Foster Care Specialist

3 weeks ago

Greenville, United States Methodist Home For Children Full time
Job DescriptionJob DescriptionMAKE A DIFFERENCE in the life of a child with Methodist Home for Children Our primary goal in foster care is to help young people make the transition into permanent homes. Whenever possible, we help young people reunite with their birth families. When this is not possible, we help these young people find permanent homes with families who wish to adopt. The children we care for range in age from newborn to 18 years. We provide our foster parents with 30+ hours of training and lots of support as they prepare to become licensed.

WE'RE HIRING: Foster Care Specialist

Salary: $45,000+, depending on education and experience.

LOCATION: Greenville, NC

Our Foster Care Specialists are responsible for ensuring appropriate service provision for the identified needs of clients being served in agency foster and/or therapeutic foster families and in accordance with their service plans. The FCS will provide family-centered support and interventions for the assigned youth and foster and/or therapeutic foster families. The FCS will find permanent homes that best meet client needs in the shortest possible time and with the least amount of additional moves and losses possible..

DUTIES:

  1. On-going assessment of strengths and needs of client, foster and/or therapeutic foster family, and family of origin with the cooperation and involvement of referring agency.
  2. Provide family-centered interventions to empower families to achieve agreed upon goals.
  3. Work cooperatively with client, foster and/or therapeutic foster family, and family of origin to fulfill service needs drawing upon church, community, and MHC services resources.
  4. Maintain an as-needed availability status to client families (24-hour on call responsibilities with back-up available).
  5. Advocate for client’s needs within Methodist Home for Children service system, as well as other service systems.
  6. Coordinate service delivery with other agencies involved with the client, e.g., schools, mental health, juvenile court, DSS, etc.
  7. Participate in pre-service and in-service training for foster and therapeutic parents and staff.
  8. Adhere to all licensing standards and mental health standards.
  9. Provide detailed, routine, and quality documentation of planning and service activities to assigned foster and therapeutic foster homes and on behalf of clients residing in assigned foster homes, including oversight of the accuracy, timeliness, and quality of Medicaid treatment notes prepared by therapeutic foster families.
  10. Participate in regular review, update and monitoring of client service plan.
  11. Limited provision of “wrap-around” services (home and community-based services, one-on-one client services, based on client’s individualized service plan).
  12. Perform other duties as requested by supervisor.


QUALIFICATIONS:

Knowledge: Bachelor’s Degree in human services or related field from an accredited college or university.

Experience: Minimum of two (2) years of post-graduate experience in program implementation and service delivery in human services; experience working with child and family issues preferred.

Skills/Working Conditions:

  • Must maintain a valid Driver’s License and an acceptable driving record.
  • Must be able to work a flexible schedule, including nights and weekends, and holidays.
  • Must successfully complete all phases of pre-service and on-going training, including, but not limited to, physical restraint training, First Aid, CPR, Universal Precautions, and medication administration.
  • Must be able to work in occasionally high pressure, high stress environment.
  • Must be able to provide 24-hour on call supervision

Benefits:

We value our employees and offer a comprehensive benefits package to full-time staff after 90 days of employment:

  • Paid Holidays: Enjoy paid holidays each year
  • Vacation Leave: Accrue 10 days (80 hours) per year in the first partial calendar year of hire
  • Sick Leave: Accumulate 12 days (96 hours) per calendar year, with carryover
  • Health Benefits: Choose from BCBS Medical Base HSA Plan or Medical Buy-Up HSA Plan; Dental and Vision plans available
  • Health Care Flex Plan: Utilize tax-free reimbursement for medical, dental, and vision expenses
  • Dependent Care Flex Plan: Tax-free reimbursement for eligible dependent care expenses
  • Life Insurance: $75,000 term life insurance provided; supplemental options available
  • Workers’ Compensation: Agency-paid benefit covering on-the-job injury
  • 403B Plan: Contribute to a tax-deferred annuity plan with partial matching
  • Credit Union Membership: Offered to all employees through Coastal Credit Union (CCU)
  • Employee Assistance Program: Access confidential, professional counseling for employees and their families

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