Foster Care Coordinator Job Elmwood Park Wisconsin USA,Dental / Dentistry

Location: Elmwood Park

This positions develops and implements specific marketing materials and strategies for recruitment of new foster families and provides comprehensive foster parent training.

Interface with the Racine County Marketing Team to create print and electronic marketing pieces.

Identify, implement and evaluate new sources for Foster Care exposure.

Maintain up-to-date information on Foster Care website, Facebook page and other social media outlets.

Take photos of events and record where appropriate.

Provide support for strategic plan and process.

Use social media to effectively engage the community and create awareness of the need for new foster homes.

Participate in staff meetings, trainings, workshops and outreach events.

Perform any other functions as needed by management and agency to meet marketing goals.

Conceptualize, develop and design materials to effectively achieve desired outcomes.

Evaluate and measure performance of marketing efforts using metrics and analytics

Complete tasks and projects within prescribed timeline.

Develop and maintain a Racine County Foster Care data collection/data reporting system that will track our communication with all potential foster parents, applicants and inquiries to determine desired recruitment and retention outcomes, to determine targeted recruitment populations, to determine successful recruitment and retention efforts and to determine cost effectiveness of these efforts.

Educate licensed foster parents on relevant social welfare issues and social system practices.

Utilize innovative and effective strategies to train all foster parents.

Other duties as assigned.

Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Communications, Business, Management, Education or a related field.
Two (2) years’ work experience in making independent decisions and meeting deadlines.
Valid Wisconsin driver’s license and automobile insurance.
Demonstrate knowledge and sensitivity to various cultures and underserved and underserved families from all socio-economic backgrounds.
Recent technical training or experience with Microsoft Word, Access, Excel, PowerPoint and current graphic design software.
Knowledge and experience using multiple social media platforms.
Prompt and regular attendance.
Or any equivalent combination of education, training, or experience which provides the requisite knowledge, skill, and abilities.

Ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing.
Ability to maintain accurate and complete records both paper and electronic.
Ability to evaluate information and exercise independent judgment in making decisions.
Ability to communicate well with staff, team members, other functional teams and the public.
Ability to utilize effective time management and workload management techniques.
Good understanding of child development.
Ability to work at a high level of efficiency with minimal direction.
Punctual and possesses a great work ethic.

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