Kinship Developer

Overview

Kinship Home Developer role at 2INgage.

Promotes the well-being of children in the Foster Care/Kinship Program, participates in staff meetings and trainings and coordinates with staff from other agencies involved in providing foster care services. Manages a caseload of Families seeking to become Kinship Foster Homes.

• Includes, but are not limited to, the following. Other duties may be assigned.
• Manages recruitment activities and coordination with other foster care/kinship staff and agencies.
• Assists with application and inquiry processing to engage families quickly in training.
• Plans, arranges, and oversees foster home/kinship trainings for new homes.
• Monitors and assesses homes for initial verification.
• Assists in the orientation, assessment, and verification of foster/kinship parents.
• Attends case planning conferences at required intervals.
• Conducts foster home/kinship visits.
• Provides 24 hour, on-call support to foster/kinship parents. Provides crisis intervention when required.
• Coordinates community resources for the benefit of children served by the Foster Care/kinship Program.
• Accomplishes placement of children in properly trained and licensed homes.
• Coordinates with intake and other appropriate staff on the placement of children.
• Completes documentation and forwards reports containing descriptive, analytical, and evaluative content.
• Coordinates with the Agency’s licensing staff to ensure regulatory compliance by care providers. Reviews and monitors current licensing standards with care providers.
• Coordinates with Agency program staff, and staff from external public and private agencies, on the delivery of services to children and families.
• Will be required to drive personal or agency vehicles while transporting children or conducting agency business. You must possess a valid driver’s license. Must meet agency underwriting standards while driving agency vehicles and/or transporting clients.
• Refrains from assuming any duty that is unrelated to and/or interferes with the responsibilities of the position.
• Advocates, promotes, and practices cultural sensitivity and responsiveness in all day-to-day interactions.
• Develops, promotes, and practices teamwork in all activities.

Master’s or bachelor’s degree in Social Work preferred. Employees for this position must meet one of the following options:

• A master’s degree from an accredited college or university in social work or other human services field and
• Nine credit hours in graduate level courses that focus on family and individual function and interaction and
• One year of documented full-time work experience in a child-placing agency conducting child-placing activities. The experience may include a maximum of 350 hours of formal, supervised field placement or practicum in child-placing activities.

• A master’s degree from an accredited college or university; and
• Nine credit hours in graduate level courses that focus on family and individual function and interaction and
• Two years of documented full-time work experience in a child-placing agency conducting child-placing activities. The experience may include a maximum of 350 hours of formal, supervised field placement or practicum in child-placing activities.

• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in social work or other human services field; and
• Nine credit hours in undergraduate level courses that focus on family and individual function and interaction and
• Two years of documented full-time work experience in a child-placing agency conducting child-placing activities. The experience may include a maximum of 350 hours of formal, supervised field placement or practicum in child-placing activities.

• A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university; and
• Nine credit hours in undergraduate level courses that focus on family and individual function and interaction and
• Three years of documented full-time work experience in a (A) Three years of documented full-time work experience in a child-placing agency conducting child-placing activities. The experience may include a maximum of 350 hours of formal, supervised field placement or…