Fellowship Student Coordinator

Job Title: Social Program Specialist (Fellowship Student Coordinator)
Requisition #: 704010- 01092025
Primary Location: Ohio-Franklin County-Columbus
Work Location: 855 W. Mound Street, 43223
Bargaining Unit/Exempt: Bargaining Unit
FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Job Type: Full-Time, Temporary (Grant Funded), 40 Hours
Schedule: Monday-Friday, 8am-5pm
Minimum Starting Salary: $ 24.17 per hour (grant funded opportunity and salary cannot exceed grant allocation)
Number of Openings: 1
Posting Start Date: 01/09/2025
Posting Close Date: 01/19/2025 at end of business/5:00pm EST*

How to Apply:

Email your updated resume to fccshr@fccs.us.
*Submissions received after the Posting Close Date will not be considered.

Who We Are:

Franklin County Children Services (FCCS) is a large, metropolitan child welfare agency with more than 300 caseworkers and 400 support staff members dedicated to child protection and family stability. FCCS believes in investing our time and resources to attract and hire an engaged, talented, and diverse workforce that is committed to protecting children by strengthening families.

What You Will Do – Essential Duties and Responsibilities:
Employee is under administrative direction from the Social Program Developer; plays a pivotal role in providing training, mentoring and support to Fellowship Students within the 21 counties in the Southwest Region of the Child Protective Services Fellowship Program. The Student Coordinator will build relationships with students and counties creating a supportive environment and work together to achieve program goals of providing job readiness skills to students for employment.

Program Oversight

• Schedule regular virtual check-ins with students/supervisors for an update of their activities in the program and to give guidance and support.
• Type reports of meetings and maintain Fellowship files.
• Review case reports sent by students and provide feedback based on rules, policies, and best practices.
• Send updates on check-ins to assist in any potential changes to the program.
• Agency site visits, when needed, to provide support to students in-person.
• Conduct at least 1 on site visit with students during their program.
• Hold 1 in person meeting with all students together.
• Update Fellowship Teams channel with new forms/information.
• Update monthly stats report with offboarding and current students.
• Update Fellowship Student Coordinator tracking excel form with trainings, check-ins, orientation, offboarding dates and reasons, hiring of FTE, other employment, etc.

Recruitment:

• Assist with screening phone calls for Fellowship referrals. (The Recruiter and SC monitor new applicants and screen applicants.)
• Track applicants’ status.
• May assist with attending career fairs in their district.SC may assist with speaking engagements at colleges and universities in own district.
• Provide recruitment and program information to colleges and universities.
• May assist counties with the interview process if requested.
• May assist with VR Goggle experience if requested.
• Participate in recruitment meetings.
• Onboarding Fellowship Students:
• Send Welcome email/packet to new students/counties. This includes all onboarding paperwork and information.
• Schedule initial onboarding meeting with students/counties within first week
• Schedule follow up check-in after 1 month.
• Ensure student is enrolled in LMS/CAPS and registered for the appropriate trainings.
• Coordinate, schedule and present Fellowship Orientation presentation with all new Fellows.

Offboarding Fellowship Students:

• Assist agencies with the offboarding process.
• Conduct final check-in meeting.
• Gather/review final forms and assessments, send Exit Interviews, and send FTE plaques as applicable.
• Send copies of Exit Interviews for management to review.

Meetings:

• Meetings with Program Manager and/or Director, as needed.
• Meetings with Administrators/Supervisors quarterly, as needed.
• Attend Directors Conference
• Attend PCSAO Conference
• Work the sponsor table at conferences.

LMS/CAPS:

• Receive required training for CAPS/LMS Producer, if needed to attend instructor-led CW Core sessions.
• Provide regular support to students and counties as needed, including assisting with CW Core questions and technical assistance for instructor-led trainings.
• Be available to attend instructor-led trainings if needed.
• Track students training.
• Schedule transfer of learning sessions after each instructor-led block is completed.

What We Offer You:

• Hiring Bonus up to $1,500
• Quality benefits including low-Cost Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Generous Vacation, Sick and Personal leave accruals along with 11 paid holidays
• Retirement Pension through the Ohio Public employment Retirement System
• 457(b) retirement savings plan through Ohio Deferred Compensation
• No Cost Life Insurance Coverage up to $50,000
• Tuition Reimbursement
• EAP Program
• 7.25% increases in your first year
• Personal and Financial Wellness opportunities through the Franklin County ThriveOn Program
• More!

What you bring to the role:

• Completion of undergraduate major program core requirements in social or behavioral science plus 12 mos. exp. in delivery of social services, or completion of graduate major program core requirements in behavioral or social science, excluding taking of comprehensive examination or writing thesis, plus 6 mos. exp. delivering social services.

What we hope you bring to the role:

• Master’s degree in social work or related training field; several years of related work experience.
• Experience with full cycle recruitment and experience with training.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

• None

ADA Statement: Ohio is a Disability Inclusion State and strives to be a model employer of individuals with disabilities. Franklin County Children Services is committed to providing access and inclusion and reasonable accommodation in its services, activities, programs, and employment opportunities in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) and other applicable laws.

Job-specific Physical Requirements:

• Ability to operate standard office equipment in the performance of job functions (e.g. telephone, calculator, printer, scanner, microfiche, computer, copying machine, automobile).
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer.

What is the Work Environment Like?

• Typical office environment.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.