Description:
Bronx Health Center and Foster Care Services (910 East 172nd St)
$50,000 - $55,000
Position Summary: The Homefinder is responsible for assessing assessment, certification and reauthorization of foster parents.
Essential Duties:
- Understand and promote the organization’s Mission, Vision, and Core Values to ensure alignment with organizational policies and procedures.
- Complete foster parent home studies and reauthorizations of kinship and recruited homes.
- Maintain up-to-date records ensuring that all documents needed for home certification and reauthorization are completed and filed.
- As part of the home study and reauthorization process: conduct home visits, gather documents, interview, assess the physical space as well as the motivation and overall functioning of the foster family.
- Understand and adhere to foster care regulations.
- Provide foster parent training as needed.
- Participate in supervision, staff meetings and in-service trainings.
- Participate in case conferences.
- Aid in foster parent recruitment.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work or a related field required
- Valid driver’s license required
- Bilingual: English/Spanish preferred
- MAPP certification preferred
Key Competencies:
- Knowledge of child welfare
- Excellent interviewing and assessment skills
- Excellent oral and writing skills
- Strong organization skills
- Able to meet deadlines and work under pressure
- Computer literacy in Excel, Word, Outlook and Connections