room reservations as needed
  • Scan and copy information as requested
  • Send mail, faxes, and packages as needed
  • Answer phones in a professional manner, take messages as needed, and ensure any emergency is communicated to the appropriate person
  • Gather all weekly bed availability reports from licensing agencies and distribute to appropriate parties
  • Track the placement and movement of children in licensed care to include disruptions and safety plans as well as other requested tracking
  • Maintain Comprehensive Behavioral Health tracking form
  • Ensure information and data is correct by daily review of Placement dashboard on Kids Direct, FSFN, and ICWSIS. Work with the Hillsborough Kids team to ensure any incorrect data is corrected.
  • Reconcile Hillsborough Kids monthly intake data with HCSO monthly intake data
  • Ensure HKInet is kept accurate and organized.
  • Distribution of waiver and change of capacity requests to licensing agencies when appropriate.
  • Attendance at any requested meetings and distribution of minutes.

Qualifications: High school diploma or general education degree (GED); and three months related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have a strong knowledge of Microsoft Outlook, PowerPoint, Excel and Word software.

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Client Trust Fund Specialist

Location: 9309 N. Florida Avenue, Tampa, FL 33612

Summary: This position is responsible for the care of Social Security funds and expenditures on behalf of the children in Foster Care. Responsibilities include:

  • Prepares and maintains Master Trust files by individual child.
  • Processes SSA applications for eligible children.
  • Processes and tracks requests for funds from the CTF.
  • Maintains computer records for both HKI Kids Page and FAST in a timely manner.
  • Reports on a monthly basis the children nearing their asset limit of $2,000.00 to care managers.
  • Reports on a monthly basis the outstanding receipts to care managers.
  • Perform monthly analysis and the interest spread as required by Social Security regulations.

Qualifications: Associate's degree (A. A.) or equivalent from two-year college or technical school; and two years related experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have knowledge of Outlook, Excel, Microsoft Word, and Great Plains accounting software.

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Psychiatric, Registered Nurse

Status: This is a temporary, contracted position for 90 days, 20 hours per week, pending further assessment of the hours needed to meet the training demands and duties that the nurse may perform.

Location: 9309 N. Florida Avenue, Tampa, FL 33612

Summary: This position will provide training and oversight for licensed foster families in Hillsborough County, Tampa, Florida. The position may require assistance in other areas of the system of care for children who have been adjudicated dependent by the Juvenile Court and placed in licensed care. Other duties may include caseworker staff training and counseling assistance for the caregiver related to behavior management of the children prescribed these psychotropic medications.

Qualifications: Masters degree in psychiatric-mental health nursing through an accredited program (AACN or NLN) and a minimum of two years experience working with children and youth in a social services or public health setting; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

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Please submit your resume via email employment@hillsboroughkids.org or fax to
(813) 549-1121 attention Human Resources.

An Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE)

For additional career opportunities with our community partner agencies, please follow the links below:

Camelot Community Care

Children's Home, Inc.

Children's Home Society, Inc.

Devereux Florida

Everyday Blessings

Family Enrichment Center

Gulf Coast Jewish Family Services, Inc.

Mental Health Care, Inc.

Youth and Family Alternatives

 
 

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