Overview

Foster Care Trainer/RecruiterHelp Others, Make a Difference, Save a Life.Do you want to make a difference in people's lives every day?Or help people navigate the tough spots in their life?And do it all while working where your hard work is appreciated?You have a lot of choices in where you work make the decision to work where you are valued!Join the McNabb Center Team as the Foster Care Trainer/Recruiter today!The Foster Care Trainer/RecruiterJob Summary:Maintains oversight of foster parent chart & foster home annual training hours required by policyOversees annual reassessments and mandatory foster home background checksPlans and staffs TN KEY and pre-service trainingSupervises investigation and selection of therapeutic foster homes.Coordinates recruitment campaign for prospective foster homes, i.e., networks with civic groups, local & area newspapers, field calls of prospective parents, coordinates T.V. and radio exposure, etc.Prepares and facilitates annual training plan for foster parents/staffSupervises & matches selected therapeutic foster parents and children.Manages Parent Training/Recruitment line item in Foster Care/RHET budget.Responsible for Foster Parent Home Study.Closes, approves, reapproves and opens parent charts as needed in TFACTS databaseAssists and supervises the coordination of special events, i.e. Christmas Party, Summer Programming.Plays a role in the on-call rotation for weekend coverage, e.g., back-up or primary.Follows all policies in accordance to DCS Core Standards, PPM, and Licensure standards.Follows all directives from immediate supervisor.LeadershipWorks in a multi-disciplinary team approach to meet clinical needs of foster care consumers.Completes all required documentation in compliance with Center Policy, CARF and Provider Policy Manual standards.Completes TN KEY Training on all foster and adoptive parents.Provides ongoing training for all foster parents in accordance with Policy requirement of each foster parent maintaining 14 hours of training each year.Recruitment.Retention.Maintains budget.Clinical SupportAttends and is timely to weekly Management Team Mtgs.Attends and leads program team meeting on a weekly basis without tardiness.Returns all staff pages within 15 minutes of receiving the page as reported by supervisor.Meets with parents to discuss difficult situations with client and/or parent behaviors.Responds to all flags, emails and voicemails within 2 business days.Responds to pages/calls from current parents and/or prospective foster parents within 2 business daysHas read and is familiar with the Provider Policy Manual in its entirety.Implements all new policies into parent training.Carries a caseload of overflow clients at any given time.Maintains monthly foster home list and disperses it to specialists bi monthlyKeeps all parent charts with updated documentation.Maintains expiration logs for updating foster parent charts.Yearly home visits for re-evaluations.Completes quarterly documents with foster parents.Conducts a total of 4 interviews with prospective foster parents before opening as a placement option.Provides all TN KEY, Therapeutic and CPR courses prior to opening foster homes.Provides parents with all necessary paperwork needed to open home as a placement option.Completes home study on new parents within 60 days of completing TN KEY.Monitor that all necessary background checks are completed (fingerprinting, TBI and FBI checks, sex offender registry, adult abuse registry, etc.).Informs staff of newly opened foster homes upon clearance of all background checks.Provides training opportunities for parents to accumulate 14 hours of yearly training (i.e., cluster meetings, all-day training, mail-out packets, etc.).Register parents for DCS MRI courses initially and bi-yearly.Keeps all appropriate documentation of training attendance (sign in sheets).Creates and mails quarterly training calendar with reminders of mandatory trainings (Newsletter).Attends agency collaborative mee