Youth Villages

General

• Carry a caseload of 8 to 10 families
• Provide services to the entire family—not just the identified youth—to build trust and support treatment alignment
• Attend three weekly meetings: individual, team, and clinical consultation, for professional development and enhanced clinical skills
• Provide on-call crisis support to youth and families, with schedules varying by location
• Complete accurate and timely documentation in an electronic medical record system (EMR)
• Perform other duties as assigned
• Deliver intensive, evidence-based, in-home treatment for youth in foster care
• Support foster parents and advocate for the best interests of each youth
• Work toward family reunification or permanency through adoption

Foster Care Specialist

Recruitment

• Carries a caseload of 15 youth in active recruitment status
• Connects youth in foster care and residential treatment settings who have no identified permanency options with adoptive families through intensive, child-focused recruitment efforts
• Identifies, engages, and supports permanent connections for children, older youth, sibling groups, and those at risk of aging out of care without legal permanency
• Conducts in-depth file reviews and interviews youth, caseworkers, family members, and other significant individuals
• Develops and implements individualized, child-specific recruitment plans
• Conducts monthly face-to-face visits with each youth to assess and support adoption readiness and permanency planning
• Utilizes internet searches, genograms, and historical documentation to identify past and potential connections
• Creates written assessments of adoption readiness and progress
• Collaborates with caseworkers and other professionals to coordinate recruitment and permanency activities
• Communicates with the caseworker monthly to review recruitment plan progress
• Coordinates meetings and appointments, including outside normal business hours when needed
• Assists with pre-placement planning and support after matching
• Assists with transition plans, mental health services, community resources, education support, psychoeducation, support networks, and safety plans
• Advocates for the youth’s best interest
• Participates in and facilitates team meetings, case conferences, and permanency planning reviews
• Supports adoptive families toward adoption finalization
• Maintains accurate recruitment, youth engagement, and family-matching documentation
• Attends required trainings and conferences
• Completes timely documentation in an electronic medical record system
• Performs other duties as assigned

Foster Care Specialist

Permanency Recruiter