Resource Parent Support Worker (Foster Care)

NORTHEAST TREATMENT CENTER • Philadelphia, PA

9d • $44,000 - $45,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Resource Parent Support Worker (RPSW) provides primary support to resource parents working with/caring for children placed at the General level of care. The RPSW engages in a variety of activities intended to promote the stability of General placements by ensuring that resource parents have the knowledge and skills they need to manage and cope with challenges exhibited by children in their care. The RPSW is chiefly engaged in face-to-face coaching, behavior modification, and service coordination, but also carries out tasks related to communicating with external partners and auditing and reporting on assigned cases. Contact with individuals, their families, representatives of private and public welfare agencies, representatives of professional and community groups, and the public, as well as support and coaching of resource parents are of major significance to the work. Work is performed under the general supervision of the Supervisor of Resource Parent Support Workers.

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree in Social Work or related field including but not limited to sociology, psychology, counseling, criminal justice, education, divinity, or public health administration
• Minimum of one year of direct social work experience providing services to children and families in a behavioral health setting.
• Adult and Pediatric CPR Certification Required
• PA Child Abuse Clearance required
• PA Mandated Child Abuse Reporter Training Required
• FBI Clearance required
• PA Criminal Clearance required
• Health Assessment required
• TB Test required

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual in Spanish is a plus!

Responsibilities

• Provide primary support to resource parents caring for children.
• Promote the stability of placements by ensuring resource parents have the necessary knowledge and skills.
• Engage in face-to-face coaching, behavior modification, and service coordination.
• Communicate with external partners.
• Audit and report on assigned cases.
• Contact with individuals, their families, representatives of private and public welfare agencies, representatives of professional and community groups, and the public.
• Support and coach resource parents.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level