Foster Care Home Finder
hace 1 mes
Albany
Job Description The Foster Family Program provides foster and pre-adoptive foster homes to children from birth through age 21 who have been removed from their homes and placed in foster care. Each foster parent receives training and ongoing professional support to promote a positive, successful experience. The position is responsible for recruiting and assessing prospective foster homes, which includes training and case management of the certification process. The position also requires the maintenance of each certified foster home, including recertifying each home, ensuring agency and state standards are met with their licensure. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned. Employees are expected to be awake and alert while working. • Participate actively in community activities and events to recruit foster parents, • Participate in developing an active recruitment plan for recruiting foster parents, • Handle inquiries and applications from potential foster parents, • Facilitate all orientation meetings with potential foster parents, • Complete all paperwork for the certification process, • Prepare and present GPS/MAPP training for potential foster parents, • Assess families ability to foster children as it relates to 12 skills of successful fostering, • Complete home studies for all recommended foster homes, • Conduct safety assessments to assure the health and safety of foster homes, • Facilitate CPR/First Aid process and other agency pre-certification trainings, • Maintain certified foster family records, • Handle the recertification process, including development of yearly skill development plan with each family, assessing strengths and needs of the foster home, • Provide ongoing training and support for certified parents in conjunction with the foster care team, • Check with certified families on quarterly basis to monitor strengths and needs of the foster home