Comprehensive Foster Care Supervisor

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About the Program

Comprehensive Foster Care - We ensure children across Massachusetts have safe, loving foster homes. In a state and a nation where every child is supposed to have a fair shot at success, we seek to lead the charge and deliver on this promise for one of the most systemically marginalized groups of young people — children and youth experiencing foster care.

We are the largest nonprofit provider of comprehensive foster care in Massachusetts. We recruit, train, and support loving foster homes. And we ensure that the children and teens in our care receive the resources, supports and opportunities that they deserve.

Who We Are Looking For

HopeWell is seeking a dynamic, compassionate Comprehensive Foster Care (CFC) Supervisor to lead our dedicated team serving children and adolescents in foster care. In this pivotal role, you'll bring your clinical expertise, leadership skills, and strengths-based approach to guide both our Comprehensive Foster Care and Support & Stabilization services.

The ideal candidate is a relationship-builder who thrives on developing both staff and foster parents while navigating the complexities of the child welfare system with empathy and strategic thinking. Your ability to balance administrative responsibilities with trauma-informed care will ensure our programs deliver exceptional support to vulnerable youth and families involved with the Department of Children and Families.

If you're passionate about creating meaningful change in the lives of children experiencing foster care and ready to lead a team committed to this vital mission, we want to connect with you.

The Impact You'll Create

Working closely with the Program Director on the leadership team, you'll orchestrate aspects of our program—ensuring that each child receives the highest quality care through thoughtful coordination, innovative solutions, and unwavering advocacy.

Your role sits at the intersection of systems, bringing together HopeWell's Family Resource teams, clinical staff, and DCF partners in a unified approach that places children and families at the center of all we do. Through your trauma-informed leadership, you'll not only safeguard the well-being of children in accordance with organizational policies and regulatory standards, but you'll also cultivate essential partnerships with public and private agencies that expand our collective impact.

Most significantly, you'll mentor and develop our dedicated CFC workers, transforming potential into expertise through thoughtful supervision, training, and guidance. Your ability to nurture staff growth directly translates to enhanced outcomes for the children and families we serve.

While primarily focused on team leadership, you'll occasionally step into direct service roles, demonstrating the compassionate, strengths-based approach that defines our work. By balancing strategic program development with day-to-day operational excellence, you'll create ripple effects of positive change that extend far beyond the immediate families we serve—building stronger communities and brighter futures for generations to come.

Your Impact Will Include (Job Responsibilities)

• Provide weekly focused leadership, supervision and leadership to CFC workers,
• Provides support and consultation to all program staff
• Work in partnership with Program Director, Clinical Director, and Agency leaders to support staff learning and professional development
• Support and facilitate staff meetings
• Provide focused leadership, support, and supervision for CFC staff within the team
• Demonstrates knowledge and understanding of assessment, placement, family reunification, foster care, and/or adoption services, and the effects of trauma, as appropriate to the services provided
• Provide and document supervision to CFC workers related to specific team specialty, including monthly clinical meetings for staff
• Monitor and review supervisees’ documentation to ensure clinical and compliance standards
• Provide feedback to the Program Director and generate reports as necessary to maintain satisfactory compliance standards
• Develops training programs for foster parents with Family Resource Support Managers, CFC staff, in partnership with the program director
• Complete mid-year and annual performance evaluations for supervisees
• Ensure that services are being delivered and documented in accordance with the agency’s clinical philosophy, DCF and DEEC licensing and regulatory bodies
• Provide direct services to youth and families as needed
• Develop, review and approve evaluations, treatment plans and safety plans
• Support and participate in foster parent recruitment opportunities outside of typical business hours, as needed
• Collaborate and maintain collegial relationships with DCF, community organizations and service providers as appropriate
• Attend trainings as required; maintain necessary certifications and licenses
• Provide on-call support on a rotating basis; this may occasionally include the need for in person response on evenings and or weekends

The Expertise We Can't Do Without (Qualifications)

• Master’s degree in social work, mental health counseling, marriage and family therapy, or related human services field
• Maintains minimally a Massachusetts Social Work License (LSWA, LSW) or another state issued license (LCSW, LICSW, LSMHC, LMHC, LMFT) is acceptable.
• Five years’ experience in providing direct services to youth and families, preferably in a community or placement setting
• 2 years’ experience supervising

Additional Skills That Set You Apart (Competencies)

• Ability to multi-task efficiently, holds strong organizational and time management skills
• Demonstrates strong decision-making skills,
• Ability to communicate clearly to direct others, and support them
• Empathy and desire to work with diverse youth and families
• Desire to learn and grow professionally and is comfortable asking questions
• Open to receiving and giving feedback, motivated to learn, resourceful, and professional
• Demonstrated ability to work with diverse populations
• A high level of professionalism in work and interpersonal interactions with both internal and external contacts, presents to others as organized, informed, reliable, dependable, and approachable
• Able to work independently as well as be a member of a multidisciplinary team
• Proficient in basic computer skills and Microsoft Office. Ability to navigate and document in clinical computerized patient care records.
• Ability to work in predominantly home-based and community-based settings where there may be possible environmental exposures, including pets.

Other Essential Requirements

• Occasional remote work opportunities
• Daily access to an automobile is required due to driving in and out of the catchment area. A valid MA State Driver’s License
• Remain current in all DCF and agency-required trainings
• Commitment to our organizational vision, mission, and program
• Other duties as assigned to support quality care
• Some evening and weekend work as well as occasional in-person emergency response outside of business hours may be required
• Other duties as assigned to support quality care

The HopeWell Difference – Benefits Beyond the Paycheck

• Generous Hiring Bonus
• We offer a generous bilingual bonus to new hires who speak a second language that meets that needs of our families (other than English) – up to $3,500
• Access to our excellent BCBS medical benefits
• Retirement benefits, including 401K match up to 6%
• Generous paid time off up; up to 5 weeks off; 2 floating holidays, 2 personal days, 14 paid holidays, up to 15 sick days
• Professional development opportunities such as tuition reimbursement up to $3,000 per year and discounted tuition rates to select partnership colleges and universities! Additional funds for training and development.
• Reimbursement is available for employees to cover the registration costs and annual fees for any professional license required for work! As well as bonuses for licensure attainment
• Wellness benefits include access to employee resource groups, discounted gym memberships, and an Employee Assistance Program.
• Student Loan Pay-Down Program – Let us help you pay down your student loans!
• Licensure supervision
• And more…Click this link to find out more about our benefits beyond the paycheck! https://hopewellinc.org/careers/benefits/