Devereux-Arizona’s Therapeutic Foster Care Program (TFC) serves children and adults with significant behavioral and emotional needs. Individuals are referred to Devereux via Arizona behavioral health networks and several tribal entities. Therapeutic foster parents are extensively trained to address each individual's intense needs and work with them toward their treatment goals.

Reporting to the Program Manager, the Foster Care Coordinator maintains and delivers high quality therapeutic services to TFC Individuals who have a wide range of social, emotional, and behavioral complications. This position provides supervision and clinical oversight to the Therapeutic Home Specialists and foster families and individuals through effective communication skills, training, evaluation, and participating in CFT/ART meetings and home visits as needed. The Foster Care Coordinator serves as a backup to supervisees, carries a reduced caseload as needed, and participates in a weekly rotation of after-hours on-call support. Foster Care Coordinators also assist with program development through facilitation of placement referrals and engagement in recruitment and retention activities.

Pay Range: $47,000 - $51,700

Schedule: Monday - Friday 8:00am-5:00pm, rotating on-call responsibilities

Work remotely (home office) and throughout Devereux Arizona premises (Maricopa and occasional travel to Pima County)

Ability to commute throughout the County utilizing your own vehicle (with mileage reimbursement)

Benefits and Rewards

We strive to create an inclusive environment, and retain the talented employees who make our organization a great place to work. We 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. Full-time employees in career-aligned tracks receive 100% of tuition, fees and textbook costs, up to $15,000 for undergraduate classes (annually), and $25,000 for graduate-level classes (annually)

• Paid time off (24 days per year, increase with years of service); Sick time (64 hours per year)

• Retirement, eM Life for Mental Health and Work/Life Programs, Service Anniversary Awards

• Free access to Payactiv, a platform to get a portion of your earned wages between pay periods

• Quality Low-Cost Benefits (medical, dental, vision, pet insurance) - 30-day benefit eligibility waiting period for new hires! http://benefits.devereux.org

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• Bachelor's degree and one-year related experience required; OR Associate (AA) degree and two years related experience required; OR High School Diploma or GED and four years related experience required
• One (1) year supervisory or leadership experience required; one (1) year Devereux supervisory or leadership experience preferred (internal staff)

OTHER:

• Must attend two (2) weeks of New Hire Orientation (paid) Monday-Friday 8:30am-5:00pm
• Must be 21 years of age or older (per licensing standards)
• Valid Arizona Driver's License & pass DMV 36-month history check AND reliable vehicle
• Pre-employment Physical and Job Demand Assessment (if applicable)
• Drug test within 24hrs of offer w/ negative results
• Current AZ Fingerprint Clearance Card with no restrictions (or eligibility to obtain with no restrictions). Arizona Revised Statutes Notice (ARS 36-411 Residential care institutions; nursing care institutions; home health agencies; fingerprinting requirements; exemptions; definitions). If a person's employment record contains a six-month or longer time frame during which the person was not employed by any employer, a completed application with a new set of fingerprints shall be submitted to the department of public safety. For more information, visit HERE.

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.

Devereux is committed to the health and safety of our staff. All Devereux centers have formal infectious-disease and emergency-management plans tailored to specifically address the unique aspects of communicable disease prevention including COVID-19. Learn More: https://jobs.devereux.org/#covid.