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About the Role

The Home Finding Assistant/Youth Care Worker assists the Home Finding Supervisor in recruiting, opening, and maintaining foster homes. This role also involves filling in for Youth Care Workers to ensure proper child-to-staff ratios and safety.

Responsibilities

• Obtain MAAP training Certification for the Trainer.
• Run Foster Parent recruitment events.
• Provide MAAP training to prospective foster parents.
• Conduct home visits to complete a home study report for home certification.
• Conduct unannounced quarterly visits to ensure home standards are met.
• Develop working relationships with all foster parents.
• Participate in a rotation to provide 24/7 support for foster parents.
• Understand all ACS foster home certification processes.
• Document all home finding documents into Connections.
• Co-Lead monthly Foster Parent Meetings & trainings in accordance with ORR requirements.
• Open home in ASARA and Connections.
• Transport foster parents and children to appointments or events.
• Provide supervision in the classroom as required.
• Develop foster parent census as needed.
• Participate in weekly supervision, unit, and departmental meetings.
• Collect recreation log, medication log, and clothing log weekly for the case manager.
• Coordinate inter and intra-agency services to clients by working as a team with providers.
• Establish effective collegial relationships with Lead Case Manager, Senior Case Manager, Lead Clinician, and all supervisors.
• Make meaningful contributions to agency and department programming.
• Carry out job responsibilities in a professional manner.
• Complete all required training.
• Act as a Mandated Reporter.
• Participate in individual, group, and department supervision.
• Perform any other related duties as required.

Requirements

• HS diploma required.
• Experience in child welfare/child protective services.
• Demonstrated ability to reach out and work with community resources and foster parents.
• Valid Driver's License.
• Clean driving record.
• Regularly required to stand; walk, use hands and fingers, handle, or feel objects; reach with hands and arms; talk and listen, and taste or smell.
• Frequently required to walk.
• Occasionally required to keep balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• Must be able to use a computer and learn software programs.
• Required to operate a fax, copier, scan, and other office equipment.
• Must be able to speak, read and write fluently in the English language.
• Must be able to write in the English language using correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc.
• May frequently lift 0-25 lbs.
• May occasionally lift 25-50 lbs.
• May rarely lift over 50 lbs.
• May frequently push/pull 0-25 lbs. of force.
• May occasionally push/pull 26-45 lbs. force.
• May rarely push/pull over 45 lbs. force.
• Required to sit, stand and walk throughout the work day.
• May occasionally stoop.
• May occasionally kneel.
• May occasionally crouch.

Skills

• Excellent writing skills.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Proficiency in Spanish (written and oral).
• Proficiency in English (written and oral).

Location

• Bronx, NY 10453

Work Type

• Full-time
• 40 Hours per Week

Education Level

• HS diploma

Salary/Compensations

• $56,000.00 - $58,000.00 Salary/year