Foster Care Program Coordinator (Merraine Group) (1460)

The Foster Care Program Coordinator position has overall responsibility for all aspects of the foster family care program including planning, supervision, administration, independent monitoring and program development.  The Foster Care Program Coordinator represents the Agency in recruiting and acceptance of referrals for foster care and is a liaison to a variety of community and public agencies.

Job Responsibilities

• Assists in providing safe, secure, and structured foster home environments for children, including a focus on runaway prevention and reduction.  Helps meet the developmental and childcare needs of children who are unable to live at home.  Monitors overall service provision of children and families in the program.

• Processes referrals and matches children to appropriate foster homes, and ensures sufficient number of trained and certified foster parents. Ensures implementation and completion of required comprehensive treatment and Discharge Plan for each child and family.

• Ensures provision of independent living skills for eligible children in foster care.  Ensures all children receive required medical and dental examinations and services are documented.

• Ensures appropriate counseling is in place for all children.  Ensures proper permanency planning goals and progress toward such goals.

• Recruits, hires, trains and provides overall supervision of staff including conducting staff meetings, preparing and monitoring schedules, monitors and ensures paperwork and documentation requirements are met through regular supervision and links staff with appropriate training opportunities.

• Develops resources for program including representing programming in the community, serves as liaison with various community and public agencies, and maintains close contact with school representatives.

• Assists with preparation of budget and ensures fiscal accountability including but not limited to providing regular statistical and billing information, preparing biweekly and/or monthly reports and completing all state-mandated reports in a timely manner; monitors expenses and approves travel expense records. 

 Job Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree required. Minimum of master’s degree in social work or related human services discipline preferred.
• Minimum 2 years experienced working within Foster Care, Child welfare, or working with at risk youth Required.
• Demonstrated experience in supervising staff and/or managing programs, working with at risk youths and families, case management, child welfare, trauma-informed with at least one year of direct oversight responsibilities – Strongly Preferred.
• Must be able to work a flexible schedule including on call rotations, nights, weekends, and holidays. 
  • Must carry cell phone/pager for emergency coverage and crisis intervention and/or consultation.
• Must possess a valid driver’s license and clean driving record. 
• Travel is required for the position.
• Ability to work with an economically and culturally diverse population.
• Skills: demonstrated decision-making, organizational and communication skills including attention to detail, oral and written communication skills and training skills; computer literacy including but not limited to MS Office suite; ability to organize work effectively, conceptualize, prioritize and exercise independent judgment based on an understanding of internal and external organizational policies and practices; demonstrated knowledge of relevant federal and state regulations pertaining to operation of programs offered.

Equal Opportunity Employer 

Together for Youth is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the b