Foster Parent Recruitment Retention and Support Specialist
Foster Parent Recruitment Retention and Support Specialist
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06-04-2025
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Job Description
POSITION DESCRIPTION
Foster Parent Recruitment Retention and Support Specialist
Job Title: Foster Parent Recruitment Retention and Support Specialist
Reports To: Licensing and Intake Supervisor
Status: FullTime
FLSA Status: Exempt
Our Mission: To provide expert comprehensive services in southeastern Michigan that strengthen children adults and families impacted by abuse and neglect autism developmental disabilities and mental health challenges so they are successful in their communities.
General Acknowledgement:
To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge skill and /or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Job Summary:
The Foster Care Recruitment Retention and Support Specialists duties include providing direct support and guidance to current and prospective foster parents through inperson contact telephone contact and/or email depending on the needs of the foster parents. They will also assist the department with recruitment and retention activities as well as trainings and special events.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities:
- Services foster families and potential foster families for both Judson Center and Child Safe Michigan.
- Receives and responds to inquiries of potential foster families.
- Assists prospective foster families with navigating through the licensing process.
- Serves as liaison between the licensing worker or foster care worker and the current or prospective foster family when clarification is necessary.
- Coordinates with other departments as necessary.
- Plans recruitment and retention activities and events.
- Participates in planning trainings for foster parents and staff.
- Facilitates monthly foster family support groups and provides resources to foster families.
- Documents all inquiry recruitment retention and training activity.
- Participates in required trainings.
- Facilitates foster parent orientations as needed.
- Attends all scheduled team meetings.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Job Qualifications:
- Personal experience with the child welfare system as a current foster adoptive relative or kinship caregiver.
- License to provide foster care must be in good standing.
- Knowledge of child welfare policies and procedures.
- Involvement in the local foster family community and/or foster family groups.
- Ability to relate to current and prospective adoptive foster and kinship families.
- Ability to relate to local DHHS and private agency personnel.
- Ability to work a flexible schedule to accommodate families the agency services. Requires some evening and weekend hours.
- Proficient in Microsoft Word Outlook and Excel.
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to share personal experiences with foster care in a professional manner with the public.
- Ability to provide culturally competent services that shows sensitivity to the service populations cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.
Core Competencies:
- Customer Service regularly respond to customers in a courteous and timely manner with focus on providing quality services.
- Job Knowledge demonstrate mastery of basic principles techniques and skills related to job consistently applying technical and procedural competence.
- Professionalism consistently present a positive image of self and the agency operating with integrity and credibility.
- Planning & Organization of Work reliably demonstrate time management skills through advance planning in order to deliver high quality work product within deadlines.
- Relationship / Leadership exhibit ability to develop cooperative relationships based on mutual respect and trust treating others fairly consistently listening openly and actively encouraging others to express candid and differing views.
- Judgement & Problem Solving show ability to review facts and information using sound judgment to arrive at the most effective solution and when appropriate seek supervisory assistance.
- Quality & Accuracy consistently present work product that is thorough accurate and effective in accomplishing intended purpose of assignments.
- Initiative & Independence demonstrate ability to effectively complete work tasks with minimal direction from supervisor and take initiative to increase effectiveness of work and that of the department.
- Reliability / Dependability exhibit consistency in performance and reliably follows through on tasks and assigned responsibilities.
- Temperament maintain emotional control a positive perspective and effectively respond to stress on the job.
Education Certificates Licenses Registrations:
- High school diploma or equivalent
- Valid Michigan Drivers License appropriate insurance and use of own vehicle.
Working Conditions:
- Works in an office environment and in the community as needed.
- Position requires some evening and weekend hours.
- Possible stressful environment working with families and court system.
- Fast paced enthusiastic and teamoriented workplace.
Physical requirements:
None
Direct reports:
None
This description is intended to describe the type and level of work being performed by a person assigned to this job. It is not an exhaustive list of all duties and responsibilities of a person so classified. The employee is expected to adhere to all company policies and perform other duties as assigned for the good of the consumers the program the department and the agency.
Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full Time
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