Foster Care Associate Supervisor

Youth In Need • Webster Groves, MO

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About The Position

At Youth In Need, we value community and relationships. We encourage courageous spaces, leaning into discomfort, and stretching your learning muscles. As an Associate Supervisor in our Foster Care/Adoption Program, you'll supervise a team of Case Managers by ensuring that regulations and policies are followed and supporting them while they provide services to children and families. You'll provide initial and ongoing training to Case Managers and collaborate with a variety of community service providers. Youth In Need has been around since 1974 helping to create safe places for the area's most vulnerable children. We have more than 400 full- and part-time staff who serve more than 8,000 children, teens and families at nearly 100 locations in six counties in Eastern Missouri. Youth In Need has been named a St. Louis Post-Dispatch Top Workplace for seven straight years. We are nationally recognized by the US Department of Health and Human Services as an exemplary program. We value social justice and are dedicated to enhancing racial equity in our organization. Racial equity, diversity and inclusion are core institutional values for Youth In Need, and we commit to developing an organization that is affirming, inclusive and equitable. Equity drives excellence. In that pursuit, we widen our focus to confront the structural inequities and systemic racism that impact our clients' well-being. We are interested in an Associate Supervisor with a Bachelor's Degree in Social Work or a comparable human service field with two years of related experience. We're looking for someone with previous foster care and adoption services experience and knowledge of the Regulations relating to Children's Division, Child Placing Licensure, and Foster Care System. Ability to be CPR certified and obtain Class E Driver's License are required. This is a salaried position starting at $50,500/year.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Social Work or a comparable human service field
• Two years of related experience
• Previous foster care and adoption services experience
• Knowledge of the Regulations relating to Children's Division, Child Placing Licensure, and Foster Care System
• Ability to be CPR certified
• Obtain Class E Driver's License

Responsibilities

• Supervise a team of Case Managers by ensuring that regulations and policies are followed
• Supporting Case Managers while they provide services to children and families
• Provide initial and ongoing training to Case Managers
• Collaborate with a variety of community service providers

Benefits

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance at low cost
• Paid Time Off including 12 Holidays, 1 Floating Holiday, 12 Sick Days and 2 Weeks Vacation (which increases with years of service)
• 401k with 3% Employer Match
• Tuition Assistance
• Opportunity for growth

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Industry: Social Assistance
• Number of Employees: 251-500 employees