Foster Care Licensing & Resource Family Coordinator

State-of-Maine; Bangor (ME); On-site; USD 47,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid holidays

Vacation leave

Retirement plan

Job summary

State of Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services is seeking a Community Care Worker in Bangor to ensure resource family home applicants meet required standards and to support kinship placements for children in care. You will conduct home studies, assist in securing placements, and recruit and train resource families, with frequent overtime and local travel.

The role requires a Bachelor's Degree in Social Services or Behavioral Science or equivalent experience, plus strong communication

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Social Services or Behavioral Science, OR a four-year combination of education, training, and/or professional experience providing services to and working directly with children and/or families.
• Demonstrated proficiency in public contact work, information gathering, analysis, documentation, and collaboration.
• Knowledge of motivational interviewing and information gathering methods and techniques.

Responsibilities

• Conducting home studies and foster home investigations to determine possible violations, or kinship assessments for relatives and fictive kin placements.
• Assisting in securing placements for youth entering care through OCFS using available resources and best placement practices.
• Providing information about strengths of an approved resource family to teams and supporting families through the approval process.
• Recruiting and providing training and support to resource families.

Skills

Public contact experience

Information gathering

Analysis

Documentation

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Social Services or Behavioral Science

Job description

State of Maine’s Department of Health and Human Services is seeking a Community Care Worker in Bangor to ensure resource family home applicants meet required standards and to support kinship placements for children in care. You will conduct home studies, assist in securing placements, and recruit and train resource families, with frequent overtime and local travel.

The role requires a Bachelor's Degree in Social Services or Behavioral Science or equivalent experience, plus strong communication