Careers

Requirements:
Bachelor's Degree in Social Work or related field plus one year of experience in working with children and families. Current Pennsylvania driver's License, acceptable State Police and Child Abuse Clearances and FBI clearances are required.

Responsibilities:
The Recruiter is responsible for the orientation, training and development of all prospective resource families interested in providing care to children in placement.

• Learns, understands, accepts and implements agency policy, applicable laws and regulations.
• Manages work time appropriately on a forty-hour per week schedule, submits itinerary and requests for PTO in accordance with agency policy.
• Communicates clearly and in an appropriate manner, which furthers the agency purpose and promotes cooperation and team work.
• Understands use of Microsoft Word and Excel, Internet, E-mail and Enterprise Manager. Communicates computer/and or other office equipment problems to direct supervisor via telephone or email.
• Responds to all inquires assigned in a timely manner.
• Composes the monthly schedule for prospective resource parent orientation and training.
• Facilitates pre-service training and orientation in a competent and professional manner.
• Demonstrates solid interpersonal and problem solving skills.
• Composes and distributes interoffice correspondence as requested.
• Works to enhance and develop the agency's recruitment program.
• Presents prospective family concerns and recommendations for change.
• Assists in updating and maintaining the agency website and coordinating advertising and marketing efforts.
• Prepares and organizes prospective resource family files.
• Presents all questionable state police, child abuse and county checks/reference for supervisory review.
• Develops plan of correction to address non-compliant resource family files, and implements plan of correction.
• Attends training and meetings sponsored by New Foundations and partnering organizations and communicates information to agency staff.
• Participates in community based recruitment or retention functions.

The Recruiter is supervised by the Recruitment Supervisor.

Salary Range:
$30,000 - $40,000 per year

Requirements:

Bachelor's Degree in Social Work or related field plus one year of experience in working with children and families. Current Pennsylvania driver's License, car insurance, acceptable State Police and Child Abuse Clearances and FBI clearances are required.

Responsibilities:

Provides basic case management and resource home care services to children, foster/kinship and biological families. Assists families with training and problem solving techniques, and maintains written and verbal communication with referring counties and other child welfare professionals.

• Learns, understands, accepts and implements agency policy, applicable laws and regulations and demonstrates solid understanding of state, county and agency regulations and performance standards.
• Manages work time appropriately on a forty-hour per week schedule, submits itinerary and requests for PTO in accordance with agency policy.
• Is present, on time and prepared for individual and group staffings.
• Provides case management services to children and families in accordance with state, county and agency guidelines.
• Visits assigned resource homes once a month and completes home safety checklists for each resource home.
• Reports areas of non-compliance or safety issues in the Resource home to Supervisory staff and helps develop plan of correction for areas of non-compliance in the Resource home.
• Completes the Resource home re-evaluation annually.
• Coordinates with CUA staff to secure documentation for children's files required by the PA-Department of Human Services.
• Provides CUA and/or County staff with requested documentation form Resource parent files.
• Assists when appropriate with transportation and completes documentation of transports and is knowledgeable of laws pertaining to transporting children safely and in the proper car seat or restraints.
• Schedules, monitors and when needed transports children to state mandated medical and dental appointments.
• Completes required paperwork and forwards reports in accordance with state, county and agency compliance guidelines.
• Assists foster families in meeting agency requirements for training.
• Plans with children, families, birth families and referring agencies in regard to visitation. Monitors and when needed supervises visits to ensure safety and goal achievement.
• Communicates computer and/or other office equipment problems to the Office Supervisor.
• Monitors legal family's progress through monthly contacts, quarterly in home visits, and search efforts.
• Responds to on-call emergencies and completes required documentation, reports Unusual Incidents within 24 hours of occurrence, and completes Unusual Incident reports in accordance with state guidelines.
• Reports placements, discharges, and emergency placement moves.
• Attends all required meetings, conferences, trainings and other agency functions.
• Arrives on time on designated intake day, facilitates placements in conjunction with county staff, and completes all intake and placement paperwork.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

The Case Manager is supervised by the Office Supervisor.

Salary Range:
$30,000-40,000.00 per year

Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work or related field plus one year of experience in working with children and families. Related fields are limited to sociology, psychology, counseling, criminal justice, education, divinity, or public health administration. Must meet eligibility under Pennsylvania Child Abuse, State Police Clearance, and FBI Clearance criteria.

Responsibilities

The Adoption Coordinator is responsible for preparing and facilitating adoptions for children and families contracted for service through the Philadelphia Department of Human Services and the State Wide adoption network. The adoption coordinator is under the direct supervision of the adoption supervisor.

• Learns, understands, accepts and implements agency policy, applicable laws and regulations.
• Communicates clearly and in an appropriate manner, which furthers the agency purpose and promotes cooperation and team work.
• Completes child and family profiles in accordance with county and SWAN regulations and timelines.
• Completes home studies, background checks and related documentation in accordance with county and SWAN regulations and timelines.
• Generates adoptive files and records which may include confidential information.
• Utilizes computer programs such as Word, Excel, Access, EM, Internet and Email.
• Prepares invoices and completes SWAN billing in a timely manner.
• Assists with training of new adoption staff.
• Completes interagency and county file reviews in a timely manner.
• Completes child preparation curriculum for children within the agency.
• Attends all interagency, county and SWAN meetings and trainings.
• Attends adoption finalization hearings and other court hearings.
• Conducts pre-adoptive training in accordance with agency regulations.
• Performs other duties as assigned.