Job Description:
Cayuga Centers is hiring immediately for Compliance Specialists
Location: Miami, Florida
Pay: $55,000-$65,000/annually
About Cayuga Centers
Cayuga Centers is an accredited non-profit, human services agency
dedicated to family support and preservation, trauma-informed care,
and serving vulnerable populations with the most unique needs. Founded
in 1852 in Auburn, NY, we have a long history of delivering
high-quality and innovative services to individuals, children, youth
and families. We have 22 offices across 8 states and serve over 17,000
individuals and families annually. Join us!
At Cayuga Centers, we embrace Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and
Belonging (DEIB). We do this by taking a firm stance against hatred,
inequality, bias, and injustice. We do this by providing our staff
with the training, coaching, and resources necessary to grow and serve
with cultural humility, acceptance, and understanding. We are
responsive to the diverse needs of those we serve and staff, and are
committed to ensuring that everyone feels respected, valued, and a
sense of belonging.
Cayuga Centers is an equal opportunity employer and does not
discriminate against any employee, prospective employee, or applicant
based on race, color, creed, hair style/texture, religion, national
origin, citizenship status, sex, gender identity, gender expression,
sexual orientation, age, disability, military or veteran status,
genetic information, or any other classification protected by
applicable federal, state, and/or local laws.
About the Program and Position:
Cayuga Centers are committed to delivering quality services that meet
the needs of those in our care. We have long believed that the
delivery of quality programs is at the heart of our work. In short,
Good enough is not good enough. This approach defines all phases of
our work as an organization, including a careful assessment of
post-intervention outcomes and effectiveness.
The Compliance Department effectively ensures that Cayuga Centers is
in full compliance on an organizational, program, and contract level
with all funding and licensing entities in order to meet the needs of
our large, diverse, geographical-spread human services agency.
Compliance is composed of the following teams:
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Corporate Compliance
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Federal Programs Compliance
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NYC Programs Compliance
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Regional Programs Compliance
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Home and Community-Based Treatment & Support (HCBTS)
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Preventative Case Planning Services (PCPS)
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Treatment Family Foster Care (TFFC)
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Youth and Family Resource Center (YFRC)
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Intellectual or Developmental Disabilities (I/DD)
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Florida Programs Compliance
Each team works to help their assigned program to both know and to
meet all applicable regulations and standards and to improve to meet
such when they are not met. We aim to always be audit ready.
This position will work directly with the Florida programs.
Keep us Audit Ready through the following……
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Remain up-to-date on ever-changing oversight agencies policy,
procedure and regulations including Florida State, and County
Agencies (Miami Dade, Treasure Coast, Broward) Departments of
Children and Families (DCF) Agency for Health Care Administration
(AHCA), Administration for Children and Family (ACF), Council on
Accreditation (COA), Medicaid and other relevant municipal, state
and federal agencies
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Partner with your team leader, program leaders and staff, to
develop a deep understanding of assigned program operations.
Identify all compliance requirements applicable to these programs.
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Interpret and convey requirements for the program leaders and
staff, and assist program partners to know, understand, and own
the compliance requirements expected of them.
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In coordination with your team leader, constructively demonstrate
and provide guidance in file compliance to program partners,
assisting them in keeping current with any and all noted
compliance changes.
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Conduct timely scheduled reviews assigned program’s files to
determine their standard in meeting these requirements. Give
empowering feedback to program partners.
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Partner with programs to develop detailed and time bound plans to
address lapses in compliance and to help the program implement
this plan and maintain their improvements.
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Partner with the Quality and Effectiveness Department to assist
us in being a true learning organization and create improvement
through partnership.
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In coordination with your team leader (or supervisor), establish
and maintain processes for managing assigned tasks, setting
quality and performance standards and assessing potential
completion risks.
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Proactively communicate all risks, challenges and potential
delays to meeting deadlines to your team leader (or supervisor).
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Comply with rules and regulations governing access to Protected
Health Information (PHI) under HIPAA.
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Establish a regular presence in Cayuga Centers’ offices,
in-person and/or via electronic communications. Travel regularly
to assigned programs may be required depending on the assigned
program. In addition, occasional travel to Cayuga Centers’ other locations.
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Understand that Cayuga Centers is a dynamic organization that
must be continuously attentive and responsive to the communities
we serve. Members of the Compliance Department will be expected to
participate in professional development opportunities that enhance
one’s skills and mentor teammates, and be prepared, during times
of organizational need, to assume additional, short-term
responsibilities that may fall outside of one’s primary role or
duties. Flexibility on these occasions reflects a commitment to
the organization’s ethos of "We are all in this together."
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Recognize that the heart of our work and its value is our staff.
Actively participate in our support, validation, and growing of staff.
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Perform other duties as requested by your team leader (or supervisor)
Schedule: Exempt
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Regular hours entail 9:00am - 5:00pm or 8:00am - 4:00pm, Monday -
Friday, with flexibility
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Must be flexible to meet program needs
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Travel outside of work hours may be required