Adoption & Foster Care Specialist

About the role

Specialist will work across Delta, Dickinson, and Menominee counties with a home office in Escanaba. Services are delivered through case management that includes developing and monitoring service plans, coordinating services, team meetings, home visits, and parent training. This role serves families in Marquette, Delta, Dickinson, and Menominee counties.

U.P. Kids is an organization dedicated to caring for children and building brighter futures, offering a wide array of programs and services for children and families across Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Responsibilities

• Respect the dignity and worth of client families.
• Develop, coordinate, and implement treatment plans with youth and their families.
• Participate in service meetings and reviews, including intake, transfer, and discharge meetings.
• Document meetings, contacts, and case progress.
• Conduct initial screenings of foster/adoptive parents.
• Assist in conducting home studies and assessing potential foster/adoptive parents.
• Assist in the recruitment, licensing, and training of parents.
• Attend community, supervisory, staffing, and other meetings regarding foster care placements and program development.
• Participate in and often lead monthly meetings with foster parents to review youth progress and overall functioning of the foster parents, as well as assist foster parents in designing behavior interventions and responding to youth behavior.
• Participate in inspections at foster homes to review licensing standards and document non-compliances.
• Write satisfactory case notes, letters, and reports.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a human service field.
• Good driving record, reliable vehicle, and ability to travel in the Upper Peninsula (mileage reimbursement provided).
• One or more years’ experience working with families and children preferred.

Pay

Starting salary no less than $43,160/yr.

Benefits

• Excellent benefits package.
• Generous paid leave and holidays.
• Flexible work schedule and work-from-home options.
• Employee Assistance program.