Foster Care Aide - On-Call

Nexus Family Healing - Woodbourne

We are looking to hire a Foster Care Aide to join our Treatment Foster Care team!

• Full‑time onsite opportunity
• 8600 Lasalle Road, Ste. 610 – Oxford Building – Towson, MD 21286
• NOTE:
  This is an On‑Call role that can work up to 20 hours per week. The work hours are Monday‑Friday 10am‑6pm
• Starting at $18.00 – $20.00 per hour

• Paid Time Off (PTO) benefits
• Holiday Time
• Multiple options for health insurance coverage
• No‑cost life insurance
• Short/long‑term disability insurance
• 401k match
• NEW – Talkspace Therapy Benefit for the whole family
• NEW – Hinge Health Benefit for the whole family
• NEW – Carrot Fertility Benefit
• Tuition assistance and training opportunities
• Advancement pathways and internal promotion
• And much more!

The Foster Care Aide is responsible for supporting and reinforcing the individual treatment and transition plans of youth in the Treatment Foster Family Home by providing guidance, assistance, and supervision of clients in their daily living activities.

• Client Support & Mentorship
• Provides mentorship, role‑modeling, and assistance to clients in developing daily living skills and activities that will help them obtain a healthy and age‑appropriate sense of self.
• Assists in implementing the individualized/client specific treatment interventions that has been determined by the treatment team.
• Ensures that clients comply with completing required daily living activities surrounding personal hygiene and grooming, upkeep of living areas, laundry, other household items, etc.
• Serves as a mentor and role model by demonstrating compassion and understanding for feelings, opinions, and experiences of others, and communicating and interacting in a manner that is honest, positive, respectful, and professional; demonstrates ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing.
• Assists in providing educational assistance/guidance, social skills development, life planning skills development, and therapeutic recreational/leisure activities for the clients as needed.
• Treatment Reinforcement
• Assists and supports the Treatment Foster Family Parent in establishing and enforcing the guidelines, procedures and house rules which are designed to ensure safety and structure within the home.
• Reinforces adherence to daily schedules and activities established for the treatment foster family home including attending school and school events, therapy sessions, doctor appointments, family visits, planned recreational activities and other external appointments, etc., and provide transportation and supervision as needed.
• Reinforces the structure of the home environment with focus on enabling clients in developing age‑appropriate life skills in areas such as self‑care, completion of household duties, meal preparation, recreation and leisure, money management, vocational readiness, and employment.
• Monitors the clients’ medical needs and communicate medical concerns to appropriate staff; administer medications per established protocols and by document information as required.
• Individual Treatment Planning
• Supports the foster parent by providing direct supervision of the client during daily living activities, during the implementation of individualized treatment plans and during other therapeutic events as needed.
• Provides assistance in teaching, collaborating with, and supporting the clients’ families in order to achieve their permanency goals.
• Responsible for providing regular transportation and supervision for the youth to ensure their safety to a scheduled location in an assigned company vehicle or personal vehicle.
• When appropriate, assists the clients in maintaining contact with their families and work actively to support and enhance these relationships. Exhibit spirit of cooperation among co‑workers. Display ethical conduct and professionalism at all times, with particular emphasis on maintaining a healthy relationship and appropriate boundaries with youth and protecting youth confidentiality.
• Engages with and include client families in decision‑making and provide guidance in establishing effective boundaries and…