Foster Care Specialist: Peer Support & Growth

Eliot Community Human Services, Inc.; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 24,000 - 34,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous Paid Time Off

Comprehensive Benefits

Retirement Savings with employer match

Wellness & Family Support

Financial Security — life and AD&D保险

Professional Growth — training andtuIt

Job summary

Eliot Community Human Services, Inc. in Lexington, KY is hiring a part-time Foster Care Specialist to support foster families through peer-based services and trauma-informed care. You will help develop plans, conduct assessments, and coordinate with DCF to meet family needs.

The role emphasizes building trust with foster parents, delivering group and in-home support, and promoting child welfare through education, coaching, and resources. Prior foster parenting is valued.

Qualifications

• Must have at least three years of experience as a foster, kinship or adoptive parent for the Department of Children and Families.
• Must have a valid driver’s license and reliable transportation to and from work.
• Bilingual candidates fluent in a needed language may be eligible for a 6% salary increase (Spanish or Haitian/Creole).

Responsibilities

• Engage the foster parent(s) in peer support services and activities according to the program model of in-person visits, collateral contacts, case conferences, and virtual group services.
• Maintain appropriate professional boundaries when sharing personal experiences as a foster parent, including best practices, lessons learned, and effective interventions to establish relationships and deliver identified services.
• Conduct Protective Factors assessments and develop individualized treatment plans with foster parent(s) related to identified family needs, and DCF service request information; reevaluate treatment plans a minimum of every three months.
• Assist the foster parent(s) in addressing barriers to accessing services for ongoing behavioral health needs and community resources for the child(ren) placed in their home.
• Assist the foster parent(s) with building skills to meet the behavioral health needs of children placed in their home, through education, support, coaching, modeling, and guidance.

Skills

Foster care experience

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

Bachelor’s Degree preferred

Job description

Eliot Community Human Services, Inc. in Lexington, KY is hiring a part-time Foster Care Specialist to support foster families through peer-based services and trauma-informed care. You will help develop plans, conduct assessments, and coordinate with DCF to meet family needs.

The role emphasizes building trust with foster parents, delivering group and in-home support, and promoting child welfare through education, coaching, and resources. Prior foster parenting is valued.