Family Based Care Specialist

$55,000 - $55,000/Yr

BrightSpring Health Services - Louisville, KY

Full-time - Entry Level

Louisville, KY

Social Assistance

About the position

The Family Based Care Specialist is responsible for conducting home assessments and providing pre-service training for foster care divisions. This role involves responding to home assessment requests, interviewing foster parents, and ensuring compliance with licensure standards through training and documentation. The specialist plays a crucial role in the ongoing development of foster parent orientation and must maintain certifications in CPR, First Aid, and crisis intervention techniques.

Responsibilities

• Respond to the division's Clinical Supervisor and/or Unit Administrator within 48 hours of receiving the Home Assessment Request form.
• Complete and document initial foster parent interviews.
• Conduct Home Assessments and narratives for the Foster Care divisions, including community references and necessary forms.
• Submit Home Assessment Narratives and completed paperwork within 5 working days of completing the assessment.
• Participate in the ongoing development of agency foster parent orientation training to meet licensure standards.
• Conduct required foster parent orientation training for the Treatment Foster Care divisions.
• Submit paperwork to verify foster parents' attendance at orientation training to the Clinical Supervisor or Unit Administrator.
• Maintain trainer status for CPR, Standard First Aid, Nonviolent Crisis Intervention - CPI, and PRIDE.
• Coordinate and notify potential foster parent applicants of home assessment and orientation training dates.
• Inform division representatives of potential foster parent applicants' status.
• Conduct CPR and Standard First Aid training during new personnel staff training and agency foster parent orientation training.
• Submit monthly tracking report form to the supervisor by the first working day of the month.
• Provide ongoing marketing of the foster care program.
• Attend all required functions as attendance is essential to the job.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree (B.A. or B.S.W.) in the Human Services field from a four-year college or university.
• One to two years of related experience and/or training.
• Valid Social Work License.
• Knowledge of culture and its function in human behavior and society.
• Ability to deliver culturally sensitive services.
• Demonstrated ability to build respectful partnerships with clients and their families.
• Conviction in the capacity of people to grow and change.
• Ability to work in partnership with team members.
• Ability to set limits and maintain the helping role.

Benefits

• Competitive salary of $55,000 per year.
• Full-time position with potential for career growth.