Statewide Resource Home Study Coordinator

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Type of Position:

Professional Staff - Institutional Affairs

Workstudy Position:

No

Job Type:

Regular

Work Shift:

Day Shift (United States of America)

Sponsorship Available:

No

Institution Name:

University of Arkansas at Little Rock

The University of Arkansas at Little Rock is a metropolitan research university that provides an accessible, quality education through flexible learning and unparalleled internship opportunities. At UA Little Rock, we prepare our more than 8,900 students to be innovators and responsible leaders in their fields. Committed to its metropolitan research university mission, UA Little Rock is a driving force in Little Rock's thriving cultural community and a major component of the city and state's growing profile as a regional leader in research, technology transfer, economic development, and job creation.

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Department:

MidSOUTH

Department's Website:

midsouth.ualr.edu

Summary of Job Duties:

THIS IS A STATEWIDE POSITION COVERING FIVE (5) LOCATIONS (Arkadelphia, Fayetteville, Jonesboro, Little Rock, and Monticello). The Statewide Resource Home Study Coordinator is responsible for overseeing, managing, and completing the home study process for prospective resource, adoptive, and kinship families across the state in partnership with the Division of Children and Family Services (DCFS).

The Statewide Resource Home Study Coordinator will collaborate with the Statewide Training Resource Coordinator, the Statewide Programmatic Resource Coordinator, the Resource Family Program Director, the Division of Children and Family Services Resource Workers, and Resource Family Trainers to coordinate and facilitate the contracted resource and adoptive family programs throughout the state.

The Statewide Resource Home Study Coordinator will be trained and certified in the contracted resource and adoptive family pre-service training curricula and home study models. This individual will ensure compliance with state regulations, agency standards, and federal guidelines while providing leadership, training, and support to full-time and part-time staff conducting home studies. The Statewide Resource Home Study Coordinator will play a vital role in maintaining the quality and consistency of assessments to ensure the safety and well-being of children in foster care. This individual will be a part of a team that ensures fidelity of the contracted resource and adoptive contracted program.

The Statewide Resource Home Study Coordinator will assist in data entry management and monthly data reporting. This position will work in collaboration with other Statewide Resource Coordinators to oversee training schedules, work schedules, and home study assignments for their direct reports across the state.

This position is directly responsible to the Resource Family Program Director. The Statewide Resource Home Study Coordinator will regularly contact the Division of Children and Family Services, other public agencies, community professionals, and the public.

The Statewide Resource Home Study Coordinator position is a full-time, annually renewed grant-funded position governed by state and federal laws and agency/institution policy. In-state travel is required.

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