Foster Home Developer

Job Description

Job Description

Description :

Candidate must be comfortable with interacting with foster / adoptive and kinship applicants through licensing process, public speaking, presenting in different venues and capacities, be outgoing, enjoy networking and want to make a difference in the lives of children and families! Traveling within the region for recruitment fairs, representing the agency in church congregations or other community events will be required. Nights and / or weekends may be required for training or recruiting events.

Key Expectations / Responsibilities :

• Recruit, screen and enroll host homes into Cumberland’s Child Placing Agency
• Identifying, educating and screening for potential foster parents in designated communities
• Ability to work under moderate supervision with awareness that error may have serious consequences.
• Applicants must have experience working with at-risk youth and families involved with a Child Placing Agency
• Completes all steps required by Cumberland Policy and Procedure, the Minimum Standards, and the DFPS Contract in order to verify foster home.
• Exercises patience, tactfulness, initiative, judgment, and prudence in confidentiality (following established guidelines as well as in being respectful of clients, other agencies, and co-workers).
• Personality attuned to the requirements of meeting needs of the employees and ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with other employees and the public.
• Conducts trainings for potential foster parents during the verification process
• Plans and implements foster family events, support groups, and throughout the year to encourage retention of foster homes
• Will require being on call and work evenings and weekends

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