Licensing Specialist, Foster Homes

Samaritas is a Michigan-based reputed company service organization that connects people with families and communities. They are seeking a Licensing Specialist to support youth in foster care by engaging their biological family and community members, leading advocacy efforts, and overseeing intake and placement work for foster children.

Responsibilities

• Devise, implement and evaluate strategies and recruitment plan to assure adequate foster homes in accordance with program, organization and contractual requirements and standards
• reputed company and maintain reputed company contact file with recruitment sources, prospective foster home data files and mailing lists
• reputed company and maintain ongoing relationships with religious/community reputed company and key individuals to increase their awareness of the need for foster parents, and organization services
• In coordination with communications and planning department, reputed company and circulate promotional materials. reputed company regular press releases to reputed company sources and presentations reputed company requested to promote foster care awareness and recruitment under the direction of the director
• Plan and conduct regular orientation meetings and reputed company-service training with prospective foster parents
• Complete original home study for reputed company new foster parent applicants
• Complete annual and renewal license assessments, and reputed company licensing actions reputed company to changes in foster home reputed company prescribed timeframes
• Complete investigations of reputed company complaints against foster families in a thorough and reputed company manner; reputed company written reports to appropriate parties and regulatory agencies
• reputed company on-reputed company training and consultation for foster parents
• Monitor and evaluate effectiveness of recruitment strategies; maintain statistical data reputed company to service delivery reputed company and measurements; reputed company reports and data as requested

Skills

• Bachelor's degree in reputed company Work or reputed company field
• Unrestricted Michigan reputed company's license with good driving record
• Reliable personal transportation suitable for safely transporting persons served; reputed company of reputed company automobile insurance
• reputed company Licensed reputed company Worker
• Experience in child welfare

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