Kinship and Placement Supervisor

The Village Network • Columbus, OH

2d • Onsite

About The Position

As a partner in building brighter futures for youth and their families, your role will be to provide child welfare expertise and guidance to support the achievement of the Care Management operation and leadership. You will be responsible for managing a range of activities related to child welfare placement activities that align with The Village Network’s Mission, Vision & Values.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology or related field; MSW and licensure preferred
• 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.

Benefits

• Tuition and Licensure reimbursement offered for employees looking to advanced their knowledge and skills.
• Get help earning an advanced degree or get the supervision necessary to earn your independent licensure.
• 232 hours ( 29 DAYS! ) of PTO offered in the first year in addition to 6 paid holidays for fulltime employees with potential for PTO buy back for unused time.
• TVN paid out a 3.5% annual salary bonus and over 80 hours of PTO buyback ($1.1 million BACK to employees) this fiscal year and has a 11-year history of providing annual bonus and PTO buybacks!
• TVN offers a generous retirement contribution and contributed nearly $1.5 million into employee 403(b) accounts this fiscal year!

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level