Child Placing Agency Specialist Hays, Great Bend, OR Garden City

Full-Time

Position can be located in Hays, Great Bend or Garden City, KS.  Must be able to travel to Wichita for periodic meetings

Essential Functions:
- Carries an average caseload of 20 active families
- Accepts referral information regarding potential placements for children in care and match with foster families
- Conducts home visits and reviews documentation on foster children on a monthly basis
- Conducts home visits on assigned active respite families on a monthly basis
- Assists foster parents in accessing resources to meet foster child needs
- Ensures that foster parents attend trainings throughout the year for their annual relicensing requirements
- Completes initial licensing, renewal process, exceptions, and amendments as necessary
- Conducts family assessments at time of initial licensing and renewal
- Updates Electronic Record System and openings list once weekly at a minimum or upon request
- Facilitates support meetings and other activities for foster families regularly
- Tracks DCF Notice of Survey Findings (NOSF) to ensure that corrective actions are completed
- Tracks MVR reports to ensure that corrective actions are completed
- Develops and tracks Compliance Action Plans (CAPs) and/or safety plans with foster families as required
- Assists in the process of recruiting new foster families
- Prepares monthly reports that document current strengths and needs of each child in assigned foster homes
- Provides crisis/on call services and 24 hour, 7 days a week support to assigned foster families
- Submits an incident report when appropriate
- Maintains good working relationships and facilitates communication with the foster family, foster child, and collateral agencies and staff
- Approves foster parent payment reports twice a month
- Conducts adoption home studies as needed
- Maintains regular contact with supervisor
- Requires the ability to maintain strict confidentiality
- Attends monthly CPA meetings and yearly Child Welfare staff development conference
- Participates in the annual foster family conference, summer appreciation events, and Christmas parties
- Conducts Pre-service training for prospective foster and adoptive families
- Completes Pre-service Summary / Recommendations and Strengths / Needs
- Job may require the employee to be able to regularly drive to various DCCCA locations and other business locations throughout the day including early morning or evening hours

Education, Experience, and Licensure:
- Requires a bachelor's degree in human services field
- Requires at least two years child welfare and/or family services experience
- Must possess a valid state Driver's License, in force automobile liability insurance, and maintain a Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) that meets organization's insurability standard as defined by DCCCA policy. Availability of reliable transportation is required for this position

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Requires overall computer knowledge and proficiency with the following:
o Computerized data base programs
o Spreadsheet programs
o Word processing programs
- Requires the ability to efficiently operate office equipment such as:
o Computerized e-mail systems
o Calculators, copiers, fax machines
o Telephones and voicemail systems
- Effective listening, oral, and written communication skills, including face-to-face, on-site, in person discussions. Exercises appropriate use of positive language.
- Regular and predictable on-site attendance.
- Proficiency with computers and Microsoft suite of products including Microsoft Word, Outlook, Excel, and PowerPoint.
- Ability to efficiently operate other office equipment such as telephones, voicemail systems, copy and fax machines, and scanners.
- Adherence to DCCCA Values:

        o We provide education and services based on research and a dedicated commitment to improving lives.
        o We value the people and communities we serve by respecting their experiences and treating them with dignity and              respect.
        o We encourage leadership at all levels by challenging existing conditions and finding innovative ways to grow and                  learn.
       o We deliver high quality services every day, holding ourselves accountable for our outcomes.

Physical Requirements:
The physical demands described below are representative of what must be met to satisfy the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable an individual with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be regularly required to:
- Stand, walk, sit, climb, or balance
- Talk, hear, taste, or smell
- Reach with hands and arms
- Use hands to finger, handle, or feel
- Stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
- Move lift or move up to 50 pounds occasionally
- Work at a computer for extended periods of time, sitting or standing
- Operate successfully in an environment in which mentally and emotionally stressful topics may be discussed or trained, i.e. substance use disorder, mental health conditions, domestic abuse, etc.
- Vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Travel:
This position requires travel, which may include driving personal or company-owned vehicles. It may also include driving with other passengers in the vehicle, and/or driving as a passenger with other drivers. Note: Even with a valid driver's license, certain motor vehicle infractions may render individual's ineligible to drive company-owned or personal vehicles for company business. Such infractions may also disqualify employees from continued employment with DCCCA, Inc. This position is considered to be a safety-sensitive position.

Possible Opportunities for Promotion and/or Growth:
- CPA Supervisor

Please note this description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties, or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Candidates must successfully complete pre-employment drug screening, background screening, a fingerprint-based records search, and reference checks. Continued employment is contingent upon annual background screening and participation in an ongoing random drug and alcohol testing program.
DCCCA is a drug-free and smoke-free workplace. This position is considered a safety-sensitive position.
DCCCA, Inc. provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, gender, disability, genetics, or any other characteristic protected by law. It is the policy of DCCCA to comply with all federal, state, and local laws concerning the employment of women, minorities, individuals with disabilities, and veterans, and to act in accordance with regulations and guidance issued by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), in every location in which DCCCA has facilities. This policy applies to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, training, and any other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment.