Licensing & Training Specialist, Foster Care

About the role

Thompson was founded in 1886 as an orphanage and has grown into an organization operating across the Carolinas, Florida, Tennessee and Kentucky. Thompson’s continuum of care encompasses three domains: prevention, mental health services and foster care. All Thompson programs are trauma-informed and evidence-based/evidence-informed with the intention of building resilience in our clients (ages 0-18) and their families, both virtually and in person. Our values are Excellence, Innovation, Commitment, Caring and Integrity.

Responsibilities

• Recruit, train, and license foster parents.
• Provide pre-service training for potential foster parents.
• Assess and evaluate potential foster parents based on state and agency policy.
• Guide potential parents through the licensing process and submit all licensing documentation to the state as well as required agency documents.
• Once licensed, ensure foster parents’ training remains in compliance, provide at least quarterly supervision/assessment, maintain audit‑ready files, and work in cooperation with the foster care coordinator to provide comprehensive support to help a foster parent maintain placement of children in their homes.
• Public speaking and marketing to recruit families.
• Excellent customer service response, assisting in locating placements for children, work both independently and with a team to ensure safe placement of children, maintain documentation requirements.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in social work or related field.
• Minimum of 2 years of relevant professional experience.
• Valid Driver’s License.
• Meet any credentialing, licensing and privileging standards as it pertains to the program(s) you lead (Meets criteria as a Qualified Professional in North Carolina).
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite application software.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills.
• Must pass a drug screening test.
• Extensive background check required.

Skills

• Passion for working with youth & adolescents.
• Enjoy knowing you’re making an IMPACT on the lives of others.
• EXCELLENCE, INNOVATION, COMMITMENT, CARING, AND INTEGRITY are important to you.

Benefits

• 3 weeks paid time off (PTO) first year plus 10 paid holidays.
• Health, Dental, Vision, Short‑Term and Long‑Term Disability and Life insurance options.
• 401K Match.
• Education Reimbursement.
• Referral Bonus.
• Eligibility to apply for Public Service Loan Forgiveness through FAFSA after 10 years of service.
• Eligibility to apply for the state loan repayment program that repays up to $50,000 of student loans.
• Paid time off