Foster Care Treatment Coordinator

Responsibilities

• Actively supports, represents, and extends the mission, vision, and values of the organization.
• Provides case management and other professional services, meeting or exceeding established outcomes thresholds on behalf of persons served.
• Provides direct services to, and on behalf of, youth and families in compliance with organizational, contract, and regulatory requirements.
• Completes all required documentation in a timely manner.
• Completes all required training in a timely manner.
• Regularly reviews and modifies youth-based plans to assure consistent progress and success on written plan goals.
• Establishes and maintains strong relationships with assigned foster parents and families of origin.
• Affords support and assistance in family reunification and/or stabilization efforts with the youth’s primary family or other permanent living arrangement consistent with the youth’s case plan.
• Provides safety assessment, crisis response, and behavioral stabilization services as required to assure safety and stability for youth served.
• Participates in the Continuous Quality Improvement activities on a monthly/quarterly basis.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work or comparable Human Services field from an accredited institution required.
• Previous foster care experience, an advanced degree, and/or relevant lived experience are highly valued.
• Two years of experience working in direct service with youth and families required.
• A willingness to work flexible and non-traditional hours in the service of foster caregivers, families of origin, and persons served.
• Capacity to be flexible and responsive to youth served, foster caregivers, system partners, and internal customers.
• Capacity to remain objective and professional in all areas of job function.
• Demonstrates tolerance and respect for the ideas and actions of others.
• Capacity to effectively work with and be respectful and sensitive to persons from various cultures, socioeconomic, ethnic, religious, and racial backgrounds.
• Consistently exercises discretion and independent judgement.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Valid driver’s license.
• Reliable personal transportation.
• Good driving record.
• Minimum automobile insurance coverage of $100,000/$300,000 bodily injury liability.

Skills

Proficient use of desktop and laptop computers, smart phones and tablets, printers, fax machines and photocopiers as well as software including word processing, spreadsheet and database programs.

Benefits

• Student loan repayment assistance, up to $1,200 per year!
• Time off based on hours worked.
• Partial holiday pay.
• 401k.
• Mileage reimbursement for some positions.

Pay

Competitive and negotiable based on experience and qualifications.

Schedule

Part-time, up to 20 hours per week.