Licensing Coordinator - Bilingual-Spanish/English -JOR

NATIONAL YOUTH ADVOCATE PROGRAM•Duluth, GA

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Foster Home Licensing Coordinator for La Jornada is responsible for licensing, re-licensing, and retaining quality foster homes for short-term transitional foster care, and ensuring licensed homes meet or exceed bed capacity in the assigned location. The coordinator supports compliance, documentation, and licensing processes, collaborates with the Foster Parent Recruiter, and serves as a program subject matter expert on licensing, recruiting, and bed capacity. The role requires fluent Spanish and English and a willingness to work flexible, non-traditional hours. Frequent travel is required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in social work or a comparable human services field from an accredited institution.
Fluency in Spanish; bilingual English/Spanish ability is required.
Proficiency with desktop and laptop computers, smartphones, tablets, printers, fax machines, photocopiers, and word-processing, spreadsheet, and database software.
Minimum automobile insurance coverage of $100,000/$300,000 bodily liability coverage.
At least 21 years of age, a valid state driver’s license, a reliable personal vehicle, and a good driving record.
Willingness to work flexible and non-traditional hours to serve foster caregivers, families of origin, and persons served.
Ability to be flexible and responsive to minors served, foster caregivers, system partners, and internal customers.
Ability to travel frequently and drive a vehicle while sitting for extended periods.

Nice To Haves

Two years of direct-service work experience with minors and families is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Support, represent, and extend the organization’s mission, vision, and values.
Conduct home studies; assist foster parents with licensing applications; initiate background checks; and deliver required foster parent training in a timely manner.
Collaborate with the Foster Parent Recruiter to address foster parents’ licensing and documentation needs and identify and overcome licensing barriers.
Develop a comprehensive home study for each potential family and submit it for approval.
Schedule required foster home inspections and help foster parents prepare their homes for inspections.
Follow recruitment and retention plans to help foster families meet and maintain initial and ongoing training, certification, and licensure requirements.
Maintain communication with foster parents, provide licensing-process updates, and resolve licensing issues.
Maintain contact with state licensing agencies and state and federal stakeholders as needed.
Serve as the program subject matter expert on licensing, recruiting, and bed capacity.
Update cross-functional teams, including the Intake Team, on bed availability and complete reports and logs.
Upload, maintain, and update foster-parent information and home records in the Evolve Program; organize and maintain physical files for audits.
Represent the program in state file audits as required.
Perform other requested duties and conduct all work consistently with NYAP’s mission, values, and philosophies.