Licensing Coordinator - Bilingual-Spanish/English -JOR

National Youth Advocate Program • Chicago, IL

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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 role supports compliance, documentation, and licensing processes and works with foster caregivers, families, state licensing agencies, and other stakeholders. The position requires a bachelor's degree in social work or a comparable human services field and fluency in Spanish.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in social work or a comparable human services field from an accredited institution.
• Fluency in Spanish; bilingual English/Spanish.
• 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 in service of foster caregivers, families of origin, and persons served.
• Ability to be flexible and responsive to minors served, foster caregivers, system partners, and internal customers.

Nice To Haves

• Two years of work experience providing direct services to minors and families is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Support and represent the organization's mission, vision, and values.
• Conduct home studies, help foster parents complete licensing applications, initiate background checks, and deliver required foster parent training on time.
• 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 under state licensing requirements and help foster parents prepare their homes for inspections.
• Follow the recruitment and retention plan to help foster families meet and maintain initial and ongoing training, certification, and licensure requirements.
• Maintain ongoing communication with foster parents about the licensing process 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 the cross-functional team, 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 work consistently with the organization's mission, values, and philosophies.

Benefits

• 33 paid days off each year, comprising 11 holidays and 22 days of PTO.
• Healthcare benefits for the employee and family.
• Pet insurance with discounts and reimbursements.
• Competitive salaries and benefits, including a 401(k).
• Summer hours off, including half-day Fridays and work anniversary trips.
• Mileage reimbursement.
• Phone allowance.
• Student loan repayment assistance.
• CEUs and ongoing training and education.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time