Initial Licensing Specialist

Necco•Lawrenceville, GA

About The Position

Necco has an opportunity for a career as an Initial Licensing Specialist. This position will add value to the company by leading, managing, and directing Recruitment & Retention policies, procedures, and practices across all locations in the US. The role is responsible for creating and implementing recruitment and retention strategies and programs. The ideal candidate is a happy warrior who thrives on leading from the front with strategic thinking, is a solid communicator in search of decisions that deliver real results, a problem-solver, financial steward, and excels at collaboration. They should be ridiculously passionate about the company’s success, growth, and program quality.

Requirements

Minimum of 21 years of age
Bachelor's degree in human services or related field (Kentucky, Georgia, Indiana, Ohio)
Bachelor's or Master’s Degree in social work or a related human service field, or a Board of Regents degree with human service concentration, or a bachelor's degree and have completed department-approved training provided by the child placing agency (West Virginia)
Bachelor's Degree or Master's degree from an accredited four-year college or university (Tennessee)
The degree must be supplemented by at least 7 hours in behavioral sciences, such as social work, psychology, and sociology
One year of casework experience can be substituted for the 7 hours
A minimum of 2 years’ experience in the human services field
100/300/100 Auto Insurance Coverage and Valid Driver’s license
Experience with Training
Excellent Computer Skills along with the ability to learn new skills and/or programs
Excellent communication and organizational skills
Successful completion of all required criminal background checks
Travel/Training Willingness

Responsibilities

Ensuring targeted recruitment to meet current demand by utilizing data
Carrying out the annual recruitment plan
Mining existing and prospective parents for referrals
Establishing the Necco brand as a leader in foster care by educating the community and related organizations at events
Building relationships with foster parents, local businesses, news media, churches, community organizations, and business leaders
Using data to collaborate with staff, foster parents, and community-based influencers to develop and implement ongoing recruitment methods
Ensuring the CRM reflects accurate and timely data regarding leads/opportunities and activities
Utilizing CRM to manage follow-up communication with prospective foster parents using phone, email, text, face-to-face, and direct mail
Ensuring inquiry responses are within 24 hours (excludes weekends)
Leading the charge on the certification process as required by state licensing to include initial training, home study process and approval to be a foster home
Maintaining knowledge of current state regulations relating to foster homes
Assessing the family for ability to foster throughout the training and home study process
Providing foster parent training classes for certification per state requirements
Providing recommendations for needed training in growth areas
Participating in the admissions process from youth referral to first placement
Maintaining all aspects of the foster parent record in the database
Ensuring the accuracy of pipeline numbers
Working with the team on foster home capacity and utilization
Managing all aspects of foster parent initial training
Ensuring training of Hobb’s principles of Re-Education and Necco culture
Providing (on a rotating schedule) on-call advisory and support to foster families, report and document activities
Practicing Ruthless Pragmatism
Engaging in peer-to-peer feedback
Knowing and Living the Necco Corporate Culture Principles
Embodying the 3 essential virtues of Humble, Hungry and Smart
Driving Individual Performance Scorecard
Adhering to and contributing to the Necco meeting structure