Relative Coordinator

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For more information, please see:  Ember Hope, a leading, faith-based provider of child welfare services is committed to helping you succeed as an employee as you work to make a difference in the life of a child either directly or by offering administrative support. The Company strives for a positive work environment that encourages effective teamwork, trauma-informed practices, and opportunities to utilize leadership skills.

Team members from all departments will focus on carrying out the Ember Hope mission, vision, and values!

• This position is in Wichita, KS and requires the employee to reside in Wichita or the surrounding area.

• The relative coordinators do initial walk-throughs and background checks to place the children in Kinship homes upon entering foster care.

• Specialize in and coordinate the search for and engagement with family and Non-Related Kin (NRKIN).

• Search for the adults using information from parents, youth, other team members, and files, using search websites and/or social media, as well as various family-finding tools. This search will begin when a youth enters foster care and will continue throughout the life of the case until supportive adults can be located.

• Once support has been identified, contact them to talk about ways they may be willing to stay connected to the youth and/or family and assist them. Pass all identified connections to the case team.

• Assist case managers with introducing the supportive adult or the family finding concepts to the case team.

• Work with the case team to see if additional relative or NRKIN resources can be located to assist the parent with managing the case.

• Requirements Of The Case Plan And Making Additional Connections.

• Follow Company Policy and Procedure and operate according to the Companys Program Practice Guidelines.

• How You Will Spend Your Time In This Job

• 50% hands-on with kinship families.
• 25% Searches and documentation
• 25% Collaboration

• Is this a remote job:
  Hybrid