Foster Home Licensing Coordinator

NATIONAL YOUTH ADVOCATE PROGRAM•Phoenix, AZ

About The Position

The Foster Home Licensing Coordinator for La Jornada is responsible for licensing foster homes for short-term transitional foster care. The Foster Home Licensing Coordinator is responsible for licensing, re-licensing, and retention of quality foster homes and ensuring licensed homes meet or exceed bed capacity in the assigned location. Bachelor’s Degree required Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in social work or comparable Human Services field from an accredited institution.
Two (2) years of work experience working in direct service with minors and families strongly preferred.
Proficient use of desktop and laptop computers, smartphones and tablets, printers, fax machines, and photocopiers, as well as software including word processing, spreadsheet, and database programs.
Bilingual (English/Spanish). Fluency in Spanish is required.
Minimum automobile insurance coverage of $100,000/300,000 bodily liability coverage.
21 years of age, valid state driver’s license, reliable personal vehicle and a good driving record.
A willingness to work flexible and non-traditional hours in the service of foster caregivers, families of origin, and persons served.
Capacity to be flexible and responsive to minors served, foster caregivers, system partners, and internal customers.
Use of manual dexterity, tactile, visual, and audio acuity.
Use of repetitive motion, prolonged periods of sitting and standing, and sustained visual and mental applications and demands.
Occasional lifting (up to 25 pounds), bending, pulling, and carrying.
Ability to travel frequently and drive vehicle while sitting for extended periods, with frequency varying based on program demands.

Nice To Haves

Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.

Responsibilities

Actively support, represent, and extend the mission, vision, and values of the organization.
Responsible for conducting home studies, assisting foster parents in completing licensing applications, initiating background check process, and delivering all required foster parent training in a timely manner.
Work closely with the Foster Parent Recruiter in a collaborative capacity to accommodate foster parents’ licensing and documentary needs, identify and overcome licensing barriers.
Develop a comprehensive home study for each potential family and submit for approval.
Schedule all required foster home inspections per state licensing inspections and assist foster parents in prepping homes for the inspections.
Follow the recruitment and retention plan to assist foster families in meeting and maintaining initial and ongoing trainings, certifications, and licensure requirements.
Maintain constant foster parent communication to keep foster caregivers updated on the licensing process and resolve licensing issues.
Maintain ongoing contact with State licensing agencies, state and Federal stakeholders as needed.
Act as Program Subject Matter Expert (SME) in matters related to licensing/ recruiting, bed capacity.
Responsible for updating the cross functional team, including the Intake Team, of bed availability and completing reports/logs.
Upload, maintain and update all foster parent information and home records in Evolve Program: keeping, maintaining, organizing physical files for audits.
Participate as representative of the Program in state file audits as required.
Other duties are requested.
Perform all work in a manner consistent with the National Youth Advocate Program’s mission, values, and philosophies.