Recruiter Trainer - Therapeutic Foster Care - Macon, GA

MERITAN INC•Macon, GA

6d•$45,284 - $51,634

About The Position

Meritan, Inc., a Tennessee-based health, human, and social services nonprofit, is seeking a compassionate candidate to join its Specialized Foster Care team as a Recruiter/Trainer. This full-time position will closely work with children experiencing emotional, behavioral, and/or medical issues and foster families. The Recruiter/Trainer is responsible for assisting in selection and pre-service training of all foster family applicants. Some of the duties of the Recruiter/Trainer include, but are not limited to: recruiting new foster homes; completion of all stakeholder requirements for initial licensure of foster homes; drafting thorough home studies using the SAFE format; completing IMPACT training; completion of annual foster home re-evaluations; ensuring foster home compliance; and maintaining accurate case records. Meritan provides homes of refuge and healing to special needs foster children and in-home services to the elderly and disabled so that they may remain living independently in their own homes. Meritan is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Requirements

Positions in Georgia: Bachelor’s degree in an area of behavioral or social sciences, social work, psychology, childhood education, special education, guidance counseling, or related field.

Responsibilities

Recruiting new foster homes
Completion of all stakeholder requirements for initial licensure of foster homes
Drafting thorough home studies using the SAFE format
Completing IMPACT training
Completion of annual foster home re-evaluations
Ensuring foster home compliance
Maintaining accurate case records

Benefits

Voluntary health, dental, vision, life, and disability insurances
Within the first month of hire, the agency provides 24/7 access to FREE, co-payless, basic medical and behavioral health benefits with U.S.- based, prescription-writing physicians to the employee and all household members through Teladoc.
403(b) retirement savings plan with agency match.
Annual longevity bonus
Referral bonuses
10 paid holidays per year
12 sick days per year with rollover
15 vacation days per year (increases with longevity)
8 hours volunteer leave per year
3 days bereavement leave per year
Cellular phone stipend
Company-sponsored group life insurance, LTD/STD
Infant-at-Work Program/Child Care Stipend
Employee discounts on shopping, entertainment, travel, and wellness through Vizient Member Perks Program
Employee Emergency Assistance
Educational Incentive Bonus for completion of certificates and degrees
Remote work environment
Travel reimbursement
On-call pay
Automatic salary increases commensurate with experience