Child Placing Agency (CPA) Specialist

Essential Functions

• Carries an average caseload of 22 active families
• Accepts referral information regarding potential placements for children in care and matches with foster families
• Conducts home visits and reviews documentation on foster children on a monthly basis
• Conducts home visits on assigned active respite families on a monthly basis
• Ensures each home is compliant with DCF regulations and completes home report following home visits
• Affords foster parents access to resources to meet foster child needs
• Affords foster parents attendance at trainings for their annual relicensing requirements
• Completes renewal process and exceptions as necessary
• Conducts family assessments at time of renewal licensing
• Updates Electronic Record System and openings list once weekly at a minimum or upon request
• Facilitates support meetings and other activities for foster families regularly
• Tracks DCF Notice of Survey Findings (NOSF) to ensure that compliance actions are completed and investigations are closed
• Tracks MVR reports to ensure that corrective actions are completed
• Develops and tracks compliance action plans (CAPs) and/or safety plans with foster families as required
• Affords assistance in the process of recruiting new foster families and attends recruitment events
• Completes monthly reports documenting current behaviors on each child in assigned foster home
• Provides crisis/on call services and 24-hour, 7-day-a-week support to assigned foster families
• Sends an incident report when appropriate
• Maintains good working relationships and facilitates communication with the foster family, foster child, and collateral agencies and staff
• Provides information about placements, respites, discharges, etc., via the childchange email for billing accuracy
• Approves foster parent payment reports twice a month after ensuring accuracy
• Conducts adoption home studies as needed
• Maintains regular contact with supervisor
• Requires the ability to maintain strict confidentiality
• Attends monthly CPA meeting and in-person meetings
• Participates in the foster family conference and child welfare conference
• Conducts pre-service training for prospective foster and adoptive families
• Completes pre-service Summary / Recommendations and Strengths / Needs