Resource Parent Support Worker
Northeast Treatment Centers · Philadelphia, PA · 2 days ago
OTHRFull-time
About the role
The Resource Parent Support Worker (RPSW) provides primary support to resource parents working with/caring for children placed at the General level of care. The RPSW engages in a variety of activities intended to promote the stability of General placements by ensuring that resource parents have the knowledge and skills they need to manage and cope with challenges exhibited by children in their care. The RPSW is chiefly engaged in face-to-face coaching, behavior modification, and service coordination, but also carries out tasks related to communicating with external partners and auditing and reporting on assigned cases.
Responsibilities
- Engages in a variety of activities intended to promote the stability of General placements by ensuring that resource parents have the knowledge and skills they need to manage and cope with challenges exhibited by children in their care.
- Carries out tasks related to communicating with external partners and auditing and reporting on assigned cases.
- Supports and coaches resource parents through face-to-face interactions and other means.
- Communicates with individuals, their families, representatives of private and public welfare agencies, representatives of professional and community groups, and the public.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work or related field including but not limited to sociology, psychology, counseling, criminal justice, education, divinity, or public health administration.
- Minimum of one year of direct social work experience providing services to children and families in a behavioral health setting.
- Bilingual in Spanish is a plus!
Qualifications
- Adult and Pediatric CPR Certification Required.
- PA Child Abuse Clearance required.
- PA Mandated Child Abuse Reporter Training Required.
- FBI Clearance required.
- PA Criminal Clearance required.
- Health Assessment required.
- TB Test required.
Skills
N/A
Benefits
N/A
Pay
N/A
Schedule
FT Exempt., 40hrs. M-F, Schedule is based on the program and client needs.