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You will be updated with latest job alerts via emailCandidate Must Be Local Local candidates onlymust be within a 2 hour drive from Hartford CT.
Selected candidates will be required to work onsite 20% of the time. Please review SOW thoroughly as this is for Child Welfare Experts to work in the capacity of Product Owners and/or Product Managers in a hybridagile environment.
Candidate must be a US Citizen or a Permanent Resident
2. PROJECT/SYSTEM/PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The Department of Children and Families is in the process of replacing their current system LINK in order to comply with the federal rules for a Comprehensive Child Welfare Information System (CCWIS) herein referred to as CTKIND (Kids Information Network Database) federal reimbursement and to update the technology used by agency staff to promote efficiency and improve family outcomes. The CTKIND Project Team is a collaboration of Business technical and vendor staff who are in the process of system planning design development testing conversion implementation and initial maintenance related to the replacement of LINK with CTKIND. This work will allow Connecticut to continue work associated with the states expansion of the human services modernization effort of leveraging technical infrastructure and existing enterprise service infrastructure for integration with CTKIND and the sunsetting of LINK. The agency is currently committed to developing the next generation CCWIS and has invested significant resources to ensure that Connecticut has efficient economic and effective tools to aid our Child Welfare Staff Providers and the children and families of CT.
The agency exited a federal consent decree in 2022 and there are currently a number of initiatives that will help support sustaining the progress and achievements made by DCF. DCF is shifting to a prevention framework under the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) and has also developed a CT Child Safety Practice Model. The project is using a hybrid version of the Scaled Agile Framework for enterprises (SAFe) agile methodology for development efforts.
DCF works in collaboration with the Department of Administrative Services (DAS) Bureau of Information Technology Solutions (BITS) who provide technical expertise and services as well as an information systems infrastructure to the agency and its roughly 3000 employees. DCF IS strives to improve continually improving technology services that are costeffective and of the highest effectiveness and quality.
3. SCOPE OF WORK
The candidate will serve in the capacity of a Product Owner/Product Manager (Business Analyst/Child Welfare Expert) collaborating with the technical and business staff on the CTKIND Project in support of business processes for CTKIND. This will require the candidate to analyze and complete documentation for CTKIND in the area of child welfare; work collaboratively with the technical staff regional and central office staff and community partners including the Judicial System; participate in LEAN events to map out business processes to streamline and reduce inefficiencies; assess business readiness and participate in organizational change management activities; coordinate with social work staff for system development and design; assistance with training plans for new development; coordinate closely with internal and external users; and may assist in testing training plans communications and business readiness plans.
The candidate may also be required to analyze and document policy/practice changes and work with the policy and/or change management division at DCF; participate in time studies in preparation for caseload weighting changes in the new system; and assist in documentation for vendor procurement and federal compliance/reimbursement.
Specifically the candidate will be responsible for working with the team to ensure any new development meets the business needs and criteria necessary for Child Welfare staff including but not limited to:
Specific Services Required:
In the role of the Child Welfare Expert the following services are required:
REQUIRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
For this position the candidate shares experience and intelligence in the field of child welfare/human services with the team to plan and accomplish goals elicit customer/business feedback as well as a participation in trainings. In addition the agency requires an experienced professional demonstrating the following knowledge and skills:
4. ADMINISTRATIVE CONSIDERATIONS
Work Schedule: 3040 hours per week Monday Friday 8 AM 5 PM. Hybridremote schedule. Selected candidates will be required to work onsite 20% of the time.
Full Time