Foster Care Licensing Counselor - South Florida

The Foster Care Licensing Counselor will be responsible for recruiting prospective foster parents, licensing foster parent applicants, relicensing current foster parents and monitoring foster homes for safety and compliance.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work or related field of study and two plus years’ experience in social work or related field preferred; or any combination of training, education and experience which would provide the required knowledge, abilities and skills to successfully perform in this role.
• State of Florida Child Welfare certification, required.
• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite.
• Experience in child welfare.
• Must have interviewing and assessment skills in order to adequately assess the qualifications of potential professional foster parents.
• Must possess strong organizational skills.
• Ability to maintain sensitivity to our target population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Visits Foster Homes, assesses the safety of the children in care, and completes Home Visit Reports.
• Documents contacts with foster parents in FSFN system.
• Completes initial and re-licensing home studies.
• Provides training to Foster Parents in home/office or at meetings.
• Conducts Foster Parent evaluations/relicensures.
• Assists in coordinating services/events for children & foster parents.
• Provides supportive services to foster parents and children, as assigned.
• Assures that Foster Parents are fully trained in the approved Pre-Service Curriculum.
• Facilitate pre-service training to prospective foster parents, as required per region.
• Assures that all Foster Homes are meet standardized safety & licensing requirements.
• Assists in coordinating services to children & foster families.
• Completes monthly reports on children in care.
• Assists in placement decisions.
• Assist placement On-call after hours on a rotating schedule.
• Attends recruitment orientations and presentations.
• Facilitate recruitment presentations within faith based communities and churches.
• Perform all other job duties and responsibilities, as assigned.

Employment Requirements

• Valid driver license with a clean driving record, required.
• Minimum of a high school diploma or GED equivalent, required.
• State of Florida Child Welfare certification, required.
• Ability to read, write and speak proficiently in English, required.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This job has no supervisory responsibilities.

Travel

This position may spend up to 50% time traveling to various local foster parent homes, work locations and events.

Schedule

This position works a flexible schedule to include evenings and weekends to meet the needs of the role. This position is required to participate in an after-hours on call rotation on a monthly basis. Schedule may be subject to change at any time, with or without notice. Other policies concerning this position are set forth in the current policies and procedures manual.

Note

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a complete 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.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Residing Hope is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other categories protected by law are not factors in employment, promotion, compensation or working conditions.