Permanency Specialist - Foster Care
About The Position
Auberle’s Foster Care Program recruits, certifies, and maintains safe environments for young people referred by county protective agencies who cannot live with their legal guardians. The program supports young people in finding permanency through reunification with their original caregiver or placement with an alternate family. Services include traditional and therapeutic care and support through the Statewide Adoption Network (SWAN). The Permanency Specialist helps children gather and preserve their histories, prepares them for permanency, and creates scrapbooks to help them process trauma and honor their pasts. The specialist provides potential adoptive families with extensive information about the children and educates families on engaging with children and helping them process grief and loss as they grow older. The position is primarily based in the Greater Pittsburgh area, with required attendance at scheduled trainings, meetings, and events at Auberle’s main campus in McKeesport. Frequent travel throughout the Greater Pittsburgh area is required.
Requirements
- Act 33/34 and FBI clearances.
- Bachelor’s degree preferred; related experience and lived experience may be accepted.
- Valid Pennsylvania driver’s license.
- Reliable vehicle, valid car insurance, and vehicle registration.
- Must be at least 21 years of age.
- Flexibility to work evenings and weekends.
- Frequent travel throughout the Greater Pittsburgh area is required.
Nice To Haves
- Bachelor’s degree.
Responsibilities
- Help children gather their history and maintain as much information about each child as possible in one document.
- Engage with children to help prepare them for permanency.
- Create scrapbooks to help children process trauma and honor their past.
- Provide extensive history and information about children to potential adoptive families.
- Educate families on ways to engage with their children and help them process grief and loss as they get older.
- Travel throughout the Greater Pittsburgh area, including transporting young people using all types of car seats.
- Attend scheduled training, meetings, and other events at the main campus in McKeesport.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
