Kinship Developer

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Position Purpose
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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.

Qualifications
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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.

Alternatively:

• 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.

Or:

• 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.

Nature And Scope Of Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• 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.
• Coordinates community resources for the benefit of children served by the Foster Care/kinship Program.

Benefits
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Competitive salary, health benefits, 401(k) match, personal leave, paid holidays, longevity bonus, and more.

TFI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.