Foster Care Home Study Assessor - FT

Christian Children's Home of Ohio • Wooster, OH

11d • Onsite

About The Position

Facilitates licensing requirements for Encourage families, including home studies, half-ways and re-certifications. Facilitates approval of alternative caregivers for foster care homes. Assists with adoptions in the department.
All Agency staff are expected to focus on Quality improvement as a part of their job responsibilities, in an effort to make the Agency a safe and healing environment for clients and staff. This expectation includes, but is not limited to: teamwork, improving service delivery, fulfilling department goals, and other job-specific tasks that encourage excellence.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES: It is the responsibility of each employee to be a consistent witness for Jesus Christ and to adhere to the Standard of Moral Conduct and Statement of Faith. Further, each employee is responsible for dealing with others with a Christ-like attitude while helping them experience their worth in Christ, and for demonstrating behaviors reflecting CCHO's core values of Relentless Commitment, Selflessness, and Kindness.
Job-specific essential functions include the following:
Makes every effort to maintain a 'team first' spirit and atmosphere within the workplace environment - fostering and maintaining appropriate working relationships within the Encourage team, and with other Agency departments, as well.
Completes initial home studies for foster care and adoption applicants.
Completes additional licensing needs on assigned caseload and completion of documentation in SACWIS (recertifications, approving alternative caregivers, rules investigations, tracking training needs for part-time staff).
Attends and participates in Encourage Team meetings.
Participates in Quality Improvement activities.
Other duties may be assigned.

Requirements

• Minimum, Tier 1 Assessor in State of Ohio with at two years of experience conducting initial foster care and adoption homestudies for a public or private children service agency.
• Proficient at documenting the homestudy in SACWIS.
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations.
• Ability to write professional quality reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from agencies, families, clients, donors, and the general public.
• Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference.
• Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, Internet, SACWIS and e-mail.
• Must be 21 or older to apply.
• Must have valid Ohio Driver's License and maintain a driving record that allows that individual to be insurable.
• Must be able to commute reliably for all on-site positions.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of database and design software is helpful.

Responsibilities

• Completes initial home studies for foster care and adoption applicants.
• Completes additional licensing needs on assigned caseload and completion of documentation in SACWIS (recertifications, approving alternative caregivers, rules investigations, tracking training needs for part-time staff).
• Attends and participates in Encourage Team meetings.
• Participates in Quality Improvement activities.
• Makes every effort to maintain a 'team first' spirit and atmosphere within the workplace environment - fostering and maintaining appropriate working relationships within the Encourage team, and with other Agency departments, as well.

Benefits

• References, background checks and drug screenings will be completed on all potential candidates.
• References, background checks, and drug screenings will be completed on all potential candidates.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed