LICENSING COUNSELOR - North FL
LICENSING COUNSELOR - North FL
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Licensing Counselor
Join our team at FSS and enjoy comprehensive benefits including but not limited to:
- Tuition Reimbursement: Earn up to $5250 per qualifying year to invest in your education.
- Health Insurance: Choose from fourcomprehensive Florida Blue health insurance plans to keep you and your family covered.
- Dental Plan: Enjoy an employerpaid dental plan for our valued employees.
- Life Insurance: Your peace of mind matters to us. We provide employerpaid life insurance.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP): a free confidential resource available to assist employees and their families in dealing with lifes challenges and the demands of work/life balance.
- Paid Time Off (PTO): Relax and recharge with our generous PTO plan.
- Paid Holidays: Enjoy the 12 holidays (to include 1 floating holiday) and unwind with family and friends to celebrate and rejuvenate!
- WellBeing Program: Stay healthy and engaged with our highly interactive wellbeing program. Employees can earn three additional PTO days per plan year by simply participating.
- 401k Plan: Secure your financial future with our 401k plan with employer contribution of 3%.
- Additional Benefits: Explore our range of benefits including Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) Vision Plan Short & LongTerm Disability coverage Employee Discounts and more.
The mission of Family Support Services is to be the leader in providing safety stability and quality of life for all children by working with the community to strengthen the family unit.
Job Summary
The major function of this position includes the initial licensing relicensing and support of family foster homes. Responsible for assuring that the licensing of foster homes are in compliance with State standards and that we maintain and retain our foster homes. Serve as liaison to community Agencies involved in Foster Home Licensing.
Essential Job Duties
- Responsible for timely submission of relicensing packets to DCF. 100% of all completed relicensing packets will meet FSS and DCF timeframe standards.
- Complete quarterly visits with foster parents
- Contacting foster parents within a 48 hour time frame when new placements are made. Ensuring that any services they need are in place and then following up with Placement to let them know if anything is needed.
- Responsible for providing completed relicensing packets to the Licensing Supervisor 45 days prior to license expiration for a comprehensive review prior to CPC/DCF submission.
- Contact PRIDE participants within one week of assignment to begin initial licensing home study and completion of packet.
- Notification to placement of client placement activities (runaways hospitalizations moves) ASAP to ensure proper payment to foster parents.
- Complete a minimum of two home visits to the foster home for information gathering and assessment of the home for initial licensing home study. Complete and submit initial licensing packet within 34 weeks of PRIDE graduation.
- Complete followup on deficient packets as directed usually 24 hour to 5 day period.
- Responsible for inhome visit for relicensing purposes.
- Reassures that records are maintained on all licensed homes and that all licensing information is correct. Responsible for insuring that all foster homes are in compliance with State standards.
- Provide documentation for evaluation / recommendation of foster home changes or closures.
- Attend Foster Home Association meetings on a scheduled rotation basis.
- Attend quarterly trainings and recruitment events
- Attend foster home risk committee meetings.
- Be available for foster parents if they have questions or concerns or need support. Part of the retention plan.
- To treat foster parents the public and coworkers with courtesy respect and dignity and present a positive public image.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university.
- Successful completion of training provided by DCF for Licensing and Family Service Counselors. Prior experience with at risk children preferred.
- Valid drivers license. Current certification in First Aid and CPR is recommended. Child Protection Certification preferred .
Schedule & Hours
MondayFriday 8:30am5:00pm (Hybrid schedule to begin upon completion of training and deemed appropriate by the supervisor and director.)
Qualifications
FSS provides equal employment and advancement opportunity for all individuals without discrimination because of race creed color gender religion age national origin disability military status marital status or the other protected categories as defined by the EEOC and takes affirmative action in the implementation of this policy. If accommodation is needed in order to participate in the application process please contact the Human Resources department at for our Duval and Nassau counties.
Employment Type
Full-Time
