January 17, 2024

Available Trainings from YWCA South Florida

Supervisors: Leading your Organization with SEW

This YWCA South Florida training equips executives, leaders, and supervisors with savvy tips to boost Social-Emotional Wellness in their organization. Dive into values, workplace policies, culture, communication, and structural changes. With workplaces in constant flux, flexibility is key. The YWCA South Florida is here to inject your toolkit with practical ideas, guiding you to champion the social-emotional wellness of your colleagues. Please register in Trust Academy LMS below:

Supervisors: Promoting SEW through Storms and Difficult Seasons

Tailored for supervisors and executives, this training is your playbook through organizational storms. Leadership in recent tough times requires a strategic guide. Discover techniques to lead your team through challenges while emphasizing social and emotional wellness. Whether it's high turnover, workplace trauma, or complex tasks, your leadership molds the team's social and emotional outcome. Click below to register:

Staff: Leading Up and Out with Social and Emotional Wellness

Fuel your leadership evolution! Join YWCA South Florida training to amplify strengths, identify growth areas, and nurture others for organizational wellness. In the dynamic workplace, be flexible in "leading up and out." Unveil practical strategies for the next step in your evolution, championing social and emotional wellness. Please register in Trust Academy LMS below:

Ending the Silence for Providers Mental Health Training

Ending the Silence for Staff is now available for providers of The Children's Trust through Trust Academy. It is a mental health intervention and education program, specifically for staff working with youth and families. The program is evidence-informed and focuses on increasing knowledge about mental health warning signs. The training takes place Jan. 25, from 10-11:30 a.m. Please register or log in to Trust Academy LMS to join by using the link below.

Strategic Communications Planning: 90-Minute Virtual Refresher

Join this 1.5-hour virtual refresher! Tailored for senior communications leaders, this confidential roundtable sparks fresh ideas and strategies to tackle organizational challenges. Learn, share, and seek support in managing diverse stakeholders. Walk away with the tools to navigate tough communications challenges, balance priorities amid daily demands, and emerge as the bold, unapologetic trusted advisor your organization craves. Click below to sign up:

Strategic Communications Planning: 4-Hour Intensive Workshop

Unleash your communication powers! Join this four-hour intensive workshop for mid-level professionals. Craft strategic PR plans that captivate stakeholders and inspire action. Engage in interactive exercises, troubleshoot with peers, and learn to thrive in the current landscape. Walk away with a blueprint to deepen relationships, boost fundraising, and propel your mission forward. Please register in Trust Academy LMS below:

Innovation Fund Grants Coming in February

An Invitation to Negotiate (ITN) will fund multiple entities, for up to $1,000,000, for innovative ideas and program designs that address existing community needs and have not previously been implemented in our community. The Trust is seeking to fund innovative projects that test new ideas that address existing community needs and have not been previously implemented in our community. Successful proposals will demonstrate invention, theoretical reason for success and courage to explore uncharted territory. The tentative release date is February 2024. Click below for more information:

Leadership Academy 2024 - Application is Open!

Are you ready to take your leadership skills to the next level? Join Leadership Academy, a 9-month program that includes live subject matter expert-designed sessions and peer groups! The Academy is a professional development program for supervisory-level leaders to move to the next level of personal and professional growth. Applications are open through March 11. More information below:

Advocacy Network on Disabilities Trainings *

Get the new year off to a great start! Join AND for one of its live in-person or live virtual trainings.

1/26/24 Live In-Person Training - Naranja Community Resource Center, 13955 SW 264th St, Homestead, 33032 10:00-11:30 a.m. Let’s Play Together: Practical Solutions for Adapting Recreational Activities Table games, sports activities, arts and crafts – come ready to play, and to learn some easy-to-implement adaptations so all children can participate. Find out about universal design and how it levels the playing field for all. 

1/30/24 Live In-Person Training – Urban League of Miami, 8400 NW 25th Avenue, Miami, FL 33147 10:00-11:30 a.m.

Do you have questions about behaviors of children with disabilities in your afterschool program? This interactive training will help you understand challenging behaviors, why the behaviors may occur and provide classroom strategies to help you manage the behaviors. Includes an overview of ADHD and ODD as well as helpful charts for tracking behavior and rewarding positive behaviors. 

1/30/24 Live Virtual Training –. Zoom 10:00-11:30 a.m. An Administrator’s Overview of the Americans with Disabilities Act

Are you an Administrator, site director, or the person responsible for your organization meeting its legal obligations under the ADA? Join us to be sure you are up to date on enrollment eligibility, reasonable accommodations, policies and procedures, and more.

To register for any of these offerings, visit https://collabornation.net/login 

or go to https://trustcentral.org and click on the Trust Academy link

Also available at your site: Coaching, Technical Assistance, and help working with an individual child or youth. training@advocacynetwork.org

children can participate. Find out about universal design and how it levels the playing field for all. 

Upcoming Virtual Training Opportunities for Youth Development Providers

Thinking and Doing Basics

January 23, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.

