Foster Home Licensing Coordinator

About the role

The Foster Home Licensing Coordinator for La Jornada is responsible for licensing, re-licensing, and retention of quality foster homes and ensuring licensed homes meet or exceed bed capacity in the assigned location.

Responsibilities

• Actively support, represent, and extend the mission, vision, and values of the organization.
• Conduct home studies, assist foster parents in completing licensing applications, initiate background check process, and deliver all required foster parent training in a timely manner.
• Work closely with the Foster Parent Recruiter in a collaborative capacity to accommodate foster parents’ licensing and documentary needs, identify and overcome licensing barriers.
• Develop a comprehensive home study for each potential family and submit for approval.
• Schedule all required foster home inspections per state licensing inspections and assist foster parents in prepping homes for the inspections.
• Follow the recruitment and retention plan to assist foster families in meeting and maintaining initial and ongoing trainings, certifications, and licensure requirements.
• Maintain constant foster parent communication to keep foster caregivers updated on the licensing process and resolve licensing issues.
• Maintain ongoing contact with State licensing agencies, state and Federal stakeholders as needed.
• Act as Program Subject Matter Expert (SME) in matters related to licensing/recruiting, bed capacity.
• Update the cross functional team, including the Intake Team, of bed availability and complete reports/logs.
• Upload, maintain and update all foster parent information and home records in Evolve Program: keeping, maintaining, organizing physical files for audits.
• Participate as representative of the Program in state file audits as required.
• Perform all work in a manner consistent with the National Youth Advocate Program’s mission, values, and philosophies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in social work or comparable Human Services field from an accredited institution.
• Two (2) years of work experience working in direct service with minors and families strongly preferred.
• Proficient use of desktop and laptop computers, smartphones and tablets, printers, fax machines, and photocopiers, as well as software including word processing, spreadsheet, and database programs.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish).
• Fluency in Spanish is required.
• Minimum automobile insurance coverage of $100,000/300,000 bodily liability coverage.
• 21 years of age, valid state driver’s license, reliable personal vehicle and a good driving record.