Kinship Coordinator

WV Admin
11 Commerce Dr.
Suite 200
Morgantown, WV 26501, USA

Be the change you wish to see in the world! Come join our team to empower children and families in our communities to transform their lives and develop to their full potential.

The well-being of our employees and their families is important to us. We strive to provide the most competitive and comprehensive employee benefit programs that are affordable and help you and your family achieve and maintain your best possible health.

• Medical coverage available with a Health Savings Account (HSA) with 50% employer match
• Prescription coverage
• Dental and vision plans
• Patient advocate and Medicare specialists available at no cost
• Dependent Care Flexible Savings Account
• Retirement savings plan with an employer match
• Free life insurance and AD&D
• Paid Time Off
• 9 paid holidays (7 recognized holidays plus a floating and birthday holiday per year)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

The Kinship Coordinator (KC) is responsible for partnering with families involved in child welfare and potentially other systems, in their natural environment, to maintain the family unit. The KC collaborates with the family and other entities to assess and refer them to services such as Family Centered Treatment (FCT), other family preservation models, or kinship care. The KC may carry out aspects of kinship home certification and case management activities for assigned families and youth.

The KC always provides individualized, child centered, family focused, culturally competent, strengths based, goal driven and individualized services. The Kinship Coordinator works independently or within a team with minimal supervision and understands community relations as well as Treatment Foster Care (TFC), kinship care and community‑based service components.

• Clinical and Support
  • Manages referrals in a timely manner.
  • Completes a comprehensive home and family assessment process while demonstrating cultural sensitivity.
  • Understands core treatment services including FCT, TFC, kinship care, and other in‑home and community services in the region thoroughly.
  • Assists families in navigating services which best meet their needs.
  • Involves the family in all aspects of delivery service through consistent communication.
  • Assesses the family’s ability to meet all requirements for providing kinship/foster care within the child serving system.
  • Ensures kinship families moving through the certification process meet all requirements of state/county regulations, Pressley Ridge service‑line requirements and timelines.
  • Provides individualized training and coaching to families, using Pressley Ridge Kinship and Treatment Foster Care trainings and other relevant trainings.
  • Assists with kinship families meeting on‑going training and continued certification needs in collaboration with program.
  • Collaborates with identified foster care programs and other service providers.
  • Coordinates care for families with Pressley Ridge programs, other providers and involved system partners.
  • Assists with or complete other projects as requested by members of management.
  • Maintains flexibility and creativity in working a non‑traditional schedule to accommodate the needs of children and families.
  • Educates parents and other professionals about the Pressley Ridge values and mission, Kinship Care, and Family Preservation Models.
• Quality Improvement
  • Utilizes data to enhance quality of service delivery.
  • Uses Binti to ensure certification requirements are met, when overseeing kinship home certification.
• Communication
  • Communicates using professional verbal and written communication.
  • Responds to families as soon as possible and no longer than one day.
• Supervision
  • Receives supervision.
  • Receives supervision and actively communicates with supervisor on an ongoing basis throughout the week by phone, email, written message and when possible, in person regarding program matters.
  • Participate in weekly case review supervision and team meetings as requested.
• Leadership
  • Advocates for and supports kinship families both internally and externally when moving through the certification process and when accessing services.
  • Participates as a member of the program…