What are the responsibilities and job description for the Foster Care Licensing Coordinator position at Child & Family Services?
What You'll Be Doing
You will be responsible for identifying, training, and completing licensing processes of the foster care families for children and/or adolescents. The Licensing Coordinator will be part of the Treatment Foster Care Team and participate in program activities and meetings.
Your Main Priorities
While additional responsibilities are likely to arise on the job, you will primarily:
* Assist with ensuring prospective foster parents are licensed in a timely manner.
* Initiate and facilitate the re-licensing of current foster homes.
* Conduct home studies on new applicants in accordance with SAFE protocols, utilizing the Structured Analysis Family Evaluation (SAFE) model.
* Conduct visits to foster homes to ensure compliance.
* Follow up on paperwork for licensing i.e., fire/lead inspections, fingerprints, etc.
Who You Are
Requirements, Skills & Abilities:
* Bachelor's degree in psychology or related field required.
* Minimum 1 year's experience in a similar role required.
* Knowledge of the foster care system preferred.
* Bilingual in Spanish preferred.
* Strong organizational, critical thinking and time-management skills.
* Basic computer skills required; knowledge of Microsoft Office 365.
* Ability to communicate and effectively interact with a diverse population.
* Collaboration and teamwork.
* LEADERSHIP
* Must have a valid driver's license, proof of auto insurance and car registration.
* Must authorize Child & Family to complete a motor vehicle records check.
* The ideal candidate will be required to meet all background checks and medical clearances required for the position.
Physical Requirements
Direct Service Staff:
This position requires time sitting, standing, walking, driving, carrying and lifting up to 25lbs. This role also requires operating desktop, laptop and/or cell phone, and communicating with colleagues.
Travel Requirements
Site location: Providence
Statewide travel required.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Child & Family will not discriminate against any individual on the basis of age, gender, sexual orientation, color, race, creed, national origin, ancestry, religious persuasion, marital status, political belief, pregnancy, military status, veteran status, physical or mental disability that does not prohibit performance of essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodations, genetic predisposition or genetic carrier status, or any other protected category under local, state, or federal law, nor will anyone receive special treatment for those reasons, except for reasonable accommodation as required by law. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.
Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services
In order to provide equitable service delivery and go above and beyond equal opportunity requirements, our organization is committed to ensuring that all staff are able to perform the following cultural competencies:
* Demonstrate the ability to communicate and effectively interact with people across cultures, ranges of ability, genders, ethnicities, and races.
* Demonstrate knowledge of the history of discrimination in America, particularly as it relates to race and racism, and how this history has led to disparities experienced by marginalized communities such as BIPOC, people with disabilities, LGBTQ communities, and others.
* Demonstrate the ability to successfully deliver culturally responsive services.
Affirmative Action
Child & Family strives to achieve a workforce that includes representation of qualified affirmative action group members in proportion to the qualified and available target group workforce in the community that we serve.
Child & Family will not discriminate against any individual on the basis of age, gender, sexual orientation, color, race, creed, national origin, ancestry, religious persuasion, marital status, political belief, pregnancy, military status, veteran status, physical or mental disability that does not prohibit performance of essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodations, genetic predisposition or genetic carrier status, or any other protected category under local, state or federal law, nor will anyone receive special treatment for those reasons, except for reasonable accommodation as required by law. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.
C&F strives to achieve a workforce that includes representation of qualified affirmative action group members in proportion to the qualified and available target group workforce in the community that we serve.
You will be responsible for identifying, training, and completing licensing processes of the foster care families for children and/or adolescents. The Licensing Coordinator will be part of the Treatment Foster Care Team and participate in program activities and meetings.
Your Main Priorities
While additional responsibilities are likely to arise on the job, you will primarily:
* Assist with ensuring prospective foster parents are licensed in a timely manner.
* Initiate and facilitate the re-licensing of current foster homes.
* Conduct home studies on new applicants in accordance with SAFE protocols, utilizing the Structured Analysis Family Evaluation (SAFE) model.
* Conduct visits to foster homes to ensure compliance.
* Follow up on paperwork for licensing i.e., fire/lead inspections, fingerprints, etc.
Who You Are
Requirements, Skills & Abilities:
* Bachelor's degree in psychology or related field required.
* Minimum 1 year's experience in a similar role required.
* Knowledge of the foster care system preferred.
* Bilingual in Spanish preferred.
* Strong organizational, critical thinking and time-management skills.
* Basic computer skills required; knowledge of Microsoft Office 365.
* Ability to communicate and effectively interact with a diverse population.
* Collaboration and teamwork.
* LEADERSHIP
* Must have a valid driver's license, proof of auto insurance and car registration.
* Must authorize Child & Family to complete a motor vehicle records check.
* The ideal candidate will be required to meet all background checks and medical clearances required for the position.
Physical Requirements
Direct Service Staff:
This position requires time sitting, standing, walking, driving, carrying and lifting up to 25lbs. This role also requires operating desktop, laptop and/or cell phone, and communicating with colleagues.
Travel Requirements
Site location: Providence
Statewide travel required.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Child & Family will not discriminate against any individual on the basis of age, gender, sexual orientation, color, race, creed, national origin, ancestry, religious persuasion, marital status, political belief, pregnancy, military status, veteran status, physical or mental disability that does not prohibit performance of essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodations, genetic predisposition or genetic carrier status, or any other protected category under local, state, or federal law, nor will anyone receive special treatment for those reasons, except for reasonable accommodation as required by law. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.
Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services
In order to provide equitable service delivery and go above and beyond equal opportunity requirements, our organization is committed to ensuring that all staff are able to perform the following cultural competencies:
* Demonstrate the ability to communicate and effectively interact with people across cultures, ranges of ability, genders, ethnicities, and races.
* Demonstrate knowledge of the history of discrimination in America, particularly as it relates to race and racism, and how this history has led to disparities experienced by marginalized communities such as BIPOC, people with disabilities, LGBTQ communities, and others.
* Demonstrate the ability to successfully deliver culturally responsive services.
Affirmative Action
Child & Family strives to achieve a workforce that includes representation of qualified affirmative action group members in proportion to the qualified and available target group workforce in the community that we serve.
Child & Family will not discriminate against any individual on the basis of age, gender, sexual orientation, color, race, creed, national origin, ancestry, religious persuasion, marital status, political belief, pregnancy, military status, veteran status, physical or mental disability that does not prohibit performance of essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodations, genetic predisposition or genetic carrier status, or any other protected category under local, state or federal law, nor will anyone receive special treatment for those reasons, except for reasonable accommodation as required by law. It is our intention that all qualified applicants be given equal opportunity and that selection decisions be based on job-related factors.
C&F strives to achieve a workforce that includes representation of qualified affirmative action group members in proportion to the qualified and available target group workforce in the community that we serve.
