Teen Home Finder

HEARTSHARE HUMAN SERVICES OF NEW YORK • New York, NY

86d • $25 - $27

About The Position

We are seeking a Teen Home Finder to join our Foster Care program at HSVS’. The Teen Home Finder will be responsible for ensuring that our program youths in foster care have a safe, healthy and nurturing foster home.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required.
• Experience in foster care preferred.
• Strong organizational and multitasking skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook).
• Ability to work independently while maintaining collaborative relationships with team members.
• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving abilities.

Responsibilities

• Ensure that all agencies, city, state, and federal regulations and requirements are strictly followed and accurately documented.
• Support and value foster families while providing loving care for every child in their home.
• Provide training and guidance to foster families to help them raise happy, healthy and secure children.
• Specialize in teen foster families.
• Recruit foster parents interested in caring for teens through community and targeted recruitment.
• Supervise foster homes and facilitate the step down of youth from the HSVS Healing Homes.
• Conduct regular meetings with Healing Home staff and identify potential foster families for youth ready to step down.
• Schedule meet and greets and facilitate pilot period meetings and updates.
• Complete detailed, accurate and timely written assessments on all foster parents and foster homes assigned.
• Visit foster homes to ensure safety, regulatory compliance, and provide foster parent support.
• Ensure that all foster homes have complete, accurate, tidy and audit-ready case record files.
• Assist and support foster parents in meeting challenges and achieving success.
• Receive training and certification to deliver required foster parent training.
• Enter data into required electronic systems, including Connections and Binti.
• Conduct community based and targeted foster family recruitment for teen youth in care.

Benefits

• Rewarding Work in a team environment.
• Paid vacation, sick, personal days, and holidays.
• 403(B) retirement plans with employer contribution.
• Health, dental, vision and life insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Flexible spending account (Dependent Care, Medical, Parking, and Transit).
• Employee Appreciation Programs and Events.
• Tuition Assistance Program.
• Professional Development opportunities.
• Wellhub Discount.
• Verizon Wireless Discount.
• BJs Membership discount.
• Discounts on Broadway tickets, movie tickets, theme parks, sporting events, gift certificates & more.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: Bachelor's degree
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees