Foster Care Licensing Supervisor

Guiding Harbor • Belleville, MI

9h

About The Position

The Foster Care Licensing Supervisor is responsible for the recruitment, training and assessment and certification of prospective foster homes and to supervise Licensing staff.

Requirements

• Master’s degree preferred with a major in human behavioral science or a related field
• 3-4 years of experience as a social service worker in an agency, child caring institution, or in an agency in a child welfare function.
• Knowledge of the child welfare system, licensing and juvenile court procedures.
• Must be highly motivated and flexible
• Must display sophisticated writing and interpersonal communication skills.
• Excellent organizational skills and ability to work independently or with a team.
• Strong skills in Microsoft Office including Word, Excel, Outlook, Project
• Responsible to work with On-Call when there is an emergency and perform On-Call duties as needed.
• May be required to work nights and Weekends and have a flexible schedule.
• This position requires travel; Must have reliable transportation and maintain a good driving record.
• The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; and extensive reading.
• Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects.
• Positions in this class typically require fingering, grasping, talking, hearing, seeing and repetitive motions.
• May be exposed to hazardous materials found in a home or general office environment.
• Use of household cleaning products and disinfectants may be required.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for foster parent support groups and an annual recruitment/retention meeting with foster parents.
• Initiate public speaking engagements for recruitment of homes and recruitment through cable, news, radio, advertisements, flyers, etc. 12 times a calendar year.
• Responsible for community contacts and community networking
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with administrators, referral agencies, and other agencies and professionally represent Guiding Harbor.
• Ensure that foster parents are oriented, trained and licensed and coordinate all training events.
• Implement foster parent requirements for corrective action, foster parent agency agreement and foster care compliance record.
• Assure foster parent requirements with corrective actions & foster parent agency agreement.
• Provide direct service to cases as needed to ensure continuous service provision to foster parents, as required by licensing and funding bodies.
• Complete Initial Evaluation and Re-evaluations in a timely manner.
• Responsible for annual foster home visits (minimum) & phone contact as often as needed
• Investigate all licensing complaints per DHHS requirements in a timely manner.
• Audit foster parent & client files quarterly to ensure completeness, timeliness, and compliance with adherence to licensing standards, accreditation, and policies; make recommendations and assure corrective action as needed.
• Assist with placement preparation, intake and replacement of clients into foster homes.
• Attend and participate in meetings and trainings as assigned.
• Responsible for all DHHS spreadsheets pertaining to case assignment, case management and as assigned by COO or CEO.
• Provide effective supervision, consultation, training, guidance and leadership to program staff.
• Assists staff in identifying and meeting quarterly performance goals, objectives and program evaluation.
• Coordinates and supervises CQI and all data collection for assigned program.
• Reviews and creates program policies and procedures to maintain licensing standards, accreditation, and policy
• Read, Review and signoff on reports in accordance with licensing standards, accreditation, and policy
• Provide monthly supervision to staff; document supervisory meeting minutes and maintain for audits and/ or CARF review.
• Ensure that staff participate in appropriate trainings as assigned.
• Review and authorize staff time sheets every two weeks.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level