Child Services Coordinator

Job Description

Job Description

Salary : $40,000 - $45,000 Annual

Position Summary :

The Child Services Coordinator supports the coordination of child services by utilizing the principles of Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI) while facilitating collaborative service delivery across systems to support safety, healing and long-term stability for children and youth in foster care. This subject matter expert assesses childrens needs and develops individualized service plans that support families, kinship caregivers, and case managers in providing long-term, trauma-informed care. This role ensures through service planning and providing guidance that each childs physical, emotional, educational, and therapeutic needs are identified, documented and addressed in alignment with the agencys trauma-informed model of care. The coordinator acts as a bridge between systems and caregivers, including kinship placements, providing hands-on support to navigate resources and overcome challenges while honoring each childs life story. Strong communication and collaboration are essential to this role, as it interfaces with agency case managers, kinship and foster / adoptive caregivers, DFPS caseworkers, therapists, schools, medical providers, and legal representatives to ensure timely and effective service delivery tailored to each childs unique circumstances and strengths.

Key Duties :

Child Document Collection and Review :

• Upon licensure, the coordinator will serve as a subject matter expert (SME) in trauma-informed and kinship-focused care, connecting with the home developer, placement coordinator, and assigned Divinity case manager to ensure all child documentation has been received and thoroughly reviewed in preparation for the 30-day Initial Service Plan (ISP).
• The coordinator will communicate directly with the childs DFPS legal worker and Divinity case manager to identify and address any unique needs of the foster youth, including considerations specific to kinship placements, such as caregiver readiness, existing family dynamics, and cultural or relational context.
• Proactively identify service needs requiring coordination across systems (e.g., medical, mental health, education) and begin to map collaborative service supports early in the process.

Preliminary Service Plan Completion :

Initial 30-Day Service Plan Coordination and Completion :

Collaboration & Community Engagement :

Reporting & Documentation :

Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications :

Conditions of Employment

Employees must maintain a valid Texas drivers license and motor vehicle insurance coverage as required by Texas law. In accordance with Texas law, Divinity Family Services (DFS) will conduct criminal background checks on all candidates and reserves the right to conduct random drug screenings during employment. Employees may be required to work weekends or evening hours as necessary to meet the needs of the organization. Employees are required to always keep a functioning cellular phone to ensure availability for on-call and after-hours duties.

The physical demands of the position may require employees to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. On rare occasions, employees may be required to lift 30 pounds.

In compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), employees are required to adhere to all applicable federal and state laws, as well as DFSs policies and procedures, regarding the safeguarding of confidential healthcare information.

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Divinity Family Services (DFS) will make reasonable accommodations for qualified employees with disabilities, upon request, unless doing so would cause undue hardship to the organization.

DFS is committed to diversity and inclusion, adhering to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) guidelines. The organization does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic, in compliance with federal, state, and local laws.