Licensing Supervisor

Overview

$46.56-$58.20 HR/DOE

Join our Team! We offer an excellent benefits package! 3 Weeks vacation, 12 days of sick leave, 13 Holidays, Medical, Dental, Vision, Life Insurance, LTD, AD&D, Pension, 403B, Catastrophic & Accident Ins.

The Children’s Program Licensing Supervisor is responsible for overseeing all elements of the licensing department within Children’s Programs at the Tacoma and Vancouver sites. This includes, but is not limited to, the safe placement of children in licensed foster homes on behalf of the organization per agency guidelines. Additionally, the Licensing Supervisor is responsible for providing oversight, leadership, and supervision for the recruitment, training, licensing, and monitoring of foster homes.

This person will be responsible for collecting and maintaining all necessary reports and data and completing routine file reviews and audits. The Licensing Supervisor will represent CCS in the community in many ways and is expected to act professionally while doing so. The Licensing Supervisor is an integral part of the collaborative team environment of Children’s Programs.

• Oversight of IFC Licensors
• The Licensing Supervisor is the primary risk manager concerning foster homes and placements.
• Monitor all foster home placements to assure appropriateness of placements, home availability, and capacity.
• Ensure compliance with foster care policies and procedures and applicable regulations in International Foster Care (IFC) and Community Based Foster Care.
• Assist with monthly and quarterly data reports around contracts concerning capacity and recruitment.
• Promote system wide perspective and consistent practices.
• Provide leadership and assist licensors to achieve solutions when problems arise.
• Provide training per CCS policies, contracts, WAC’s, RCW’s.
• Request and review all foster care related incident reports and Corrective Action Plans (CAP’s) to include written responses to LD.
• Facilitate weekly Licensing Staff meetings.
• Provide individual consultation and mentoring to each program licensor.
• Complete performance reviews annually.
• Set performance measures for licensing that are attainable and consistent with overall program goals.
• Attend community meetings relating to foster care, LD, DCYF, or any population served.
• Attend and help facilitate monthly Foster Care Placement Committee meetings with licensing staff.
• Carry a reduced case load of foster homes from each program.
• Oversight and Coordination of Foster Parent and Staff Training (Pertaining to Licensing and Placement of Foster Children).
• Ascertain training needs of foster parents and ensure contractual mandates.
• Track foster parent training hours per contractual requirements.
• Network with professionals in the community for the purposes of enlisting community-based trainers.
• Train new licensors on Caregiver Core Training and other aspects of the licensing process.
• In conjunction with staff/other licensors, develop curricula for agency-based foster parent and staff training, schedule, coordinate and facilitate (teach) training.
• Risk and Liability
• At the direction of administration, conduct internal licensing investigations. Interview foster parents, staff and any pertinent collateral contact persons.
• Request and review incident reports. Initiate and complete Corrective Action Plans (CAP’s) that may result in closing a foster home.
• Conduct quarterly case file reviews for licensed foster homes ensuring that each file is reviewed at least one time during the calendar year.
• Interagency troubleshooting, crisis intervention/consultation with foster parents, staff, LD and DCYF staff.
• Operationalize agency policies of continuous quality assurance process with staff and foster parents to minimize potential risk to agency’s CPA license.
• Conf­er with Administrative Leadership Team, when necessary, to determine action steps to minimize liability within foster homes.
• Serve on the Southwest Quality Improvement Team, which includes tracking program outcomes and quality improvement plans.
• Work with Licensing Division (LD) and our Regional Licensor regarding quality assurance and best practice issues and CPS complaints, referrals, and resolutions.
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