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Samaritas · 1 day ago

Licensing Specialist, Foster Homes

Grand Rapids Metro

Full-time

Onsite

New Grad, Entry Level

$44K/yr - $44K/yr

Samaritas is a mission-driven organization dedicated to child welfare, seeking a Foster Home Licensing Specialist in the Grand Rapids Metro Area. The role involves coordinating the recruitment, training, and licensing of foster homes while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards and supporting foster families to create positive outcomes for children.

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Responsibilities

Coordinate and lead recruitment, training, and licensing of foster homes

Ensure compliance with all contractual, regulatory, and accreditation standards

Investigate and support foster families to create positive outcomes for children

Devise, implement and evaluate strategies and recruitment plan to assure adequate foster homes in accordance with program, organization and contractual requirements and standards

Develop and maintain current contact file with recruitment sources, prospective foster home data files and mailing lists

Develop and maintain ongoing relationships with religious/community groups and key individuals to increase their awareness of the need for foster parents, and organization services

In coordination with communications and planning department, develop and circulate promotional materials

Make regular press releases to public media sources and presentations when requested to promote foster care awareness and recruitment under the direction of the director

Plan and conduct regular orientation meetings and pre-service training with prospective foster parents

Complete original home study for all new foster parent applicants

Complete annual and renewal license assessments, and all licensing actions related to changes in foster home within prescribed timeframes

Complete investigations of all complaints against foster families in a thorough and timely manner; provide written reports to appropriate parties and regulatory agencies

Provide on-going training and consultation for foster parents

Monitor and evaluate effectiveness of recruitment strategies; maintain statistical data related to service delivery outcomes and measurements; provide reports and data as requested