Barber/Beautician Ii Jobs

Requisition No: 809699

Agency: Children and Families

Working Title: BARBER/BEAUTICIAN II - 60006459

Position Number: 60006459

Salary: $32,760.00 to $34,935.38 Annually

Posting Closing Date: 08/12/2023

The Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF) is the state of Florida’s social services agency. The agency oversees services for child safety, fostering, adoption, domestic violence, adult protective services, refugees, homelessness, mental health, substance abuse, childcare providers, human trafficking and public assistance. The agency’s mission is to work in partnership with local communities to protect the vulnerable, promote strong and economically self-sufficient families, and advance personal and family recovery and resiliency.

Within DCF, the Substance Abuse and Mental Health (SAMH) Program office is recognized as the single state authority for substance abuse and mental health services. The Office of SAMH is statutorily responsible for the planning, evaluation, and implementation of a comprehensive statewide system of care for the prevention, treatment, and recovery of children and adults with serious mental illnesses or substance use disorders.

Florida State Hospital (FSH) is a mental health treatment facility owned and operated by the State of Florida and is part of the Department of Children and Families. The department’s mission is to “work in partnership with local communities to protect the vulnerable, promote strong and economically self-sufficient families, and advance personal and family recovery and resiliency.”

FLORIDA STATE HOSPITAL IS A TOBACCO FREE FACILITY.

TO BE CONSIDERED FOR THIS POSITION RESPONSES TO THE QUALIFYING QUESTIONS ARE REQUIRED AND MUST BE VERIFIABLE BASED ON YOUR SUBMITTED APPLICATION.

This is a highly responsible and professional position that will serve as Barber-Beautician II. This position will collaborate with each section within the state facilities and be required to use independent judgement, take initiative in carrying out duties and responsibilities and should be extraordinarily detail oriented.

Specific Duties and Responsibilities include:

• Mix shampoo and other solutions for use as needed to provide services to residents.
• Maintains records of supply inventory, equipment and laundry supplies. Requisitions supplies and equipment for a barber and beauty shop.
• Implements Service Team recommendations and consults with Service Team regarding specific resident needs.
• Sterilizes tools and equipment; keeps shop clean and orderly, and in a sanitary condition.
• Performs skilled barber and beautician work, including trimming beards and mustaches, scalp and hair treatments, shampoos, cutting and styling hair, shaving residents and other beauty/barber treatments.
• Keep daily records of services provided to residents and submit record to MUS daily, and maintain weekly schedule of Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
• Performs related work as necessary.
• Supervises and instructs residents in grooming skills such as: shaving, shampooing, combing hair, scalp/dandruff treatments.
• This position requires lifting, pulling, and squatting. Duties of this position require the incumbent to be knowledgeable of and utilize the principles of Total Quality Management.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities required for the position:

• Ability to train people in beauty care or barbering techniques.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Knowledge of barbering and/or cosmetology supplies and equipment.
• Ability to cut, style, shampoo, color hair and other related barber or beauty care services.
• Ability to coordinate work activities in a barber or beauty shop.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Knowledge of hair shampooing, conditioning and tinting techniques.
• Knowledge of haircutting, styling and trimming techniques.
• Skill in using shears, clippers and other hair-styling tools.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Completion of a program of study in cosmetology or barbering from a vocational/technical school and one year of experience as a beautician or barber.

Benefits of Working for the State of Florida:

• Opportunities for career advancement
• Retirement plan options, including employer contributions
  • (For more information, please click www.myfrs.com);
• Flexible Spending Accounts;
• Tuition waiver for public college courses
• Dental, vision and supplemental insurance
• Health insurance
• (For more information, please click www.myfrs.com);
• Life insurance; $25,000 policy is free plus option to purchase additional life insurance
• Nine paid holidays and one Personal Holiday each year;

For a more complete list of benefits, visit www.mybenefits.myflorida.com.

DCF EMPLOYMENT DISCLOSURES

US CITIZEN REQUIREMENT Only US citizens and lawfully authorized alien workers will be hired.

SELECTIVE SERVICE SYSTEM REGISTRATION All selected male candidates born on or after October 1, 1962, will not be eligible for hire or promotion into an authorized position unless they are registered with the Selective Service System (SSS). Verification of Selective Service registration will be conducted prior to hire. For more information, please visit the SSS website: http://www.sss.gov.

RETIREE NOTICE If you are a retiree of the Florida Retirement System (FRS), please check with the FRS on how your current benefits will be affected if you are re-employed with the State of Florida. Your current retirement benefits may be suspended or voided, and you required to repay all benefits received depending upon the date of your retirement.

BACKGROUND SCREENING It is the policy of the Florida Department of Children and Families that any applicant being considered for employment must successfully complete a State and National criminal history check as a condition of employment before beginning employment, and, if applicable, also be screened in accordance with the requirements of Chapter 435, F.S., and Chapter 408, F.S. No applicant may begin employment until the background screening results are received, reviewed for any disqualifying offenses, and approved by the Agency. Background screening shall include, but not be limited to, fingerprinting for State and Federal criminal records checks through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and may include local criminal history checks through local law enforcement agencies.

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.