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FamilyForward · 10 hours ago

Resource Development Specialist

Hillsboro,MO,US

Full-time

Onsite

Entry, Mid Level

2+ years exp

FamilyForward is dedicated to advancing healthier relationships for children and families. The Resource Development Specialist is responsible for ensuring that foster/relative parents are trained, licensed, and re-licensed, while also finding alternative care placements for children, focusing on permanency and safety.

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Responsibilities

Adhere to the ethical standards of FamilyForward and those of the specific profession

Maintain core values standards

Develops community resources to assist foster and adoptive parents

Attends community activities to promote foster care and recruitment as needed which often includes after hours events

Performs pre-service responsibilities including initial screening, home study assessment, and completion of all related forms in compliance of policies of all governing and reporting agencies for foster/relative licensure

Complete re-licensing requirements for foster and relative parents within specified time frames

Meets Family Forward goal for each year for number of licensed foster parents

Provide and trains STARS curriculums for traditional foster parents as well as relative foster parents and /or other pre-service training

Provides on-going, in-service training opportunities for foster, adoptive, and relative parents

Assists in the on-going retention of foster parents

Provides monthly training and supports groups for foster parents, and kinship parents

Serves as liaison for foster parents

Must maintain on-going data entry and narratives/documents and case activity

Required to visit providers at least once per quarter or more if necessary

Must be actively involved in Performance Quality Improvement processes and standards promoting excellent services to our FamilyForward’s clients and help maintain an excellent environment for all staff and volunteers

Must complete a minimum of twenty hours of continuing education/training per calendar year, three of those hours must be Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging focused

May participate on an afterhours rotational on-call, and office intake

Qualification

Social workCommunity resource mobilizationCrisis assessmentFoster parent recruitmentTraining facilitationData entryTeam collaborationCommunication skills

Required

Have a bachelor's degree in an area such as: social work, or a comparable human service field preferably with 2 years' experience; master's degree preferred

Have a minimum of 1-year professional employment in the delivery of proactive social services, family preservation services, or targeted case management services in a public or private agency

Have demonstrated experience as a positive contributor in a close team, community relationship, and with community resource mobilization

Have a valid driver's license, personal automobile, and valid automobile insurance

Can establish a rapport and responsive behaviors with persons served

Collaborate with other disciplines, and community services in meeting the needs of persons served

Ability to identify, and assess the needs of individuals and families in crisis including special service needs of victims of violence, abuse, or neglect, and their family members

Procedures for working with foreign language speakers and persons with communication impairments

Knowledge of public assistance and government subsidies

Able to help children and families plan for and adjust to transitions

Able to assess risk and protective factors, and family strengths and needs

Can facilitate permanency and family connections

Able to help improve their ability to care for their child

Able to evaluate the continued need for placement

Have the knowledge and ability to recruit, evaluate, and develop a collaborative relationship with foster parents, and help foster parents provide a safe nurturing environment