Kinship Supervisor

Depelchin-Children; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Texans Together is seeking a Kinship Supervisor to lead a team serving relatives and fictive kin caring for children in care. You will oversee referrals, caseloads, and service delivery while ensuring access to guidance, resources, and financial information that promote placement stability and family well‑being.

The role requires supervision experience, strong leadership and communication skills, and the ability to collaborate with partners to strengthen kinship supports.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; relevant experience may substitute.
• Minimum five (5) years’ experience in the child welfare field, including PAL, LPS, Foster Care, Conservatorship, or Family‑Based Services.
• At least three (3) years’ supervisory or management experience leading staff or units.

Responsibilities

• Supervises, coaches, and develops Kinship staff with a hopeful approach emphasizing strengths and growth.
• Manages Kinship program operations: referrals, caseloads, workload distribution, and daily service delivery.
• Ensures staff identify and engage relatives and kin as placement and permanency resources.
• Provides kinship caregiver guidance, training, financial‑assistance information, and resource referrals.
• Supports caregivers in goal setting, barrier removal, and building sustainable support networks.
• Provides consultation on complex cases, placement barriers, and service challenges using a solution‑focused approach.
• Ensures children and caregivers access services that support safety, placement stability, permanency, and well‑being.
• Monitors case documentation, contacts, assessments, referrals, and service records for quality and timeliness.
• Evaluates program outcomes and compliance; analyzes data and prepares reports.
• Develops training, procedures, tools, and resources to support staff and operations.
• Builds partnerships with staff, providers, schools, and community resources.
• Participates in case staffings and multidisciplinary meetings as needed.
• Responds to complaints and incidents with urgency and professionalism.
• Promotes family‑centered, trauma‑informed, culturally responsive, and hope‑centered practices.
• Maintains confidentiality and safeguards sensitive information.

Skills

Leadership

Coaching

Communication

Organizational skills

Independent work

Team collaboration

MS Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

MS Office

Case management systems

Job description

Position: Kinship Supervisor

Comparable DFPS Position: Kinship Supervisor

Classification: Full-time, Exempt

Reports to: Sr. Manager, Family Support

Company: Texans Together

Location:

Regions 6a and/or 6b (Specific work locations will be assigned and communicated as staffing plans are finalized)

Position Description:

The Kinship Supervisor provides leadership, supervision, and operational oversight through a hope-centered approach for the Kinship program. This position supervises Kinship staff who identify, assess, and support relatives and fictive kin caring for children in care. The Supervisor ensures kinship caregivers receive guidance, supportive services, financial-assistance information, and community resources that promote child safety, permanency, well-being, and placement stability. The position collaborates with children, families, caregivers, staff, providers, and community partners to recognize family strengths, reduce barriers, and build sustainable support systems.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Supervises, coaches, and develops Kinship staff using a hope-centered approach that promotes strengths, accountability, and professional growth.
• Manages Kinship program operations, including referrals, assignments, caseloads, workload distribution, and daily service delivery.
• Ensures staff identify, engage, assess, and support relatives and fictive kin as potential placement and permanency resources.
• Ensures kinship caregivers receive timely guidance, training, financial-assistance information, supportive services, community-resource referrals, and other resources that promote placement stability and family well-being.
• Supports staff in helping caregivers identify strengths, establish goals, address barriers, and build sustainable support networks while ensuring caregiver voice, choice, culture, and family connections are incorporated into case planning and decision-making.
• Provides consultation on complex cases, placement barriers, caregiver needs, family dynamics, and service challenges using a solution-focused approach.
• Ensures children and caregivers are connected to appropriate services and resources that support safety, placement stability, permanency, and family well-being.
• Monitors case documentation, contacts, assessments, referrals, and service records for accuracy, quality, completeness, and timeliness.
• Evaluates program performance, service outcomes, and compliance with policies, procedures, and contractual requirements; analyzes program data and prepares administrative and performance reports.
• Develops training, procedures, tools, and resources that support staff, caregivers, stakeholders, and consistent program operations.
• Builds and maintains partnerships with staff, providers, schools, community organizations, and other resources that support children, caregivers, and kinship families.
• Participates in case staffings, Permanency Planning Team meetings, and multidisciplinary meetings as needed.
• Responds to complaints, critical incidents, placement concerns, and service barriers with urgency, empathy, professionalism, and a solution-focused approach.
• Promotes family-centered, trauma-informed, culturally responsive, equitable, and hope-centered practices throughout the Kinship program.
• Maintains confidentiality and safeguards sensitive information in accordance with applicable requirements.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required. Relevant experience considered in lieu of education requirement.
• Minimum five (5) years’ experience in the child welfare field, including Preparation for Adult Living (PAL), Local Permanency Services (LPS), Foster Care, Conservatorship, or Family‑Based Services.
• At least three (3) years’ supervisory or management experience leading staff, overseeing case workers or supervisory units.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working directly with children, families, caregivers, and community resources.
• Experience supporting relatives or kinship caregivers.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Strong leadership, coaching, and team-building skills with the ability to foster hop-centered practices, recognize strengths, and guide staff toward practical pathways toward improved outcomes.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to work with diverse individuals.
• Strong organizational, planning, prioritization, and attention-to-detail skills, with the ability to manage multiple programs, responsibilities, and deadlines.
• Strong critical thinking, assessment, and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to work independently while fostering collaboration across departments.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Windows, web‑based applications, case management systems, and online research and search tools.
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality and appropriately safeguard client and agency information.

Work Conditions:

• Environment: Office-based.
• Work Schedule: Mon – Fri during standard business hours
• Travel: Frequent. Reliable transportation required.

DePelchin is Proud to be an Equal Opportunity Workplace.

DePelchin is committed to selecting and employing the best and most qualified person available for each job opening without unlawful discrimination of any kind. Additionally, DePelchin is committed to providing a work environment free of discrimination and harassment on the basis of race, color, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation and gender identity), marital or parental status, veteran status, religion, national origin, age, disability, family medical history, genetic information, or political affiliation.