Foster Care Support Specialist — Flexible 20h/wk

Eliot Community Human Services, Inc.; Lexington (MA); Presencial; USD 24.000 - 34.000; Jornada completa

Ventajas ofrecidas por este puesto de trabajo

Generous Paid Time Off

Comprehensive Benefits

Retirement Savings 401(k)

Descripción de la vacante

Eliot Community Human Services, Inc. in Massachusetts is actively hiring a Foster Care Specialist to support foster families within the MSPCC program. This role focuses on peer support services, trauma-informed care, and collaboration with the Department of Children and Families (DCF).

Responsibilities include conducting assessments, developing treatment plans, and connecting families to community resources. A high school diploma is required; bilingual candidates may receive a salary increase.

Formación

• High School diploma or equivalent.
• Bachelor's Degree preferred.
• Must have at least three years of experience as a foster, kinship or adoptive parent for the DCF.
• 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).

Responsabilidades

• 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 at least 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.

Educación

High School diploma or equivalent

Bachelor's Degree preferred

Descripción del empleo

Eliot Community Human Services, Inc. in Massachusetts is actively hiring a Foster Care Specialist to support foster families within the MSPCC program. This role focuses on peer support services, trauma-informed care, and collaboration with the Department of Children and Families (DCF).

Responsibilities include conducting assessments, developing treatment plans, and connecting families to community resources. A high school diploma is required; bilingual candidates may receive a salary increase.