Kinship and Placement Supervisor

THE VILLAGE NETWORK•Columbus, OH

4d•$57,000 - $67,000•Onsite

About The Position

Since 1946, The Village Network has been providing compassionate treatment to support the behavioral, physical, and emotional health of children and families. They offer services including community-based services, residential treatment, and treatment foster care programs. The Village Network prides itself on a Culture of Care and utilizes Collaborative Problem Solving along with The Neurosequential Model of Therapeutics. They offer tuition and licensure reimbursement, excellent benefits, competitive salaries, and generous PTO. Employees are valued, as evidenced by annual salary bonuses and PTO buybacks, as well as significant contributions to employee 403(b) accounts. The organization promotes from within, offering advancement opportunities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology or related field.
Minimum of 4 years of professional child welfare experience.
Demonstrates good decision-making techniques and uses good judgment in dealing with people and information.
Possesses: excellent verbal and written communication skills; ability to prioritize multiple tasks and problem solve; excellent time management skills; and strong analytical skills.
Ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive information.

Nice To Haves

MSW and licensure preferred.

Responsibilities

Responsible for Kinship Department’s initiative to recruit and approve kinship providers.
Works collaboratively with program leadership to execute an efficient and highly effective kinship approval and retention process that creates an exceptional kinship provider experience and promotes child welfare best practices.
Serves as the point of contact for out of home care placements, provider contracts and kinship payments.
Consults with program staff to select placement options when out of home care is necessary.
Initiates the completion of placement documents and coordinates placements with kinship and agency providers.
In partnership with FCCS, monitors compliance for out of home providers.
Oversees the kinship department, including the direct supervision of kinship coordinators.
Facilitates weekly case conferences and scheduled performance reviews.
Ensures timely completion of all kinship home studies and updates, per contractual standards.
Oversees system to track placement data, utilization management and placement outcomes.
Partners with community providers and program leadership to develop and implement retention strategies to reduce placement disruptions.
Assures all documentation and timelines required by the department align with ORC, OAC and contractual standards.
Provides support and training events for kinship providers.
Coordinates Holiday Wish for TVN Family Services.
Provides excellent internal customer service.
Performs other duties as assigned.