Creating a balance of thinking and doing learning activities within your after-school schedule can increase both the enjoyment and the learning outcomes for the children in your program. Participants will learn to identify and create opportunities within any activity to provide children with a chance to think and do and will return to their site ready to implement new ideas and concepts.

Please register for these trainings on Trust Academy LMS. Once registered, you will receive an email with the Zoom link and additional handouts and information one business day before the training. Space is limited.

Creating a Nurturing Learning Environment Peer Learning Group *

Starting on February 1

This peer learning series will give K-5 Youth Development (YD) staff the opportunity to reflect on ways to create nurturing learning environments that are supportive, interactive, and engaging. Participants will share the strategies and resources they rely on to create these environments and nurture children's physical, academic, social, and emotional development.

In this initial orientation session, participants will set intentions for the peer learning series and then share the challenges, solutions and common experiences involved in creating a nurturing learning environment.

Once registered on the Trust Academy LMS, you will receive an email with the Zoom link and additional handouts and information one business day before the session.

Upcoming UM Team COACH Trainings

Attention parenting providers! Do you have skills you want to learn, questions you want answered or communities you want to build? Well then check out the UM Team Coach supports that we offer! We are the home for you!

Communities of Practice: Join a community where Parenting Providers support one another, share best practices and deepen their knowledge. CoPs are held virtually the first week of every month.

Online Courses: These training courses can be accessed through Trust Academy and completed on your own schedule. The following are just a few of the courses offered:

• Promoting Father Involvement in Parenting Programs
• A Practical Guide to Enhancing Your Program’s Recruitment Efforts
• Helping Caregivers Overcome Anxiety in Parenting Programs
• Helping Caregivers Overcome Depression in Parenting Programs
• Caregiver Mental Health Series: Addressing Trauma in Parenting Programs

Support for ALL Providers

Online Courses: These training courses can be accessed through Trust Academy and completed on your own schedule.

• Identifying your Strengths and Boosting your Wellbeing
• Defining Your Problems and Enhancing Your Perspective Taking
• Your Guided Path to Generating, Evaluating, Implementing and Troubleshooting Solutions
• Developing Your Guided Path to Wellness: Thoughts, Feelings, and Behavior

Coaching and Consultation: Parenting providers, we are here directly for your individualized needs! If you are interested in coaching or consultation, please click here to complete our coaching request form.

Hundreds of kids and teens in Miami-Dade and Monroe counties are in need of safe, loving homes through no fault of their own due to abuse, neglect and/or abandonment. Citrus Family Care Network is looking for people who want to change the life of a child. Open your home and your heart, "Become a Foster Parent."



For more information call 1.855.786.KIDS (5437), or Kimberly Lopez at 786.562.8758, email klopez@citrusfcn.com, or visit:

FREE Family to Family Program From NAMI Miami-Dade *

NAMI Miami-Dade's Family to Family Mental Health Educational Program is a free, 8-session virtual program for family, significant others and friends of people with mental health conditions. The program starts Monday, January 22, and is held every Monday and Wednesday from 6-8:30 p.m.. Register below:

Free Nuts & Bolts of Grants Event: Day of Learning from Miami Dade College

Registration is open for the Nuts and Bolts of Grants: Day of Learning. This free event features workshops on grant development topics and a keynote speaker. Attendees will be able to participate in a Funder’s Panel with representatives from local grantmaking organizations. Breakfast and lunch will be provided. Register below:

FREE Youth Mental Health First Aid Training From Hope for Miami

YMHFA course aimed to increase understanding of mental health by educating individuals about the onset of mental health problems & addictions as well as helping recognize the early signs of mental health problems amongst the youth. This free training will be held on January 31, at Thriving Mind, 7205 Corporate Center Dr., Suite 200, Miami, FL 33126, from 9 a.m.-4:30 p.m. Please email below for registration details.

Survey for Peers, Family Members and Mental Health Professionals on Step Theory

The Florida Mental Health Advocacy Coalition created a survey for peers, family members and mental health professionals to collect direct experiences people have had with step therapy. Feedback from this survey will aid the National Alliance on Mental Illness Miami-Dade in its advocacy for mental health. Take survey below:

Change the Life of a Child in Foster Care; Serve on a Citizen Review Panel

Florida Foster Care Review, which advances the safety, stability and success of abused and neglected children, youth and young adults by connecting them to essential services, healthy relationships and forever families, seeks caring community members to volunteer 1 weekday a month for a minimum of 1 year to serve on its Citizen Review Panel (CRP); volunteers must be at least 25 years old. The CRP reviews active, judge-referred child welfare court cases. Reviews are currently conducted virtually.

Available Positions at The Children's Trust

Program Manager - $55,968.20 Annual

This professional position will support the Programs Management Team in implementing strategies that foster collaboration among internal and external stakeholders to ensure services are delivered in accordance with The Children’s Trust standards and latest evidence-based practices. S/he is responsible for utilizing change management, knowledge, skills, and behaviors to promote continuous quality improvement throughout the assigned contracts and projects. This person will be assigned a caseload of contracts and may serve as initiative/project lead. The attached exhibits include additional responsibilities for the Program Manager leading our Metrics and PPD efforts. Experience working with System-Involved Youth or implementing similar programming is strongly preferred. 

