Licensing Coordinator - Bilingual-Spanish/English -JOR

NATIONAL YOUTH ADVOCATE PROGRAM • Chicago, IL

3d • $56,000 - $56,000

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 works with potential and current foster parents, program colleagues, licensing agencies, and other stakeholders to support licensing compliance and maintain accurate records. Fluency in Spanish is required.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in social work or a comparable human services field from an accredited institution.
• Fluency in Spanish and English.
• At least 21 years of age.
• Valid state driver's license, reliable personal vehicle, and good driving record.
• Minimum automobile insurance coverage of $100,000/$300,000 bodily liability coverage.
• Proficiency with desktop and laptop computers, smartphones, tablets, printers, fax machines, photocopiers, and word-processing, spreadsheet, and database software.
• 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, 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 in accordance with 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 regular communication with foster parents, provide updates on the licensing process, and resolve licensing issues.
• Maintain ongoing 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, and organize physical files for audits.
• Represent the program in state file audits as required.
• Perform other duties as requested and conduct work consistently with the organization's mission, values, and philosophies.

Benefits

• 33 paid days off each year, including 11 holidays and 22 days of paid time off.
• Healthcare benefits for employees and their families.
• Pet insurance with discounts and reimbursements.
• 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