Initial Licensing Specialist

Necco•Elizabethtown, KY

About The Position

Necco is hiring an Initial Licensing Specialist to lead, manage, and direct recruitment and retention policies, procedures, and practices across its U.S. locations. The role creates and implements recruitment and retention strategies and programs, supports foster-parent recruitment and certification, and contributes to foster-home capacity and utilization. The posting describes the ideal candidate as a strategic, results-oriented leader and communicator who is collaborative, financially responsible, solution-focused, and passionate about Necco’s success, growth, and program quality. The specialist carries out targeted recruitment plans, develops community and referral relationships, manages prospective foster-parent follow-up and CRM records, and responds to inquiries within 24 hours except on weekends. The role leads prospective foster families through state-required certification, including training, home studies, assessment, and approval; maintains knowledge of state regulations and accurate foster-parent records; and participates in admissions from youth referral through first placement. The position also manages initial foster-parent training, including training on Hobb’s principles of Re-Education and Necco culture. As a corporate citizen, the specialist provides rotating on-call advisory support to foster families, documents activities, contributes to peer feedback and Necco’s meeting structure, follows the company’s culture principles, and drives an individual performance scorecard. Necco states that it values diversity and is committed to an inclusive and equitable workplace with equal employment and advancement opportunities.

Requirements

Be at least 21 years of age.
For Kentucky, Georgia, Indiana, and Ohio: bachelor’s degree in human services or a related field.
For West Virginia: bachelor’s or master’s degree in social work or a related human-service field, a Board of Regents degree with a human-service concentration, or a bachelor’s degree plus department-approved training provided by the child-placing agency.
For Tennessee: bachelor’s or master’s degree from an accredited four-year college or university, supplemented by at least seven hours in behavioral sciences such as social work, psychology, or sociology; one year of casework experience may substitute for the seven hours.
At least two years of experience in the human-services field.
100/300/100 auto insurance coverage and a valid driver’s license.
Experience with training.
Excellent computer skills and the ability to learn new skills and programs.
Excellent communication and organizational skills.
Successful completion of all required criminal background checks.
Willingness to travel and attend training.

Responsibilities

Use data to ensure targeted recruitment meets current demand and carry out the annual recruitment plan.
Seek referrals from existing and prospective foster parents.
Promote Necco as a foster-care leader by educating the community and related organizations at events.
Build relationships with foster parents, local businesses, news media, churches, community organizations, and business leaders.
Collaborate with staff, foster parents, and community-based influencers to develop and implement ongoing recruitment methods.
Maintain accurate and timely CRM data on leads, opportunities, and activities.
Use the CRM to manage follow-up with prospective foster parents by phone, email, text, face-to-face contact, and direct mail.
Respond to inquiries within 24 hours, excluding weekends.
Lead the state-required foster-parent certification process, including initial training, home studies, and approval to become a foster home.
Maintain knowledge of current state regulations relating to foster homes.
Assess families’ ability to foster throughout training and the home-study process.
Provide foster-parent certification training classes as required by the state.
Recommend training to address areas for growth.
Participate in admissions from youth referral through first placement.
Maintain all aspects of foster-parent records in the database and ensure pipeline numbers are accurate.
Work with the team on foster-home capacity and utilization.
Manage all aspects of initial foster-parent training, including training on Hobb’s principles of Re-Education and Necco culture.
Provide rotating on-call advisory and support to foster families, and report and document activities.
Practice Ruthless Pragmatism, engage in peer-to-peer feedback, and know and live Necco’s Corporate Culture Principles.
Embody the virtues of Humble, Hungry, and Smart; drive an Individual Performance Scorecard; and adhere to and contribute to the Necco meeting structure.