Our Client, a private child welfare nonprofit, is seeking a Home Finder (Bi Lingual Spanish)
Location: Bronx, NY (Hybrid)
Position Type: Full-Time/Direct-Hire
Position Summary:• The Home Finding Department is responsible for the recruitment, training and certification of all foster homes.
• With approximately 500 homes either in the process of certification or certified
• Home Finding is the initial contact for prospective foster parents with the agency's foster care division.
• The Home Finding Department seeks to ensure a highly quality of care for children in the agency's care as well as highly quality of customer service for our foster parents.
• Our Program has four foster care programs within the agency including Family Foster Care, Therapeutic Foster Care, Medical Foster Care and Medical Foster Care for Developmental Disabilities.
• The Home Finder is responsible for assessing assessment, certification and reauthorization of foster parents.
Responsibilities: • Complete foster parent home studies and reauthorizations of kinship and recruited homes.
• Maintain up-to-date records ensuring that all documents needed for home certification and reauthorization are completed and filed.
• As part of the home study and reauthorization process: conduct home visits, gather documents, interview, assess the physical space as well as the motivation and overall functioning of the foster family.
• Understand and adhere to foster care regulations.
• Provide foster parent training as needed.
• Participate in supervision, staff meetings and in-service trainings.
• Participate in case conferences.
• Provide foster parent training as needed.
• Aid in foster parent recruitment.
• Other duties as necessary.
Qualifications: • Bachelor's Degree in Social Work or a related field required
• Bilingual: English/Spanish required
• Knowledge of child welfare
• Valid driver's license preferred
• Excellent interviewing and assessment skills
• Excellent oral and writing skills
• Strong organization skills
• Able to meet deadlines and work under pressure
• Computer literacy in Excel, Word, Outlook and Connections
• MAPP certification preferred
Salary 50-53k
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Last updated on Sep 14, 2023