Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health

Foster Care Recruiter

Posted Date 3 days ago(10/7/2024 9:49 AM)
Requisition ID
2024-40078
Category
Family Support
Position Type
Full-Time
Remote
No

Description

Base pay starting at $20.06/hour, additional compensation for higher education/experience in the field up to $23.87 with a Masters.

Paid Orientation Training.  Flexible Schedule, Monday - Friday.

 

 

We are Devereux Advanced Behavioral Health Therapeutic Foster Care in Warwick, and we are looking for a Foster Care Home finder who will be responsible for the recruitment, assessment, selection, pre-service training, licensing and re-licensing of therapeutic foster homes. Assists in clinical components of foster care placement. Provides follow up with therapeutic foster homes.

 

The selected candidate will demonstrate flexibility, patience, high energy, creativity, and a sense of humor. Must have the ability to create and maintain a therapeutic treatment environment; compassion, empathy, and an ability to maintain sound boundaries; and a passion for working with, and guiding children and adolescents with significant and challenging special needs.

 

Candidate for this role will need to complete 2 days of SAFE home study training, and pass certificaiton for this role.

This role works with about 30 foster parents in the recruitment/home study process at a time.  Role will assist with psycho-educational trainings for foster parents.

Recruitment will be done at community events.  No on-call, but flexible hours for recruitment will be needed.

 

 

 

 

    • Full-Time Benefits include (but are not limited to):
      • 192 PTO hours/year plus 64 sick hours/year
      • Blue Cross PPO & High Deductible Insurance plans
      • Short & Long Term Disability, Dental, Vision, accident, identity theft, pet and more insurance options
      • Free Meals working in campus/group home settings
      • Tuition Reimbursement Program 
      • Student Loan Repayment through SAVI:  Full-time up to $5,200/yr, Part-time up to $2,600/yr
      • 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 $200,000
      • Free Employee Assistance Program for help with mental health, work-life balance, general-wellbeing, and more
      • Discounts on Hotels, Rental Cars, Theme Parks, Electronics & more

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Qualifications

For consideration, you must have:

  • 21 years of age or older
  • Valid Drivers License & reliable transportation
  • BA or BS in Human Services related field required
  • Must be willing to become MAPP certified upon hire of the position
  • At least 1 year of related experience with children and families required
  • Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred
  • SAFE home study training preferred,  but will need to be obtained upon hire if not already certified.

Schedule:

  • Orientation: Monday & Tuesday 8-4
  • Hybrid role, able to work in the office, home, and requires travel to visit foster homes/trainings

Devereux has a zero-tolerance policy for abuse and maintains policies and procedures to systematically reduce the risk of abuse to occur in our organization. Devereux fosters a culture of reporting abuse, and will cooperate with the authorities to the fullest extent possible.

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