Licensing Specialist, Foster Homes

Samaritas•Lansing, MI

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Recruit, license, and support foster homes serving refugee children and families. This role involves coordinating and participating in the recruitment, training, licensing, and investigation activities of foster care homes in the assigned community, ensuring compliance with all applicable contractual, regulatory, and accreditation standards.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Social Work or related field.
Bilingual in Spanish strongly preferred.
Unrestricted Michigan driver’s license with good driving record.
Reliable personal transportation suitable for safely transporting persons served.
Proof of current automobile insurance.

Nice To Haves

State of Michigan Licensed Social Worker preferred.
Experience in child welfare preferred.

Responsibilities

Devise, implement, and evaluate strategies and recruitment plans to ensure an adequate number of foster homes in accordance with program, organization, and contractual requirements and standards.
Develop and maintain current contact files with recruitment sources, prospective foster home data files, and mailing lists.
Develop and maintain ongoing relationships with religious/community groups and key individuals to increase awareness of the need for foster parents and organizational services.
In coordination with the communications and planning department, develop and circulate promotional materials.
Make regular press releases to public media sources and give presentations when requested to promote foster care awareness and recruitment, under the direction of the director.
Plan and conduct regular orientation meetings and pre-service training with prospective foster parents.
Complete original home studies for all new foster parent applicants.
Complete annual and renewal license assessments, and all licensing actions related to changes in foster homes within prescribed timeframes.
Complete investigations of all complaints against foster families in a thorough and timely manner, providing written reports to appropriate parties and regulatory agencies.
Provide ongoing training and consultation for foster parents.
Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of recruitment strategies.
Maintain statistical data related to service delivery outcomes and measurements.
Provide reports and data as requested.