Bilingual Foster Home Licensing Coordinator_JOR

National Youth Advocate Program • East Chicago, IN

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About The Position

The Foster Home Licensing Coordinator for La Jornada is responsible for licensing, relicensing, and retaining quality foster homes for short-term transitional foster care, and ensuring licensed homes meet or exceed bed capacity in the assigned location. The coordinator supports the organization’s mission, vision, values, and philosophies while coordinating licensing activities with foster caregivers, program teams, and state and federal stakeholders.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in social work or a comparable human services field from an accredited institution.
• Fluency in Spanish; bilingual English/Spanish is required.
• Proficiency with desktop and laptop computers, smartphones, tablets, printers, fax machines, photocopiers, and word-processing, spreadsheet, and database software.
• Minimum automobile insurance coverage of $100,000/$300,000 bodily liability.
• At least 21 years of age, a valid state driver’s license, a reliable personal vehicle, and a good driving record.
• Willingness to work flexible and non-traditional hours in service of foster caregivers, families of origin, and persons served.
• Ability to be flexible and responsive to minors served, foster caregivers, system partners, and internal customers.

Nice To Haves

• Two years of work experience providing direct services to minors and families is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct home studies, help foster parents complete licensing applications, initiate background checks, and provide required foster parent training in a timely manner.
• Collaborate with the Foster Parent Recruiter to address foster parents’ licensing and documentation needs and identify and overcome licensing barriers.
• Develop a comprehensive home study for each potential family and submit it for approval.
• Schedule required foster home inspections under state licensing requirements and help foster parents prepare their homes for inspections.
• Follow recruitment and retention plans to help foster families meet and maintain initial and ongoing training, certification, and licensure requirements.
• Communicate regularly with foster parents about the licensing process and resolve licensing issues.
• Maintain contact with state licensing agencies and state and federal stakeholders as needed.
• Serve as the program subject matter expert on licensing, recruiting, and bed capacity.
• Update cross-functional teams, including the Intake Team, on bed availability and complete reports and logs.
• Upload, maintain, and update foster parent information and home records in Evolve; organize and maintain physical files for audits.
• Represent the program in state file audits as required.
• Perform other requested duties and work consistently with NYAP’s mission, values, and philosophies.

Benefits

• 33 paid days off each year: 11 holidays and 22 days of paid time off.
• Healthcare benefits for employees and their families.
• Pet insurance with discounts and reimbursements.
• Competitive salaries and benefits, including a 401(k).
• Summer hours, including half-day Fridays and work anniversary trips.
• Mileage reimbursement.
• Phone allowance.
• Student loan repayment assistance.
• Continuing education units and ongoing training and education.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time