Foster Care Coordinator

Job Description

What You Get To Do:

Demonstrates competence in State and Federal standards for Therapeutic/Foster Care Services, licensing rules

Assist with recruiting qualified foster parents and staff necessary to meet the needs of the youth served.

Assists with ensuring Foster Parents and assigned staff complete and maintain all training requirements.

Provides pre-service and ongoing training to foster parents to ensure parents possess skills necessary to provide quality services to the youth being served.

Serves as liaison to DSS, DMH and other community agencies regarding any service planning issues and needs of and services to youth being served in Therapeutic/Foster Care program.

Processes requests for services by conducting intakes, obtaining/completing necessary assessments, completing social histories, obtaining consents, and collecting documentation for the determination of appropriate placement and services for youth referred to program.

Writes, coordinates, implements, and monitors person-centered service plans and ensures quality care of youth being served.

Serves as advocate for the youth in care and participates in the interdisciplinary team process in the development of the Person Centered Service Plan

Ensures service authorizations are current and provides necessary updates to authorizing authorities in timely manner as requested and/or required for service approval.

Provides mediation between the youth and the foster parents, guardians, natural family members, and other agencies relative to the needs and desires identified by the team.

Establishes and maintains files for youth receiving foster care services and ensures all required documentation in individual case files is completed in a timely manner

Assists with the transfer of youth to other services or terminates services when current placement is no longer deemed necessary or appropriate.

Assists in accessing community resources identified for the youth and foster parents.

Assists foster parents, and/or assigned staff develop mediation and intervention strategies and implement them to resolve conflicts.

Foster Care licensing experience is a plus.