Foster Care Family Worker

Job Title:Foster Care Family Worker FLSA Status: Exempt

Supervisor: Foster Care Director Revision: April 2025

Primary Department:FCA - Foster Care Pay Band: $46,000-$52,000

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Position Summary

This role is intended to create community relationships to expand our Traditional Foster Care program with reflective, and skilled foster parents for children who are in out of home care. This role is connected with families to guide them through the Foster Care licensing process and ensure that they have the support necessary to provide stable and consistent caregiving when a child is within their home. This role is a good fit for someone who has excellent communication skills, enjoys outreach and community connections, the ability to meet complex deadlines and has strong personal/professional boundaries.

Our Agency

At EVOLVE Family Services, we fight to build a world where everyone has nurturing, permanent, and supportive familial relationships. We accomplish this by connecting youth with adults, by giving adults the tools to succeed, and by giving youth a voice in a system that has been developed from a place of oppression. We serve youth and families across Minnesota and western Wisconsin, often within and alongside the child welfare system. We serve all, regardless of race, religion, age, economic status, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, or marital status. EVOLVE is an antiracist, anti-oppressive agency, and expects our workforce to hold one another accountable for continued growth. Please our standards of antiracism and anti-oppression HERE.

Core Competencies

Social Awareness: Empathetically internalize the perspectives of others from diverse backgrounds and cultures. Understands social and ethical norms for behavior and recognizes the pulse and vibes of the community. Recognizes power dynamics and underlying societal influences on behaviors.

Emotional Maturity: Demonstrates effective interpersonal skills. Utilizes non-threatening methods to address sensitive issues and inappropriate behavior or performance. Accurately assesses personal feelings, strengths, and limitations and how they impact relationships.

Communication: Listens and expresses self effectively and in a manner that reflects a true understanding of the audience. Seeks first to understand others' point of view and remains calm in challenging situations. Listens to understand meanings; communicates effectively orally and in writing.

Self-Management: Ability to regulate one’s behaviors, thoughts, and emotions in a productive way. Uses mastery of self-control to manage one’s time, workflow, and communication. Desires to produce and effectively deliver assigned priorities. Takes direction and moves forward in execution. 

Essential Functions

1. Participate in recruitment of additional foster parents through outreach efforts and community engagement

2. Work collaboratively with the Foster Care Manager to implement an outreach plan and make connections with community partners.

3. Follow government and agency requirements to assess families’ appropriateness for foster care licensure.

4. Gather information on families’ personal history, relationships, experience, traditions, health, trauma experiences, support network, strengths, and overall fit for providing foster care.

5. Complete home study narratives, writing detailed notes and summaries supporting the licensing process.

6. Support youth indirectly through the support of caregivers.

7. Make recommendations for the placement of children based on assessment of family capacity, skills and abilities.

8. Discuss the licensing process and requirements with adults who are seeking to be foster care providers.

9. Complete licensing updates, placement reports, and other necessary documentation required.

10. Facilitate discussion and education around identity, transracial complexities, and trauma-informed care.

11. Facilitate home visits with clients 1-2 times / month to review progress of placements and to support the family.

12. Provide consultation, assessment, and resource referral for families and children.

13. Conduct licensing investigations when licensing violations occur within licensed foster homes.

14. Every 6 months, set 2 personal goals for growth in Anti-Oppressive Practice Development work, and share progress.

15. Participate in monthly discussions or learnings about Anti-Oppressive practice topics at team meetings.

These are intended to describe the general nature and level of work for this role. It is not an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required for this job. Additional functions within the same scope are expected.

Licensure / Credentials

This position must be able to pass a background check and FBI clearance check.

This role requires a bachelor’s degree. Experience in child welfare, social work or other social services is desired.

This position requires the applicant to hold a valid driver’s license and insurance, an acceptable driving record and access to reliable transportation.

Work Environment

This hybrid role is for a Minnesota or Wisconsin based employee who can be in-office 2-3 times a week in Oak Park Heights, MN and home visits within two hours of Minnesota metro area. The EVOLVE workspaces are semi-private, and open air with partitions separating workspaces. The EVOLVE office is a pet-friendly workplace. All employees are provided with a laptop to work from home, provided the employee maintains high-speed internet and cell phone service. Your home workspace must be conducive to performing your role. Whether at home, or at the office, this role requires sitting for extended periods of time at a desk, while utilizing a computer to complete work. The hours of this role typically fall between 9:00a-5:00p with evening hours required approximately twice per week to meet with families. This role occasionally has weekend hours for training or outreach.

The Next Step

Go to www.evolveservices.org/employment/ to learn more about our cause, our culture, and to apply.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $46,000.00 - $52,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Evenings as needed
• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Ability to Commute:

• Stillwater, MN 55082 (Preferred)

Ability to Relocate:

• Stillwater, MN 55082: Relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Work Location: Hybrid remote in Stillwater, MN 55082

Salary : $46,000 - $52,000