Bilingual Foster Home Licensing Coordinator — Impactful Care

National Youth Advocate Program (NYAP); East Chicago (IN); Presencial; USD 42.000 - 56.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

33 Paid days off each year

Healthcare Benefits

Pet insurance

401(k)

Summer Hours Off

Mileage Reimbursement

Phone Allowance

Student Loan Repayment Assistance

CEU’s and ongoing trainings/education

Equal Opportunity Employer

Descripción de la vacante

National Youth Advocate Program (NYAP) is seeking a Foster Home Licensing Coordinator for La Jornada to license and re-license foster homes, maintain bed capacity, and ensure compliance. A Bachelor’s degree in social work or related field plus 2 years of direct service with minors is preferred; bilingual English/Spanish is strongly preferred.

The role requires collaboration with recruiters, state agencies, and cross-functional teams, with duties including home studies, licensing applications,

Formación

• Bachelor’s degree in social work or comparable Human Services field from an accredited institution.
• Two (2) years of work experience working in direct service with minors and families strongly preferred.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish). Fluency in Spanish is required.
• Proficient use of desktop and laptop computers, smartphones and tablets, printers, fax machines, and photocopiers, as well as software including word processing, spreadsheet, and database programs.
• Minimum automobile insurance coverage of $100,000/300,000 bodily liability coverage.
• 21 years of age, valid state driver’s license, reliable personal vehicle and a good driving record.

Responsabilidades

• Actively support, represent, and extend the mission, vision, and values of the organization.
• Responsible for conducting home studies, assisting foster parents in completing licensing applications, initiating background check process, and delivering all required foster parent training in a timely manner.
• Work closely with the Foster Parent Recruiter in a collaborative capacity to accommodate foster parents’ licensing and documentary needs, identify and overcome licensing barriers.
• Develop a comprehensive home study for each potential family and submit for approval.
• Schedule all required foster home inspections per state licensing inspections and assist foster parents in prepping homes for the inspections.
• Follow the recruitment and retention plan to assist foster families in meeting and maintaining initial and ongoing trainings, certifications, and licensure requirements.
• Maintain constant foster parent communication to keep foster caregivers updated on the licensing process and resolve licensing issues.
• Maintain ongoing contact with State licensing agencies, state and Federal stakeholders as needed.
• Act as Program Subject Matter Expert (SME) in matters related to licensing/ recruiting, bed capacity. Responsible for updating the cross functional team, including the Intake Team, of bed availability and completing reports/logs.
• Upload, maintain and update all foster parent information and home records in Evolve Program: keeping, maintaining, organizing physical files for audits.
• Participate as representative of the Program in state file audits as required.
• Other duties are requested.
• Perform all work in a manner consistent with the National Youth Advocate Program’s mission, values, and philosophies.

Educación

Bachelor’s degree in social work or comparable Human Services field

Two (2) years of work experience with minors and families

Bilingual English/Spanish

Proficient use of computers and office equipment

Valid driver’s license and reliable vehicle

Descripción del empleo

National Youth Advocate Program (NYAP) is seeking a Foster Home Licensing Coordinator for La Jornada to license and re-license foster homes, maintain bed capacity, and ensure compliance. A Bachelor’s degree in social work or related field plus 2 years of direct service with minors is preferred; bilingual English/Spanish is strongly preferred.

The role requires collaboration with recruiters, state agencies, and cross-functional teams, with duties including home studies, licensing applications,