Foster Care Program Recruiter

Finding a home for a child in need is extremely rewarding - can you meet the challenge

The pay for this position starts at $22.00/hour with additional compensation added for higher education and/or years of relevant experience up to $25.58/hour.

The schedule for this position in Monday-Friday 9am-5pm

This position is located in Warwick RI

$1000 Sign-on Bonus

Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health Massachusetts and Rhode Island is a nationally recognized organization dedicated to helping children and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders and other psychological emotional and behavioral disorders. Based in Central Massachusetts our programs and services make a difference in the lives of individuals and their families offering hope healing and comprehensive behavioral health support.

We are looking for a passionate Foster Care Recruiter/Program Coordinator. This position is responsible for the recruitment assessment selection pre-service training licensing and re-licensing of therapeutic foster homes. The candidate must be bilingual in both English and Spanish and be familiar with the foster care system in Massachusetts. This person must understand procedures and programs and have a good knowledge of case management. This candidate will need to recruit foster families keep the homes up to code help with relicsensing and do home visits and documentation. We are looking for a candidate who can build rapport with the children and families and has a compassionate and understanding nature.

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Full-time benefits include but are not limited to:

• 192 PTO hours/year and 64 sick hours/year
• 403b retirement account with guaranteed 3% employer contribution and potential for additional 2% match
• Free Life Insurance up to 2x annual salary not to exceed $200000
• Blue Cross Health Insurance plans
• Short & Long Term Disability Dental Vision Accident Identity Theft Pet and more insurance options
• Free Employee Assistance Program for help with mental health work-life balance general-wellbeing and more
• Discounts on Hotels Rental Cars Theme Parks Electronics and more
• Devereuxs custom ASCEND career-accelerator program! You deserve to work somewhere that gives back to you! Devereux is proud to offer ASCEND the first career-accelerator program exclusively designed to give behavioral healthcare workers the career guidance one-on-one coaching skills and financial assistance you need to reach your full potential. This program includes 100% of tuition covered up to $15000 annually for undergraduate and $25000 annually for graduate and student loan repayment through SAVI up to $5200/year among other benefits!

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• Must Be 21 Years of age or older
• Valid drivers license with good driving record required
• Bachelors degree in Social Work Sociology or Psychology required
• Minimum of one year experience working with children adolescents and families; preferably in a child- placement setting
• MAPS Trainer Certification preferred. Must be willing and able to acquire MAPP Trainer Certification immediately upon hire
• Experience facilitating trainings and engaging in recruitment activities
• Experience preparing home studies
• Basic computer literacy with strong communication skills (both verbal and written)

Company Overview

Devereux is one of the nations largest nonprofit organizations providing services insight and leadership in the evolving field of behavioral healthcare. Founded in 1912 Devereux operates a comprehensive national network of clinical therapeutic educational and employment programs that positively impact the lives of 10000 children adults and their families every year.

Our Mission: Devereux changes lives by unlocking and nurturing human potential for people living with emotional behavioral or cognitive differences.

With nearly 6500 employees working in programs across the country Devereux is a trusted partner for families schools and communities serving individuals in the areas of autism intellectual and developmental disabilities specialty mental health education and foster care.

Our Culture Our Expectations

At Devereux Servant Leadership is embedded throughout our culture and every aspect of our organizational framework. Our mission-driven people-first mindset is at the heart of the compassionate and high-quality programming we provide every day for the individuals and families we serve and other key stakeholders. Devereux offers challenging and exciting work and our team environment creates an empowering positive and rewarding atmosphere. To be successful at Devereux you will: put the needs of others first feel called to serve and called to lead. As a member of our team you will be a significant part of our commitment to providing a welcoming and supportive work environment across all programs and services and within all policies and employee practices.

We believe a workplace rooted in inclusivity offering a sense of belonging to all those who walk through our doors is fundamental to delivering the highest quality healthcare services. Through open dialogue and the creation of brave spaces we will engage in work that gives each of us a chance to change the world one person one family one community at a time.

What Devereux Offers You

In addition to a competitive salary Devereux provides a comprehensive health and welfare program to eligible full-time employees family members and domestic partners. Eligible employees are eligible to start benefits after 30 days of addition we offer;

• Medical (including telemedicine via phone web app) dental prescription drug preventative care and mental health services.

• Student loan debt assistance tuition reimbursement and continuing education assistance.

• Generous time-off (start accruing 1st day) 403(b) retirement plan with matching benefit and voluntary/employee paid supplemental life and accident coverage.

• Employee assistance / work-life balance program.

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Devereux is a drug-free workplace drug screening required. EOE