Director of Family Services

Marland's Place: Foster Family Services
Email: abroome@marlandsplace.com
Phone: 580-762-4156

Functional Job Description

Qualifications

• Must be at least 21 years of age
• Education: Master’s Degree in Social Work or related field with 5 years of leadership experience in child welfare field (preferred). A Bachelor’s degree in a mental health treatment-related field, such as social work, psychology, human relations psychological track, behavioral science, child development, counseling, or alcohol/drug studies and a minimum of two (2) years of experience in providing direct services to children and youth with emotional and behavioral challenges is required.
• Required compliance with ethical practices and continuing education requirements;
• A valid driver's license with a clean driving record; and
• The ability to pass pre-employment screenings.

Duties & Responsibilities

1. Manage and oversee Marland’s Place Foster Care contract.
2. Provide supervision and direction to foster care staff.
3. Attend DHS, OKCare, and contracted agency meetings and act as Marland’s Place liaison with leadership.
4. Mange the Foster Care budget and recommend changes or additions.
5. Maintain program compliance for DHS licensing and DHS Child Welfare Contracts.
6. Provide leadership and guidance to a growing program.
7. Review and develop ongoing systems as the program expands and grows.
8. Evaluate new opportunities and strategically plan for implantation.
9. Review and approve new foster family home studies, as well as, yearly reassessments.
10.  Provide direct oversight to the foster care program including trainings, recruitment, retention, policy and supervision of staff.
11. Address information requests from prospective foster parents and follow up with the request.
12. Certify new foster families
13. Responsible for overall compliance of foster families and family/child files with regulatory standards.
14. Participate in recruitment and ongoing support of foster families.
15. Coordinate respite program for assigned foster families.
16.  Responsible for placement activities in the absence of Family Specialist.
17.  Helps resolve disputes between foster parent and agency.
18.  Conducts internal audits according to agency quality assurance standards.
19.  Compiles reports of audit deficiencies for the review of the CEO.
20.  Performs all duties within contract, state and federal regulations and Marland’s Place policy.
21. Tracks foster family training records to ensure each family complies with annual requirements.
22.  Provides training for potential foster families.
23.  Documents staff training attendance.