Licensing Coordinator - Bilingual-Spanish​/English -JOR

Job Location:

IL
- Chicago
- La Jornada
- Chicago, IL, Education Level: 4 Year Degree, Salary Range: $56000.00 - $56000.01

Salary/year, Job Category:
Nonprofit
- Social Services, Your Attention to Detail Makes a Difference! We’re looking for an organized and detail-oriented Licensing Coordinator to support compliance, documentation, and licensing processes. Join our team today!

NYAP's commitment to doing what is best for children, youth, and their families is a core value and one that we look for in our newest team members.

• 33 Paid days off each year!(11 holidays + 22 days PTO)
• Healthcare Benefits for you and your family.
• Pet insurance that provides discounts and reimbursements.
• Competitive salaries and benefits, including a 401(k), Summer Hours Off (Half-day Fridays and Work Anniversary Trips!)
• Mileage Reimbursement, Phone Allowance, Student Loan Repayment Assistance, CEU’s and ongoing trainings/education.
• Why Work with Us?
  
  Exciting Benefits and Opportunities at NYAP!

The Foster Home Licensing Coordinator for La Jornada is responsible for licensing foster homes for short-term transitional foster care. The Foster Home Licensing Coordinator is responsible for licensing, re-licensing, and retention of quality foster homes and ensuring licensed homes meet or exceed bed capacity in the assigned location. Bachelor’s Degree required Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.

The Foster Home Licensing Coordinator for La Jornada will perform duties including, but not limited to:

• Actively support, represent, and extend the mission, vision, and values of the organization.
• Responsible for conducting home studies, assisting foster parents in completing licensing applications, initiating background check process, and delivering all required foster parent training in a timely manner.
• Work closely with the Foster Parent Recruiter in a collaborative capacity to accommodate foster parents’ licensing and documentary needs, identify and overcome licensing barriers.
• Develop a comprehensive home study for each potential family and submit for approval.
• Schedule all required foster home inspections per state licensing inspections and assist foster parents in prepping homes for the inspections.
• Follow the recruitment and retention plan to assist foster families in meeting and maintaining initial and ongoing trainings, certifications, and licensure requirements.
• Maintain constant foster parent communication to keep foster caregivers updated on the licensing process and resolve licensing issues.
• Maintain ongoing contact with State licensing agencies, state and Federal stakeholders as needed.
• Act as Program Subject Matter Expert (SME) in matters related to licensing/ recruiting, bed capacity. Responsible for updating the cross functional team, including the Intake Team, of bed availability and completing reports/logs.
• Upload, maintain and update all foster parent information and home records in Evolve Program: keeping, maintaining, organizing physical files for audits.
• Participate as representative of the Program in state file audits as required.
• Other duties are requested.
• Perform all work in a manner consistent with the National Youth Advocate Program’s mission, values, and philosophies.

• Bachelor’s degree in social work or comparable Human Services field from an accredited institution.
• Two (2) years of work experience working in direct service with minors and families strongly preferred.
• Proficient use of desktop and laptop computers, smartphones and tablets, printers, fax machines, and photocopiers, as well as software including word processing, spreadsheet, and database programs.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish). Fluency in Spanish is required.
• Minimum automobile insurance coverage…