As a Foster Care Family Consultant at Adriel School, Inc., you will play a vital role in supporting foster families and ensuring the well-being of children in our care. This position is essential to our mission of providing safe and nurturing environments for children who need it most.
Responsibilities
- Provide consultation/case management services to assigned Adriel foster youth and foster parents.
- Establish service plans for youth.
- Manage and maintain case load as assigned by the regional manager
- Follow the service-delivery rules and policies. Conduct all required home visits, contacts, and observations. Provide written documentation of service plans, contacts with foster caregivers and youth, and feedback. Share with other treatment team members as appropriate.
- Maintain youth files.
- Provide training to the foster parents as requested.
- Maintain strong, professional working relationships with all internal and external consumers and be an integral member of the entire foster care team. Required expectations include attendance at staff meetings, training, sharing on-call rotation, and participation in special events, office coverage, referrals, etc.
- May be required to assist in the recruitment of foster homes in the community into which youth can be placed for foster care as required by the regional manager.
- Assist with the successful marketing plan for all counties served by the region as required by the regional manager.
- Demonstrate a high level of understanding and ensure adherence to the Teaching-Family Model. In addition, develop and maintain a working knowledge of licensing regulations, standards, and requirements.
- Receive and maintain training in accordance with ODJFS, the Teaching Family Association (TFA) standards, CANS, and applicable licensure board.
- Other duties as assigned.
