January 10, 2024

Available Trainings from YWCA South Florida *

Mindful Movement Kick-Off Training *

Embark on a transformative journey with the YWCA of South Florida during its Mindful Movement Kick-Off session on January 16 at 4 p.m., streaming live on YWCA South Florida's Instagram (@YWCASF). Immerse yourself in an exploration of strategies that not only foster mindfulness but also elevate your social and emotional well-being. This event promises an interactive and dynamic kickoff to your 2024, providing you with invaluable best practices to nurture your holistic health. Don't miss this opportunity!

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 Courses

New! Getting to Know Me 6th-12th: The Getting to Know Me form for students in 6th -12th grade is a valuable tool to help you learn about your students. This course will help you gain knowledge of the use and value of the Getting to Know Me form by identifying and addressing any strengths and interests and addressing needs or challenges related to a student’s participation in your program. We will also review how to access the form through your Inclusion Specialist or our website.

Help your staff plan ahead for an exciting new year and register for this Live In Person Training at Naranja Community Center from 10-11:30 a.m, on January 26. Let’s Play Together: Practical Solution 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. 

Upcoming Virtual Training Opportunities for Youth Development Providers

Thinking and Doing Basics (NEW!)

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.

New Courses and Resources from Project RISE Available on Trust Academy LMS

Project RISE recently launched two new courses for Youth Development providers and created a new resource to assist with the implementation of Differentiated Literacy Instruction.

Effective Literacy Instruction: Representation Matters

In this course, you will learn why creating inclusive literacy activities will improve the learning outcomes of the children in your program and how to incorporate representation to deepen the level of children’s engagement and understanding using the tools and strategies learned in the Introduction to Effective Literacy Instruction and Applying Effective Literacy Instruction Strategies courses.

Manejo de Comportamientos Desafiantes (K-5)

[Managing Challenging Behaviors (K-5) (Spanish)]

¿Necesitas ayuda para manejar comportamientos desafiantes en tu programa? Este curso te ayudará entender por qué los niños se portan mal, tener una visión general de los ABCs del comportamiento, y aprender estrategias que incluyen responder adecuadamente a la conducta no deseada, ignorar activamente, y las consecuencias efectivas para ayudar a los niños a volver al comportamiento deseado. Tomar el curso de Introducción al Manejo del Comportamiento antes de este curso es recomendable.

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.

Recruitment, Outreach & Creating Support Networks: This CoP is held on the first Thursday of each month. The next CoP will be held on Thursday, January 11, from 10-11 a.m. Click here to sign up or log in to Trust Academy!

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 we offer:

• 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 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:

New NAMITalks: Ending the Silence for Families *

Starting in 2024, NAMI Miami-Dade County will be introducing its new program: NAMITalks. Join them for their first NAMITalks with their Youth Programs Coordinator Saliyha Webb on Thursday, January 11 at 6 p.m. on ZOOM to learn more about our FREE Ending the Silence for Families Mental Health Presentation. Attendees will also be able to hear from one of our presenters with lived experience. 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:

Cutler Bay Community Fund Mini-Grants Available for Nonprofits

The Town of Cutler Bay established the Community Fund to improve the quality of life of the town’s residents. The Community Fund supports only nonprofit organizations that help, assist, and serve the citizens and/or community of the Town of Cutler Bay. Grant awards: $500 - $2,500. Priority areas: education, environment, culture, social services, and other philanthropic activities. Grant cycle deadline is March 15.

Latinos in Finance Program

This program at the Overtown Youth Center offers training focused on financial literacy and enhancing skills and knowledge that would prepare you for a career in banking. The program is six weeks and sessions will be held two evenings each week throughout the program. Participants would be exposed to different types of banking careers, how the bank operates with personal finance, the importance of customer service in the banking industry and other financial services provided by a bank. If you would be interested, please contact Pamela V by email 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.

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.

Employment Opportunities at Jewish Community Services of South Florida *

Jewish Community Services is hiring for several positions: Licensed Clinical Supervisor, Chief Development Officer and Director of Senior Services. For further details and to apply please follow the link below:

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.