Foster Care Program Manager

StepStone Family & Youth Services

StepStone Family & Youth Services provides trauma informed youth centered services to children and families involved in foster care. The Foster Care Program Manager plays a vital leadership role in supporting program operations staff development service coordination and quality care delivery for youth and families served within our foster care programs.

We are seeking a compassionate and organized Foster Care Program Manager who is passionate about supporting children and families through trauma informed strengths based and family centered practices. This role is ideal for a leader who values accountability collaboration mentorship and operational excellence while helping ensure positive outcomes for youth navigating complex emotional behavioral and family challenges.

The Foster Care Program Manager is responsible for overseeing daily program operations supervising staff supporting foster families and treatment teams monitoring compliance and service quality and ensuring programs operate in accordance with licensing standards agency expectations and state regulations. This position works closely with foster parents referral agencies community partners and leadership teams to help ensure safe stable and supportive environments for youth in care.

The ideal candidate is solutions focused detail oriented and committed to fostering a respectful and collaborative environment while helping teams deliver impactful services that promote safety permanency stability and long term wellbeing for youth and families.

• Works with the Executive Director in developing effective treatment interventions for children and families involved with the child welfare and/or juvenile justice systems
• Evaluates treatment programs and makes recommendations to the Executive Director
• Develops and administers standards and procedures for all treatment staff
• Assists in the recruitment and hiring of qualified treatment staff and oversees training supervision promotion and discipline
• Oversees training promotion and discipline of treatment staff and provides ongoing supervision
• Keeps the Executive Director and client agencies informed of agencys programs and policies
• Maintains a caseload and provide quality service to clients
• Represents and interprets the agencys programs and policies to the public custodial agencies the courts and the community
• Maintains good working relationships with local state and national agencies including schools courts welfare departments probation departments and other social service agencies

• Bachelors or Masters degree accredited college or university plus a minimum of two years of full-time employment experience providing direct casework services to children and families that includes providing services to families that need assistance in the protection and care of their children
• Administrative and clinical skills and be capable of working effectively with children adults staff parents referral sources and the community
• Capable of selecting qualified personnel delegating responsibility giving support and recognition and commanding respect and confidence
• Ability to understand the special needs of children and families involved with the child welfare and/or juvenile justice system
• Innovative and flexible enough to cope with interruptions demands and changing circumstances
• Positive effective productive as well as cooperative between staff families referral sources and the community