Foster Parent Recruiter: Build Safe, Nurturing Homes

BrightSpring Health Services; Salt Lick (KY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

StepStone Family & Youth Services, affiliated with BrightSpring Health Services, seeks a proactive Foster Parent Recruiter to identify and engage potential foster families. You will guide candidates through recruitment and certification, build community partnerships, and support licensing processes to expand the network of foster families, ensuring safe and stable homes.

The role emphasizes trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and family-centered practices, with strong communication and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
• Three to five years of full-cycle recruiting experience in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience in sales, insurance or financial services recruitment preferred.
• Proficient in using social media for recruiting.
• Strong cold calling and lead conversion abilities.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.

Responsibilities

• Engage in recruitment and awareness activities to recruit prospective foster parents and build community relations.
• Develop and implement proactive, strategic recruitment plans to attract and certify qualified candidates, maintaining a pipeline of active and passive candidates for training and certification.
• Respond to foster parent inquiries by phone within 24 hours.
• Develop strategies to support general, targeted and child-specific recruitment and marketing.
• Understand and follow all agency and state licensing requirements and ensure foster parent compliance with regulations at all times.
• Work through and complete certification process with foster parents, including documentation.
• Complete parent interviews, background clearances, and home inspections to evaluate suitability and safety.
• Maintain foster parent files in compliance with agency and state regulations.
• Assist in the placement process and successful matching of youth and foster parents.
• Maintain professional boundaries, confidentiality, and applicable laws and policies.
• Attend all required meetings and community meetings for collaboration with referrals and providers.
• Provide support to treatment team members to ensure needs are met and placement stability.
• Ensure safety and well-being of all youth in care by observing signs of abuse/neglect.
• Travel to affiliate locations for recruitment events and work with managers.
• Participate in development and implementation of Corrective Action Plans for foster parents with supervisor.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Project management

Cold calling

Social media recruiting

Customer focus

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Social media platforms

Job description

StepStone Family & Youth Services, affiliated with BrightSpring Health Services, seeks a proactive Foster Parent Recruiter to identify and engage potential foster families. You will guide candidates through recruitment and certification, build community partnerships, and support licensing processes to expand the network of foster families, ensuring safe and stable homes.

The role emphasizes trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and family-centered practices, with strong communication and