Foster Family Services Consultant

Responsibilities

• Provide safe and effective services
  • Adhere to policies related to safety and boundaries with service recipients.
  • Attend safety and abuse risk management training as assigned.
  • Adhere to procedures related to managing high‑risk activities and supervising service recipients.
  • Report suspicious or inappropriate behaviors and policy violations.
  • Follow mandated abuse reporting requirements.
  • Follow policies and procedures related to medication administration for service recipients.
• Coordinate youth referrals
  • Screen and assess child referrals and interview youth to determine eligibility.
  • Schedule pre‑placement visits with child and potential foster family and assist in matching youth with an appropriate family.
  • Participate in the recruiting and selection process of foster parents, including home study evaluations.
• Develop all aspects of the child's program and set short and long‑term goals and objectives for the youth
  • Consult and collaborate with referral source, foster parents, teachers, school counselors, and other professionals involved with the youth.
  • Assist families with referrals to other community services identified in the plan of service and provide advocacy to receive entitlements or needed services.
  • Prepare intake and discharge summaries, routine progress reports and plans; evaluate plan and recommend changes.
  • Develop and monitor the child's service plan, including collecting initial and ongoing assessment data, developing the plan, and making modifications as necessary.
  • Maintain monthly statistics and data needed for program accountability and billing for client services.
  • Conduct periodic consumer evaluations.
  • Respond to client emergencies within or outside normal work hours.
• Supervise and develop foster parents
  • Meet with foster parents following scheduled reporting guidelines to discuss administrative and programmatic issues, review progress and provide support.
  • Supervise the care and service foster parents provide, observe interactions with foster children and provide ongoing feedback.
  • Initiate and modify development plans for each foster family to ensure they are aware of strengths and areas to develop.
  • Provide ongoing training and teaching through formal group training, web‑based learning and one‑on‑one training in foster parents' homes.
• Coordinate communication between the child and his/her family
  • Maintain contact with the family and respond to issues/concerns in a supportive and timely fashion.
  • Encourage and expect foster parents to communicate openly with the family regarding care and services provided.
  • Assist with reintegration of child into his/her home communities.
  • Assist with follow‑up and aftercare services to family as needed.
  • May be trained to become a certified Common Sense Parenting Instructor and conduct CSP courses as assigned.

• Experience working with local and state agencies and foster care services.
• Intermediate knowledge of the child welfare system.
• Independent decision‑making skills, ability to work in crisis situations when warranted.
• Ability to work with confrontational clients and families; temperament to handle crisis situations.
• Maintain confidentiality, professionalism, and role modeling.
• Computer skills in Microsoft Office.
• Communicate professionally with individuals at all levels and external contacts.
• Knowledge of Boys Town Model.
• Function independently with flexibility, integrity, and teamwork.
• Advanced critical‑thinking and problem‑solving skills, including assessment and sound judgment.

• Bachelor's degree in Human Services or related field required.
• Minimum 1 year of experience, including working with children and families.
• Valid driver's license with good driving record; pass annual MVR check.
• Provide own transportation to meet travel requirements of job.
• Meet auto insurance requirements established by Boys Town policy and/or State and Local laws.
• Availably rotationally to provide crisis response; must be available to work non‑traditional business hours, including early mornings, nights, weekends, and holidays.

• Experience working with children and families in community‑based programs or Boys Town…