Resource Parent Support Worker

DELTA COMMUNITY SUPPORTS•Glenside, PA

1d•$48,000 - $48,000•Onsite

About The Position

Working directly with Resource Parents to help them achieve and support the well-being, stability and permanency of the foster children/youth placed in the home. Responsible for providing direct support, consultation and coaching to Resource Parents to help them successfully meet the needs of the child or youth through the provision of supports and activities in the home, school, and community settings. Advances Delta’s Mission and Values.

Requirements

A Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, Sociology, Guidance and Counseling or Child Development, with at least 1 year of experience working with children preferred.
Experience working with families and children in community-based and home-based settings.
Current PA Child Abuse, FBI and Criminal Clearances as well as child abuse clearances from any state lived in the past 5 years.

Responsibilities

Provide direct support, consultation and coaching to Resource Parents (RP) to help them successfully meet the emotional, behavioral, social, academic, developmental and physical needs of the children/youth placed in the home.
Proactively partner with RP’s to ensure the safety and stability of the child/youth in the home. Identify caregiver challenges and/or issues that may jeopardize placement, stability and develop/implement strategies to mitigate the issues.
Provide face-to-face support to RP’s a minimum of 1 time per month with more frequent/intense contact for new placements and during periods of crisis.
Provide for new placements, initial, in-person, face-to-face contact with RP within 72 hours of the actual placement.
Provide trauma-informed, strengths-based, individualized parent training to support caregiver interventions in addressing/managing the unique needs of the children/youth in their home.
Actively partner with the RP and CUA CM to ensure that each child/youth is receiving the necessary, appropriate and effective behavioral health services to meet their individualized needs.
Support the process of obtaining services as necessary.
Ensure the RP’s maintain routine and non-route (as necessary and/or medically directed) medical and dental care; ensure that necessary documentation is obtained and provided to all necessary entities.
Support RP completion of required documentation through training, ongoing review and monitoring of documentation, including but not limited to, medication logs and daily RP documentation.
Actively provide support and coaching to ensure active and ongoing communication and collaboration between the RP and each child/youth CUA Case Manager, behavioral health provider and educational team.
Support RP’s with developing a plan to meet the transportation needs of children/youth in the home.
Assist with transportation as needed.
Provide 24/7 on-call crisis management and support to resource parents on a rotating basis.
Assist with transportation as needed.
Participate in regular and ongoing supervision as directed and according to program policy.
Participate in all required trainings as directed and according to program policy.
Participate in RP Orientation and trainings on a regular basis- at least every 3 years after a change to the curriculum to ensure awareness of materials and models being taught to Resource parents.
Maximize the development and capacity of staff to advance the mission and values of Delta.
Ensure the full capacity of programmatic resources.
Demonstrate ethical and professional conduct at all times.
Promote continuous quality improvement projects and ongoing performance measures.
Promote and address Delta’s Risk Management Program for the health and safety of individuals and employees.
Perform such other duties that may be assigned, which could include working with Medical Foster Care homes.