Innovative Community Based Organization Seeks Energetic, Committed, and Highly Experienced Individuals. SPANISH/BILINGUAL (PREFERRED). Exc. Benefits & Salary/EEO
Qualification:
This position involves working part time with our regular Foster Boarding Home Program and part time with our Treatment Family Foster Care.
Minimum requirements:
- BA Degree required, along with relevant experience
- Interviewing and assessment skills are essential
- Excellent writing skills
- Individual must be able to develop a strong collaborative relationship with both programs;
- Organizational skills; structure is essential in order to clearly negotiate work load and responsibilities for both programs
- Knowledge of the Child Welfare System preferred
- Some knowledge of the cultures represented in the NYC foster care system preferred
- Knowledgeable in computers
Responsibilities:
- To screen foster and adoptive applicants as to basic eligibility for home study for our regular Foster Boarding Home and Treatment Family Foster Care.
- To inform and prepare applicants as to the expectations and responsibilities of foster/adoptive parents; Therapeutic Foster parents, as set forth in State, City, and agency regulations.
- To conduct in-depth interviews with all household members regarding their motivation, parenting capacities, personal background, and current family functioning.
- To collect written collateral data such as school, employment, and personal references, and any other information, from outside sources as needed.
- To clear prospective foster/adoptive families with the State Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment.
- To obtain complete medical clearance on all household members.
- To visit the prospective foster/adoptive home to determine its suitability and adequacy for boarding foster/adoptive children
- To assess and the applicants’ substitute child care plans in the event of applicants’ outside employment or unavailability.
- To assess and evaluate the above gathered date and make a recommendation for certification or rejection.
- To complete the above home study within the time frame allotted by State, City, and agency regulations.
- To assess and evaluate those homes with no children for re-certification including the collection of all needed documentation.
- Assist Home finder Supervisor / TFBH Program Director during orientation.
- Conduct outreach recruitment efforts.
- Coordinate the foster parent association.
- To perform other duty as assigned that are related to over-all job objective.
- To maintain monthly statistics regarding the progress of new and ongoing home studies.
- Complete monthly questionnaire of foster parent inquires.
- Complete and submit vacancy turnaround to ACS on a daily or so needed.
- To complete and submit vacancy transmission from HDS to ACS on a weekly basis.
- To train prospective Resource Parent/Adoptive Parents on the MAPP model pre-certification training.
- To train current Resource Parents and the new Kinship Parent on the Mini MAPP model certification training.
- To enter and regulate all pre-certification and Re-certification information into the connection computer system.
- To maintain the completion of Re-certification of Resource parent home.
- To monitor the time lines of Resource parent Re-certifications completed by caseworkers.
Salary:
$48,000-$55,000 based on education and experience.
Excellent benefits package, ample vacation and sick days.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $48,000.00 - $55,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- 401(k)
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
- Monday to Friday
Work Location: In person