Placement Specialist

NCCF; Washington (District of Columbia); Vor Ort; USD 60.000 - 68.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

NCCF in Washington, DC seeks a dedicated placement coordinator to manage foster home placements and replacements. You will work with CFSA to identify children in need, match them to suitable foster homes, and coordinate transportation for placements and emergency responses.

The role requires a Bachelor’s degree in Human Services and at least 2 years of relevant experience, with strong communication skills and a commitment to NCCF mission and goals.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Services or related field with 2 years of experience.
• Ability to speak and write with clarity.
• Attitude compatible with NCCF goals and purposes.

Aufgaben

• Identify children in need of Foster home placement.
• Match children to Foster homes based on age, sex and needs.
• Identify Foster homes for children in need of respite.
• Respond to On-call placement issues Monday through Thursday.
• Coordinate transportation for placements, replacements, and emergency respites with the Transportation team.
• Attends Placement Stability Meetings.
• Enter all placements into ETO within 48 hours of placement.
• Communicate all client movement to NCCF placement list serve within 2 hours.
• Verify all initial placements and transfer homes within 24 hours.
• Participate in the daily 9:30am Flash Call to communicate client movements.

Kenntnisse

Communication clarity

Attitude alignment

Ausbildung

Bachelor’s degree in Human Services or related field

Jobbeschreibung

Position Purpose:

Responsible for all placement and replacement of all children in Foster homes.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Work with CFSA to identify children in need of Foster home placement.
• Match Foster children to Foster homes, ensuring that children are placed in appropriate settings based on their age, sex and needs.
• Identify Foster homes for children in need of respite.
• Respond to On-call placement issues Monday through Thursday.
• Coordinate transportation for placements, replacements, and emergency respites with the Transportation team.
• Attends Placement Stability Meetings
• Enters all placements into Social Solutions (ETO) within 48 hours of placement.
• Communicates all client movement to the NCCF placement list serve within 2 hours of the movement.
• Verifies all initial placements and transfer homes within 24 hours of client movement.
• Participates in the daily 9:30am Flash Call to communicate all client movements occurring within

24 hours

Non-Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Other duties as assigned.

Minimum Position Requirements:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Human Services or a related field with 2 years of experience
• Ability to speak and write with clarity.
• An attitude compatible with the goals and purposes of The National Center for Children and Families.

Physical Demands/Work Environment:

While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to sit and use their hands and fingers, to handle and feel. The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with arms, stoop, kneel, or crouch. Vision abilities include close vision with a computer monitor. The noise level is usually quiet to moderate. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable people with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Salary: $60,000 - $67,500