Permanency Support Specialist

Title : Permanency Support Specialist

Program : Family Foster Care or Treatment Family Foster Care

Position Details : Hours : 35 hours / weekly; Mon-Fri, 9a-5pm

Location of Position : Hybrid- 3 days in office (Queens, with the flexibility of traveling to Garden City, Long Island office when needed)

Basic Functions of Position : Performs daily tasks to maintain the overall workflow of the Permanency Support Department as outlined below. Provides Assistance to Foster Care and Residential staff as needed.

Responsibilities :

• Processes SCR / SEL Abuse Clearances via the State central registry, and track results (updates all systems)
• Processes / Tracks Fingerprint results for submission to state / Responses / Expunges.
• Maintains tracking system for Safety Assessments and Foster Home Rationales completed by Homefinding and generate weekly reports to Homefinding director and Homefinding & Casework staff.
• Reviews New Intakes (Compares information from the Intake with Connections)
• Responsible for entering progress notes in Connections for Intakes
• Open / Close / and Maintain Foster Homes on systems (Internal- Asara and State- Connections)
• ODS report- Reports on discrepancies between open homes in Connections compared to ASARA
• Processes Diligent searches and Parent locator forms Back up for Moving Notice of changes (NOCs) to the SCO shared drive.
• Back up for processing Notices of Changes and NOAs in internal database (ASARA) and (CONNECTIONS) to complete monthly Billing
• Back up for processing Census Sheets for monthly billing
• Performing assigned tasks to assist in the overall operation of the Dept.
• Responsible for ensuring compliance with all agency policies, procedures and governmental regulations, including but not limited to HIPAA

Qualifications :

Other skills and requirements :

SCO Family of Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Auxiliary aids and services are available upon request to individuals with disabilities

Qualifications Education

Required

Associates

Equal Opportunity Employer

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