Evaluator​/Treatment Coordinator

Job Details

• Job Location:
  
  Fairmont CBS Office - Fairmont, WV 26554
• Position Type:
  Full-Time
• Education Level: 4 Year Degree
• Salary Range: $32,200.00 - $38,640.00
• Salary Travel Percentage:
  Negligible
• Job Shift: Day
• Job Category:
  Other

Help Build Safe Homes. Support Strong Families. Change Young Lives.

Burlington United Methodist Family Services, Inc. d/b/a Star of Hope Family Services is seeking a compassionate, organized Foster Care Home Evaluator & Treatment Coordinator to join our foster care team.

If you are a human services professional who wants to make a difference for children and families, this position offers a unique opportunity to support both sides of foster care—helping recruit, prepare, and support foster families while coordinating the services children need to achieve stability, permanency, and long‑term success.

• Recruit prospective foster and adoptive families through community outreach, recruitment events, presentations, and other activities.
• Work toward opening a minimum of five new foster homes annually.
• Conduct initial inquiries and orientations with prospective foster and adoptive families.
• Complete foster and adoptive home studies, family assessments, annual home evaluations, and health and safety reviews.
• Monitor foster homes for licensing compliance and changes in family circumstances.
• Develop and implement corrective action plans when licensing or safety concerns are identified.
• Coordinate and facilitate foster parent pre‑service and ongoing training, including applicable therapeutic foster care curriculum.
• Provide foster families with ongoing consultation, retraining, problem‑solving, and support.
• Manage an assigned caseload of children and foster families.
• Maintain regular contact with children and foster families, including required face‑to‑face and in‑home visits.
• Coordinate medical, behavioral health, educational, and community services for children in care.
• Develop, implement, and regularly update individualized treatment plans.
• Participate in multidisciplinary team meetings, treatment planning, permanency planning, court proceedings, and other case‑related meetings.
• Conduct or supervise family visitation as recommended.
• Assist with child placements and provide ongoing support to promote placement stability.
• Support permanency planning, adoption referrals, and transition services.
• Serve as an emergency resource for foster families and participate in an on‑call rotation.
• Maintain accurate and timely licensing, treatment, case management, billing, and regulatory documentation.
• Complete required reports, referrals, outcome measures, and continuous quality improvement activities.
• Provide written reports and court testimony when required.

Required Education

• A Bachelor's degree in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling, Sociology, Education, or another related human services field from an accredited college or university.

Social Work or other applicable professional licensure is preferred and may be required based on applicable West Virginia regulations.

A minimum of three years of postgraduate experience in social work, child welfare, foster care, or a related human services field is preferred.

• Builds positive, professional relationships with children and families.
• Understands child welfare principles and the unique needs of children in foster care.
• Can evaluate prospective foster families objectively, thoroughly, and professionally.
• Demonstrates strong assessment, interviewing, case management, and treatment‑planning skills.
• Can support foster families through challenges while maintaining appropriate professional boundaries.
• Works effectively with courts, schools, treatment providers,…