Foster Care Associate Supervisor

Would you like a career that changes lives while working with a team built on shared values? Look no further! At Youth In Need, we value community and relationships. We encourage courageous spaces, leaning into discomfort, and stretching your learning muscles. As an Associate Supervisor in our Foster Care/Adoption Program, you’ll supervise a team of Case Managers by ensuring that regulations and policies are followed and supporting them while they provide services to children and families.

You’ll provide initial and ongoing training to Case Managers and collaborate with a variety of community service providers.

Youth In Need has been around since 1974 helping to create safe places for the area’s most vulnerable children. We have more than 400 full- and part-time staff who serve more than 8,000 children, teens and families at nearly 100 locations in six counties in Eastern Missouri. Youth In Need has been named a St. Louis Post-Dispatch Top Workplace for seven straight years, and we are nationally recognized by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services as an exemplary program.

We value social justice and are dedicated to enhancing racial equity in our organization.

Racial equity, diversity and inclusion are core institutional values for Youth In Need, and we commit to developing an organization that is affirming, inclusive and equitable. Equity drives excellence. In that pursuit, we widen our focus to confront the structural inequities and systemic racism that impact our clients’ well‑being.

We are interested in an Associate Supervisor with a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work or a comparable human service field with two years of related experience. We’re looking for someone with previous foster care and adoption services experience and knowledge of the regulations relating to the Children’s Division, Child Placement Licensure, and Foster Care System. Ability to be CPR certified and obtain a Class E Driver’s License are required.

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This is a salaried position starting at $50,500 per year.

• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance at low cost
• Paid Time Off including 12 Holidays, 1 Floating Holiday, 12 Sick Days, and 2 weeks vacation (which increases with years of service)
• 401(k) with 3% employer match
• Tuition Assistance
• Opportunity for growth

No phone calls please. If you have questions, please email Careers.

Youth In Need is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. We are committed to equal opportunities for all applicants and employees without regard to ability, age, ancestry, color, cultural background, faith/religion, gender, gender identity, gender expression, genetics, income, marital status, national origin, political belief/affiliation, pregnancy, race, sex, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.