Resource Coordinator with Supervisor Designation Job Listing at State of Vermont in Williston, VT (Job ID ED7EFCC6-23CD-4)

Description

Overview

Supervisory, administrative and technical work in a district office for Family Services involving the oversight of the district's recruitment, retention, and training of care providers for children and youth in the Department's care/custody. Duties involve staff supervision, training, and support, ensuring the adherence of polices and regulations, and the implementation of the Department's Diligent Recruitment Process.  Assesses district office need for foster care placement and respite resources. Recruits foster parents in response to local needs. Works with the Family Services Worker to ensure relatives and natural supports are identified, assessed and appropriately supported as placement resources for children and youth. Partners with the FSW to ensure the larger family network is engaged in the ongoing support of the placement.  Ensures all foster care applications are completed as required and forwarded timely to RLSI if appropriate. Ensures tracking and completion of foster care orientation and foundation trainings. Ensures foster parents and respite providers have all necessary information available to assist in safe placement decision making.  Ensures foster parents are supported to engage with the division to support case planning; reunification when appropriate and permanency planning. This includes participating in Initial Caregiver Meetings; Shared Parenting Meetings etc. Encourages lifelong connections for children and youth, promotes and preserves family and community connections.  Ensures foster families respect the cultural, ethnic and spiritual values of the families we serve.  Ensures all foster home and foster parent records are in compliance with required policies. In collaboration with the Director, identifies and engages the community to address the needs of the district.  May serve on community boards. Maintains a community resource file for the office. Follows the Diligent Recruitment (DR) process for recruiting, retaining, and supporting kin and foster families.  Ensures that RC's track all the data related to inquiries, participate on the DR team, and implement any activity that are deemed appropriate.  Report out on their DR activities at the statewide RC meeting. Diligent Recruitment tasks include, but are not limited to: Taking district specific data and create activities to match the needs identified in the data. Foster/kinship Inquiry - track all data related to inquiry and provide to the state quarterly. Marketing and Outreach in areas: general recruitment, targeted recruitment, and child-specific recruitment. Use of a customer service model- skill on engaging with a diverse community that reflects the demographics of the children/youth that we serve.  Develop collaborations and partnership with local business and organization to support DR. Must be computer literate and able to operate multiple electronic devices. Able to use technology effectively to process foster parent expenses, track placements, maintain resource list and inquiries. May function as a member of the district office leadership team. May administer foster parent rewards and recognition funds, foster care expenses and foster care payments. May do data entry.  Duties performed in both field and office settings. Incumbents may encounter strong differences of opinion and emotional reactions which must be dealt with in a firm, objective and helpful manner and with tact and sensitivity. Private means of transportation must be available for needed travel. Some work outside of normal office hours may be required.

Who May Apply

This position, Resource Coordinator with Supervisor Designation (Job Requisition #51316), is open to all State employees and external applicants.
If you would like more information about this position, please contact anita.thomason@vermont.gov.
Please note that multiple positions in the same work location may be filled from this job posting.
Resumes will not be accepted via e-mail.  You must apply online to be considered.

 

AHS BACKGROUND CHECKS:  Candidates must pass any level of background investigation applicable to the position.  In accordance with AHS Policy 4.02, Hiring Standards, Vermont and/or national criminal record checks, as well as DMV and adult and child abuse registry checks, as appropriate to the position under recruitment, will be conducted on candidates, with the exception of those who are current classified state employees seeking transfer, promotion or demotion into an AHS classified position or are persons exercising re-employment (RIF) rights.

Environmental Factors

Duties performed in both field and office settings. Incumbents may encounter strong differences of opinion and emotional reactions which must be dealt with in a firm, objective and helpful manner and with tact and sensitivity. Private means of transportation must be available for needed travel. Some work outside of normal office hours may be required.

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor's degree AND one (1) year of human services work or community resource development.

OR

One (1) year or more of graduate credits in a Master's or Doctorate program related to social work, counseling, psychology, or public administration.

OR

Four (4) years of child welfare experience in the role of recruiting, training and retaining foster families.

Total Compensation

As a State employee you are offered a great career opportunity, but it's more than a paycheck. The State's total compensation package features an outstanding set of employee benefits that are worth about 30% of your total compensation, including:

• 80% State paid medical premium and a dental plan at no cost for employees and their families
• Work/Life balance: 11 paid holidays each year and a generous leave plan
• State Paid Family and Medical Leave Insurance (FMLI)
• Two ways to save for your retirement: A State defined benefit pension plan and a deferred compensation 457(b) plan
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Flexible spending healthcare and childcare reimbursement accounts
• Low cost group life insurance
• Incentive-based Wellness Program
• Qualified Employer for Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness Program

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Equal Opportunity Employer The State of Vermont celebrates diversity, and is committed to providing an environment of mutual respect and meaningful inclusion that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The State does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, membership in an employee organization, family medical history or genetic information, or family or parental status. The State's employment decisions are merit-based. Retaliatory adverse employment actions by the State are forbidden.

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