SFFC Program Supervisor

Rooted in our Christian faith, Bethany Christian Services works to ensure children are safe, loved, and connected through family. Across 29 states, we strengthen families, support foster care and adoption, and walk alongside refugees with compassion. Here, living out your faith means using your gifts to bring hope and make a lasting impact.

• Work collaboratively with Bethany’s National Safe Families’ leadership team to implement the mission and philosophy of Bethany and Safe Families;
• Attract and retain quality staff by following the established Human Resource policy and practices;
• Provide regular supervision and performance reviews, according to state licensing regulations and agency standards;
• Participate in staff conferences, policy and practice development meetings, and other relevant meetings, as necessary;
• Effectively track and maintain reports on pertinent program recruiting information, training, and vetting of volunteers, including reviewing all volunteer assessments and approvals;
• Provide supervisory oversight of all hosting and family friend activities, including required documentation of supervision in the Safe Families database;
• Facilitate and participate in quality assurance and quality improvement activities (including but not limited to fidelity measures and peer record reviews), as requested and/or initiated by BCS or the Safe Families for Children Alliance;
• Ensure the professional standards of the program are met as defined by the organization and the program expectations;
• Cultivate a highly motivated, innovative, and creative culture that yields new solutions across staff and volunteers, while fostering a “can do” attitude and environment;
• Direct, manage and maintain an effective model for recruiting, training, approving, and engaging volunteers, while also reporting progress against key performance indicators;
• Provide weekly supervision with staff, volunteers, and interns, and document this supervision as required by Bethany and according to the Safe Families fidelity measures;
• Attract, recruit, and develop a volunteer leadership team that assists with leading the Safe Families program within the respective Bethany branch;
• Oversee church engagement by growing a network of faith communities and building ministry leaders and leadership teams who will recruit and support volunteers;
• Maintain strong communication with Safe Families church team leaders in order to assist with resource direction for volunteers and encourage post-hosting connections between family and volunteers;
• Ensure all volunteers and staff are following the applicable policies and procedures in accordance to the program guidelines, agency expectations, and their job responsibilities;
• Effectively utilize print, web, and video resources to raise awareness of Safe Families for but not limited to the purposes of volunteer recruitment and the promotion of services;
• Assist in addressing difficulties with volunteers or Safe Families partners as they may arise;
• Network and foster good relationships with other agencies and their staff, while promoting the Safe Families service to potential referrers within targeted communities to create a referral base and resource network;
• Participate in fundraising activities and events that promote the Safe Families for Children movement;
• Serve as a champion for the compassionate ethos of Safe Families, and show kindness and hospitality to those in need;
• Essential job responsibilities may vary based on the specific needs of each program/department;
• May be required or asked to participate in a Bethany sponsored event;
• Complete other duties as assigned.

• Bachelor’s level degree in Social Work, Counseling Psychology, Clinical Psychology,…