Home Finding Coordinator (ORR) (Bilingual Spanish)

Heartshare; New York (NY); On-site; USD 52,000 - 78,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid vacation, sick, personal days, &H

403(B) retirement plan

Health, dental, vision and life insur

Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

Flexible spending account

Tuition Assistance Program

Professional Development opportunities

Wellhub Discount

Verizon Wireless Discount

Broadway and events discounts

Job summary

HeartShare is seeking a Home Finding Coordinator for the Nuevo Camino program in Brooklyn, NY. You will support 38 unaccompanied minors aged 5-12 by ensuring safe, nurturing foster homes and compliant documentation across agency and government standards.

The role requires bilingual Spanish, a Bachelor’s degree, and at least two years in child welfare or related fields. You’ll train and guide foster families and collaborate with partners to empower refugee youth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from four-year college or equivalent
• 2 years of similar experience
• Bilingual Spanish required
• Driver’s License required
• Experience in child welfare/case management preferred
• Experience with refugee and/or immigrant populations preferred
• Stable judgment and sensitivity to diverse cultures
• Organized and detail-oriented
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
• Commitment to Nuevo Camino's mission and values

Responsibilities

• Completing detailed, accurate, and timely written reports on all homes assigned, including annual reauthorization narratives, home studies for newly trained and kinship homes, and addenda for all homes, as needed
• Ensuring that all foster homes on their workload have foster home case record files that are complete, accurate, tidy, and audit-ready at all times
• Being the point of contact for all of the foster families on their individual workloads
• Assist and support foster parents in meeting challenges and achieving success, through participation in administrative meetings, referral for additional services, or other interventions, as necessary
• Receive training and certification allowing home finder to deliver required foster parent training and subsequently deliver said training as requested
• Participate in required ORR – Nuevo Camino training per the federal and state mandates

Skills

Bilingual Spanish

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Heartshare St. Vincent’s Services (HSVS) Nuevo Camino program is dedicated to providing 38 unaccompanied minors, ages 5-12, with a supportive, nurturing environment through transitional foster homes, daily education Monday - Friday, and supportive wrap-around services in the Brooklyn section of New York City. Our program is rooted in ensuring that service delivery is trauma-informed, culturally appropriate, and tailored to the needs of each child while maintaining all program requirements of ORR.

Home Finding Coordinators ensure that every youth in transitional care has a safe, healthy, and nurturing foster home. Home Finders ensure that all agency, city, state, and federal regulations and requirements are strictly followed, and accurately documented. Home Finders ensure that foster families feel supported and valued while providing loving care for every child in their home. Home Finders provide training and guidance to foster families, to help them to raise happy, healthy, and secure children.

Essential Functions And Primary Responsibilities Of Position

• Completing detailed, accurate, and timely written reports on all homes assigned to them, including annual reauthorization narratives, home studies for newly trained and kinship homes, and addenda for all homes, as needed.
• Ensuring that all foster homes on their workload have foster home case record files that are complete, accurate, tidy, and audit-ready at all times.
• Being the point of contact for all of the foster families on their individual workloads,
• Assist and support foster parents in meeting challenges and achieving success, through participation in administrative meetings, referral for additional services, or other interventions, as necessary.
• Receive training and certification allowing home finder to deliver required foster parent training and subsequently deliver said training as requested.
• Participate in required ORR – Nuevo Camino training per the federal and state mandates.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from four-year college or equivalent
• 2 years of similar experience
• BiLingual Spanish required
• License Needed: Driver’s License.
• Experience in child welfare/case management strongly preferred.
• Prior experience working with refugee and/or immigrant populations preferred.
• Stable judgment as well as sensitivity to various cultures and the unique history of refugees.
• Exceptionally organized and detail-oriented
• Successful in a fast-paced work environment
• Commitment to Nuevo Camino's core mission and values and an ability to model those values in relationships with colleagues and partners, and commitment to empowering refugees and migrants.

Benefits

At HeartShare we offer a comprehensive benefit package based on full-time/part-time status. You canexpect:

• Rewarding Work in a team environment.
• Paid vacation, sick, personal days, and holidays.
• 403(B) retirement plans with employer contribution.
• Health, dental, vision and life insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Flexible spending account (Dependent Care, Medical, Parking, and Transit).
• Employee Appreciation Programs and Events.
• Tuition Assistance Program.
• Professional Development opportunities.
• Wellhub Discount
• Verizon Wireless Discount.
• BJs Membership discount.
• Discounts on Broadway tickets, movie tickets, theme parks, sporting events, gift certificates & more

HeartShare is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). If you need to request accommodation during the recruiting process, please reach out to [e-mail].

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