Bilingual Foster Home Licensing Coordinator_JOR

NATIONAL YOUTH ADVOCATE PROGRAM • East Chicago, IN

5d • Onsite

About The Position

The Foster Home Licensing Coordinator for La Jornada is responsible for licensing, re-licensing, 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 works with potential and current foster caregivers, internal teams, state licensing agencies, and other stakeholders to complete licensing requirements, address barriers, maintain records, and report bed availability. The role requires fluency in English and Spanish and a willingness to work flexible, non-traditional hours. Frequent travel is required.

Requirements

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

Nice To Haves

• Two years of work experience in direct service with minors and families is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support, represent, and extend the organization’s mission, vision, and values.
• Conduct home studies; assist foster parents with licensing applications; initiate background checks; and deliver 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 and help foster parents prepare their homes for inspections.
• Follow the recruitment and retention plan to help foster families meet and maintain initial and ongoing training, certification, and licensure requirements.
• Maintain regular communication with foster parents, keep them updated on the licensing process, and resolve licensing issues.
• Maintain ongoing 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 the cross-functional team, including the Intake Team, on bed availability and complete reports and logs.
• Upload, maintain, and update foster parent information and home records in the Evolve Program; organize and maintain physical files for audits.
• Represent the program in state file audits as required.
• Perform other duties as requested and work consistently with the organization’s mission, values, and philosophies.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time