BCP Supervisor

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Hire, train and monitor Parent Partner activities.
• Identifies, recruits, and retains community stakeholders to become collaborative members for the BCP.
• Recruits and trains community representatives for the purpose of attending Family Team Meetings at the request of DHS.
• Conducts community forums, Child Abuse Prevention Trainings, Building Community Partnership (BCP) meetings and focus groups to promote awareness of BCP.
• Collaborates with DHS to provide training and mentoring services to potential and existing resource parents.
• Facilitates support groups for both birth parents and foster parents monthly.
• Manages program specific assistance funds.
• SUBMIT MONTHLY AND OTHER REPORTS AS REQUIRED.
• Participates in required trainings.
• Attend all scheduled team meetings.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Job Qualifications

• Experience working with children and families with multiple problems and an overall ability to relate to and engage with families at risk and in crisis.
• An understanding of current and appropriate parenting skills and life skills.
• Knowledge of child welfare policies and programs, family therapy theories, treatment philosophies, and strategies of home-based services.
• Ability to provide culturally competent services that shows sensitivity to the service population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.

Core Competencies

• Customer Service – regularly respond to customers in a courteous and timely manner with focus on providing quality services.
• Job Knowledge – demonstrate mastery of basic principles, techniques, and skills related to job, consistently applying technical and procedural competence.
• Professionalism – consistently present a positive image of self and the agency, operating with integrity and credibility.
• Planning & Organization of Work – reliably demonstrate time management skills through advance planning in order to deliver high quality work product within deadlines.
• Relationship / Leadership – exhibit ability to develop cooperative relationships based on mutual respect and trust, treating others fairly, consistently listening, openly and actively encouraging others to express candid and differing views.
• Judgement & Problem Solving – show ability to review facts and information using sound judgment to arrive at the most effective solution and when appropriate seek supervisory assistance.
• Quality & Accuracy – consistently present work product that is thorough, accurate, and effective in accomplishing intended purpose of assignments.
• Initiative & Independence – demonstrate ability to effectively complete work tasks with minimal direction from supervisor and take initiative to increase effectiveness of work and that of the department.
• Reliability / Dependability – exhibit consistency in performance and reliably follows through on tasks and assigned responsibilities.
• Temperament – maintain emotional control, a positive perspective, and effectively respond to stress on the job.

Education, Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• A bachelor’s degree in the field of human services is required, preferably in social work.
• Valid Michigan Driver’s License, appropriate insurance and use of own vehicle.

Working Conditions

• Works in an office environment and in the community as needed.
• Possible stressful environment working with families and court system.
• Non-traditional hours occur often due to the need for evening and weekend visitation, events, and trainings, etc.
• Fast paced, enthusiastic and team oriented workplace.

Physical requirements

• Sitting and standing for extended periods of time.
• May require some lifting.