Job Description

Requisition No: 863774

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: MDT COORDINATOR - 60074697

Pay Plan: Career Service

Position Number: 60074697

Salary: $45,000.02

Posting Closing Date: 11/16/2025

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MDT Coordinator

Multi-Disciplinary Team Coordinator

Department of Children and Families

SunCoast Region

Clearwater, New Port Richey, and Tampa, Florida

Current DCF employees will be compesated in accordance with the DCF salary policy.

This is a professional position responsible for facilitating the collaborative work of multidisciplinary team (MDT) staffings. The position must be able to coordinate and facilitate staffings that may result in competing opinions and recommendations from team members that may include the Department, Community-Based Care Lead Agencies, Case Management organizations, parents, community service providers, and other persons involved in the life of the child for whom the MDT has been convened.

Coordinate and facilitate multidisciplinary staffings in person or remotely and send notifications to all participants who are required to attend.

Actively and professionally mediate disagreement during MDT staffings to ensure effective communication between participating individuals by using conflict resolution and collaborative problem solving to ensure that the child and family remain the primary focus of each MDT staffing;

Assist participants in using the strengths within the family when determining and establishing goals for the child; confirm best interest factors and specific information related to a child 3 years of age or younger are considered during the multidisciplinary staffing pursuant to s. 39.4022, F.S.

Provide notification to the courts through Children’s Legal Services and DCF Regional staff within 48 hours after the conclusion of the staffing when a unanimous consensus could not be reached and prepares written reports, within 5 business days, for the courts outlining the outcome of being unable to reach consensus.

Develop written reports for the courts that outline the overall decisions of the multidisciplinary staffings and the feedback of each individual participant.

Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships with organizations and other agencies involved with child welfare such as community-based care providers, Children’s Legal Services, Guardian ad Litem, schools, clinical professionals, and other community agency resources.

Maintain an organized tracking system to account for multidisciplinary staffings and confirms participation of required attendees.; Documents the outcome of multidisciplinary staffings in the Florida Safe Families Network (FSFN) System.

Review Florida Statutes, DCF Operational Procedures, Administrative Rule and policies. Ensure participants are aware of confidentiality and HIPAA, and identifies potential problems related to case specifics.

Paticipate in ongoing cross-program training, team meetings, and planning.

Other duties as required.

Knowledge, skills and abilities, including utilization of equipment, required for the position: Knowledge in Florida's Practice

Model and Florida’s official electronic system of record, Florida Safe Family Network (FSFN). Experience in Microsoft Office, minimum

of three years of Child Welfare experience, excellent written and oral communication skills; strong interpersonal skills relative to diverse

populations in academic, public health, and community settings. Excellent skills in public speaking, facilitation, and collaborative

problem-solving. Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with multiple competing deadlines. Analytical, decision making, and

organizational skills.

Licensure/registration/certification requirements (If applicable, list the appropriate Florida Statute or federal regulation cite):

Florida Child Welfare Certification

Other job-related requirements for this position: Travel, complete Department approved training in conflict resolution, adoption

competency, motivational interviewing, collaborative problem solving, and program service delivery in Economic Self-Sufficiency and

Substance Abuse and Mental Health.

Working hours: (A) Daily from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm (B) Total hours in workweek 40 (C) Explain any variation in work (split shift, rotation, etc.)

The State of Florida is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Affirmative Action Employer, and does not tolerate discrimination or violence in the workplace.

Candidates requiring a reasonable accommodation, as defined by the Americans with Disabilities Act, must notify the agency hiring authority and/or People First Service Center (1-866-663-4735). Notification to the hiring authority must be made in advance to allow sufficient time to provide the accommodation.

The State of Florida supports a Drug-Free workplace. All employees are subject to reasonable suspicion drug testing in accordance with Section 112.0455, F.S., Drug-Free Workplace Act.

VETERANS’ PREFERENCE. Pursuant to Chapter 295, Florida Statutes, candidates eligible for Veterans’ Preference will receive preference in employment for Career Service vacancies and are encouraged to apply. Certain service members may be eligible to receive waivers for postsecondary educational requirements. Candidates claiming Veterans’ Preference must attach supporting documentation with each submission that includes character of service (for example, DD Form 214 Member Copy #4) along with any other documentation as required by Rule 55A-7, Florida Administrative Code. Veterans’ Preference documentation requirements are available by clicking here All documentation is due by the close of the vacancy announcement.