GROW TRainer

Primary Duties and Responsibilities

• Presents to small and large groups
• Participates in required trainings
• Attends all scheduled team meetings
• Performs other duties as assigned

Job Qualifications

• Knowledge of the child welfare system and licensing rules
• Experience in a child placing agency is required
• Ability to provide culturally competent services that shows sensitivity to the service population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics

Core Competencies

• Customer Service
• Job Knowledge
• Professionalism
• Planning & Organization of Work
• Relationship / Leadership
• Judgement & Problem Solving
• Quality & Accuracy
• Initiative & Independence
• Reliability / Dependability
• Temperament

Education, Certificates, Licenses, Registrations

• A GROW trainer must have obtained GROW trainer certification from the Office of Workforce Development and Training (OWDT) prior to conducting any training sessions
• At least one of the two required trainers must have a minimum of a bachelor’s degree in human services
• At least one of the two required trainers will be a current foster care or adoptive parent
• 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 relative caregivers, foster and adoptive families
• Non-traditional hours occur often due to the need for evening and weekend foster parent trainings and home visits that should accommodate the foster families’ schedules
• Fast paced, enthusiastic and team oriented workplace

Physical requirements

• Ability to travel via automobile for up to several hours at a time
• Ability to lift and carry materials needed for group events and conferences