Family Foster Care Home Finder

About Us:

Liberty Resources is a dynamic and growing human services agency that is a great place to work! Working for Liberty Resources means you’ll have access to great career opportunities, benefits and a fun atmosphere.

Our employees have passion around our values of service, excellence, and responsibility. 

We pride ourselves on high quality, integrated, community-based services that meet the evolving needs of our communities.

We’re committed to building a diverse workforce that values contributions of all team members and work to recognize cultural beliefs, values, traditions, language preferences, and health practices of the communities that we serve and how they apply to provision of positive health outcomes.

Position Summary:

Under the general supervision of the designated Divisional Director, the Home Finder will be responsible for the recruitment, training, certification, re-certification, and retention of the Family Foster Care program foster parents.

The Home Finder will be responsible for such activities in all identified and/ or designated counties.

Essential Job Functions:

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Implements LRI FFC/ OCFS approved recruitment and retention plan

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Design and implement foster parent recruitment strategies

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Design and implement foster parent retention strategies

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Plan and deliver ongoing foster parent training

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Manage certification for all Liberty foster parents

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Maintain foster parent records and completes all required documentation.

Duties and Responsibilities:

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Provides input Recruitment and Retention plan submitted to OCFS

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Delivers training for new foster parents

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Assists with the advanced training for certified foster families

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Facilitates informational meetings for potential foster families as needed

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Revises and maintains foster parent manual

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Develops innovative recruitment techniques

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Maintains certification for foster parents

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Maintains resource materials for foster families

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Attends Region III foster parent trainer meetings as needed

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Attends conferences related to foster parenting issues

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Provides intake and follow-up contacts to foster parent inquiries

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Makes initial contact to homes of prospective foster parents

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Helps coordinate foster parent retention/recognition events

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Participates in evaluation of foster parents and placement matching as requested

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Maintains effective professional relationships with other service providers and community organizations in the interest of clients and program goals

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Demonstrates the values of diversity, equity and belonging; foster an inclusive environment that facilitates diversity.

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Identifies and reports on Untoward Incidents as required

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Carries out Agency policies and procedures while participating in specific aspects of the implementation of the service plan and daily routine of the program

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Maintains required program certifications

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Completes all necessary written reports, statistics...