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Work for Indiana
Grow your career with the State of Indiana! With more than 50 executive branch agencies, the State of Indiana is a diverse workforce offering employees stimulating and challenging projects across a broad scope of career opportunities. As a State of Indiana employee, you impact the well-being of Indiana's communities every day.

At the State of Indiana, we don't just talk about diversity and inclusion - Our goal is to create a welcoming, accessible, and equitable workplace, with a workforce that is representative of the State of Indiana population. As a proud equal opportunity employer, reasonable accommodations may be available to enable individuals with disabilities to complete the application and interview process, as well as perform the essential functions of a role.

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About the Department of Child Services:
Join a team that engages with families and children to improve lives in meaningful and significant ways. DCS engages authentically with children who are victims of abuse or neglect and strengthens families through services that focus on family support and preservation. The Department also administers family preservation and prevention services, foster care, and child support throughout the State of Indiana. You will relentlessly pursue permanency for children and families through reunification, guardianship, adoption or support youth in making a successful transition to adulthood. While this job is difficult and may have long and sometimes unconventional hours, this is more than a job—it is a calling to improve your community and neighbors. Will you join us in supporting our Mission, Vision, and Values?

Mission: The Indiana Department of Child Services leads the state's response to allegations of child abuse and neglect and facilitates child support payments. We consider the needs and values of all we serve in our efforts to protect children while keeping families together whenever possible.

Vision: Children will live in safe, healthy and supportive families and communities.

Values: We at the Indiana Department of Child Services empower our team, in collaboration with state and local partners, to make decisions in the best interest of every child in our care by embracing:

Child Safety
Permanency
Collaborative partnerships with foster and adoptive families
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
A culture of safety and transparency
A commitment to continuous improvement

Role Overview:
In this position, you will serve as a coach in a structured program for DCS attorneys, specifically short-term intense coaching for new hire staff attorneys andprofessional development and/or performance driven one on one coaching for members of the legal department. The candidate will work with supervisionand other litigation division management to help develop and implement curriculum for new DCS attorneys, work with attorneys in need of remedialassistance, and provide intermediate/advanced in-service training related to trial skills/trial advocacy, the Indiana Code and child welfare statutes andregulations, the Indiana Rules of Evidence, Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure, Indiana Rules of Professional Responsibility, DCS legal policies and procedures.This particular position will be assigned to work with DCS attorneys in Regions 12 (Henry, Wayne, Rush, Fayette, Union and Franklin), 13 (Owen, Monroe, Brown, Greene and Lawrence), 14 (Johnson, Shelby, Bartholomew, Jackson, Jennings), 15 (Decatur, Ripley,Dearborn, Ohio, Jefferson, Switzerland), 16 (Knox, Pike, Gibson, Posey, Vanderburgh and Warrick), 17 (Davies, Martin, Dubois, Crawford, Orange, Spencer and Perry), and 18 (Washington, Scott, Clark, Floyd, Harrison). Travel to assigned regions/counties is required on a regular basis,as well as travel to other assigned trainings across the State. Current State of Indiana administrative policy allows for remote work up to 15 hours per week.These duties and privileges are subject to change.