Business Controller - Starting $120,000 Annual

The Business Controller is responsible for overseeing the financial operations of The Children's Trust. This includes, but is not limited to, the supervision of the work performed by the Accountants, Senior Accounting Analysts, Accounting Operations Manager and Fiscal Data Integrity Analyst of The Children’s Trust in accordance with The Children’s Trust (The Trust) procurement and accounting policies and procedures, Generally Accepted Principles (GAAP), regulations promulgated by the Governmental Accounting Standards (GASB) and Government Auditing Standards. As directed by the Finance Director, the Business Controller will be engaged in key functions such as planning, managing, monitoring and evaluating the fiscal activities and functions of The Trust and its service providing organizations to ensure that daily and long term financial activities and controls are created and maintained to achieve organizational objective and safeguard assets.

Research & Evaluation Analyst (Early Childhood and/or Family Support Services) - $55,968 - $58,468 Annual

The Research & Evaluation Analyst is a critical member of both cross- and inter-departmental teams at The Children’s Trust who engages in proactive problem-solving and critical thinking/analysis related to the design and effectiveness of various child, youth and family services. Primary responsibilities include: contributing to effective program and systems designs for The Children’s Trust’s priority investments in child, youth and family services; designing and maintaining sound data collection tools and systems to capture meaningful program, operational and community data in a user-friendly, accessible manner; and analyzing and making meaning from available data to tell our stories using compelling visualizations and reports, with an intentional focus on the specific audience and purpose of the message.

Available Positions at Miami Music Project *

Grants & Development Manager *

Miami Music Project is hiring a Grants & Development Manager to join its amazing team! Please click the link below to apply and follow the instructions:

Senior Manager of Program Operations *

Miami Music Project is hiring a Senior Manager of Program Operations to join our amazing team! Please click the link below and follow the instructions on how to apply:

Career Opportunities at Family Central *

Family Central is hiring! The organization offers competitive salaries and a generous benefits plan. Full-time and part-time opportunities include: nurturing coach, family consultant, benefits enrollment specialist, school readiness parent educators / HIPPY, preschool teacher, assistant teachers, early childhood mental health consultant, and Early Head Start mental health consultant. For more details and to apply, please visit link to website below: https://familycentral.applicantpro.com/jobs/

7 Heaven Learning Center Hiring Early Head Start Teacher

Teachers are responsible for the establishment, maintenance and management of classroom activities, and for providing those services necessary to meet the requirements of the Early Head Start Program. Requirements: High school diploma, ability to work 20-40 hours a week, Monday - Friday. Must have a CDA or FCCPC or equivalent valid CPR certificate. Must have 45 hours of DCF and be eligible to work in the United States. Must pass background screening.

Available Positions at Breakthrough Miami

Assistant Site Director

The Assistant Site Director (ASD) is responsible for the efficient and effective delivery of programs and services that most directly affect Breakthrough Miami Scholars and families. An ASD oversees campus or site logistics, unpaid student volunteers and some stipended positions, such as Teaching Fellows. As an ambassador of the program, the ASD builds supportive relationships with students, parents, schools, the community and other stakeholders to ensure the academic and socio-enrichment success of all Breakthrough Scholars. 

The individual in this role is organized, self-motivated and collaborative, with strong communication skills and the ability to work in a fast-paced environment.

Development Director

The Development Director will support the advancement functions of the organization, including building, cultivating, soliciting and stewarding a portfolio of donors for annual and multi-year gifts. The Director will focus on growing corporate giving. Responsibilities will include direct fundraising, fundraising activities coordination, stewardship and advancement-related administrative support in order to strengthen our work with donors and partners, thereby advancing mission, programs and impact. 

The successful candidate will be authentically committed to mission, and be a strategic, flexible, and positive thinker responsible for direct fundraising.

For more detailed information on any of the jobs listed for Breakthrough Miami, please visit the Breakthrough Miami Careers page.  

How to apply: Please send a cover letter and resume to the attention of Nicole Gray, Business Manager at careers@breakthroughmiami.org.

Available Positions at Miami-Dade County Public Schools

Clerical Position

Full-time position to provide varied secretarial, accounting and organizational work. Provide services for administrators and schools that is necessary for the operation of organization. Employee should be organized, self-directed, display independent initiative and judgement as it relates to job assignments. Qualifications: High School Diploma.

Academic Interventionist

Professional needed who can assist students with their academic assignments and support them with completion of homework assignments. Interventionist will support students at risk of falling behind in their academic studies. Academic interventionist may assess instructional materials and technology and analyze student needs to address academic challenges. Academic interventionist will work with team to assist students in hospital setting who require instructional support.

School Psychologist

Immediate part-time and full-time openings for school psychologists, with increased hourly rate for summer employment. Applicants must have experience working with children and possess either a current certificate in school psychology from the Florida Department of Education or be licensed as a psychologist through the Florida Department of Health. Candidates should send a cover letter, résumé and copy of their state certificate or license to link below.