What are the responsibilities and job description for the Regional Director position at Azleway, Inc.?
Azleway Children’s Services is seeking a qualified person to perform the duties of the Regional Director for our Houston office. Azleway Children’s Services Regional Directors are expected to meet all of the following requirements:
The Regional Director must:
Review and approve: All child placement activities which include deciding whether to admit a child for placement, including completion of an admission assessment and any other evaluation of a child for placement; placing a child into a foster home or other substitute living arrangement; managing the case of a child, including: developing and updating of service plans; maintaining direct contact with the child and the foster parents or other caregivers; and
performing any additional case management activities, including conducting and documenting supervisory visits; orientation, assessment, and verification of foster parents; and monitoring and providing support services to foster parents, including the initiation of development plans, corrective actions, or adverse actions.
Documentation of supervisory visits for compliance; investigation findings of minimum standards deficiencies that Licensing requested you conduct; and corrective and adverse action plans involving foster families; and supervise case management, intake and development staff, if any, including planning for the staff’s professional development and taking any other appropriate action in regard to case management, intake and development staff decisions.
Directly perform the responsibilities of the case management, intake and development staff, as appropriate (e.g. the child placement staff is absent or unavailable).
The Regional Director must review and approve by signing and dating the following documents:
(1) Assessment/admission forms; initial and subsequent placement documents; foster and adoptive home screenings; investigation reports of minimum standards deficiencies that Licensing requested you conduct; foster home development and/or corrective action plans; initial and updated service plans; discharge or transfer plans and summaries; any restrictions you impose on the child: for more than 30 days that the treatment director or service planning team has not approved; and that continues for more than 30 days and must be re-evaluated by the child placement management staff; any restrictions to communication and visitation with family imposed on a child; any restrictions to a particular room or building for more than 24 hours imposed on a child; and case manager contacts with children.
Azleway Children’s Services assigns Regional Directors to each branch office. The Regional Director is responsible to ensure that all requirements listed above are met. The Regional Director must have and document at least 10 monthly supervision conferences per year with a branch-office employee who performs child-placing activities. Employees performing child-placing activities must have reasonable access to their supervisor(s).
Azleway Children’s Services Regional Directors must meet the one of the following qualifications:
Options for qualifications:
Option 1
A license in social work or another human services field
Educational qualifications:
Professional qualifications. Any field placement or practicum experience may not be counted:
Yes
(A) A master’s degree from an accredited college or university in social work or other human services field; and
(B) Nine credit hours in graduate level courses that focus on family and individual function and interaction.
One year of documented full-time experience in a residential child-care operation, or as a conservatorship caseworker or foster adoptive home development worker for the department. The experience must be in conducting assessments, service planning, or case management duties.
Option 2
Yes
(1)(A) A master's degree from an accredited college or university; and
(B) Nine credit hours in undergraduate or graduate level courses that focus on family and individual function and interaction; or
(2)(A) A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in social work or other human services field; and
(B) Nine credit hours in undergraduate level courses that focus on family and individual function and interaction.
Two years of documented full-time experience in a residential child-care operation, or as a conservatorship caseworker or foster adoptive home development worker for the department. The experience must be in conducting assessments, service planning, or case management duties
Option 3
A license in social work or another human services field
Educational qualifications:
Professional qualifications. Any field placement or practicum experience may not be counted:
No
(A) A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university; and
(B) Nine credit hours in undergraduate or graduate level courses that focus on family and individual function and interaction.
Three years of documented full-time experience in a residential child-care operation, or as a conservatorship caseworker or foster adoptive home development worker for the department. The experience must be in conducting assessments, service planning, or case management duties.
The Regional Director should be a Licensed Child Placing Agency Administrator or be under direct supervision of a Licensed Child Placing Agency Administrator. After 2 years of completing Regional Director duties, the Regional Director will be required to obtain a Child Placing Administrator License.
Work Authorization/Security Clearance
- Driver’s License. Care Workers must have a valid Texas Driver's License with a clear driving record. Care Workers must also maintain this status throughout their employment in this position as the position requires driving youth as a critical function. Applicants must be 23 years of age in order to drive company vehicles.
- Authorized to Work in the United States. Azleway requires all employees to lawfully reside in the United States of America and be authorized to work.
EEO Statement
Azleway is an equal opportunity employer. In accordance with anti-discrimination law, Azleway prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Azleway conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for their job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
