Licensing Specialist - Assessor

Job Description

Job Description

Full-time exempt - ($41,160 - $52,981 annually) (+ bonus potential)

Beech Acres Parenting Center has been serving the community for 176 years. We uncover the natural gifts of children by unleashing the power of parents and caregivers. As a contemporary parenting center, Beech Acres serves over 35,000 people annually through a wide range of services including foster care, kinship care, adoption, behavioral health support in schools, parent coaching and much more. All of our programs are founded in our Natural Strength Parenting™ framework which enables parents to unlock their own potential by building on their unique strengths. With our growth, we are looking for a Licensing Specialist to join our team If this is you, please look at our requirements and apply today!

Full Time Exempt ( + Bonus Potential)

• Generous compensation within the non-profit sector along with bonus opportunities for all team members.
• Benefits effective 1st day of hire which includes health care, dental and vision.
• Best in market paid time off benefits. Eligible to receive up to 42 days your first year.
• Life insurances and disability packages
• 401K match
• Tuition + Licensure reimbursement
• Cell phone + Mileage reimbursement
• Awards and recognition programs
• Professional Development
• Clinical and Training supervision and in-house training to achieve CEU’s
• Workplace Flexibility
• Employee Resource Groups
• And much more

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Responsible for assessing, training, and maintaining caregiver homes.

• Completes initial home studies, recertification assessments, transfer assessments, updates, amendments and other assessments as required.
• Provides excellent customer service.
• Completes work and documentation in accordance with all rules and policies.
• Provides pre-service and on-going training for families.
• Provides referral matching support, as needed.
• Ensures initial and ongoing compliance of homes.
• Manages crises as they arise within day to day work, and collaborates with leader and team as needed.
• Completes research and development of trainings for families based on trends and best practices, as needed.
• Promotes agency culture that embodies the values of Integrity, Inclusion, Collaboration, Growth and Quality and practice of Natural Strength Parenting/ISMP and Trauma Informed Care.

Performs other duties as assigned, provided such duties are reasonably related to the essential functions of the position and do not conflict with applicable laws or organizational policies.

Education and/or Work Experience Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work or related field required, Master’s degree preferred.
• Active Assessor Certification required.
• Will consider applicant without assessor certification if eligible to attain and willing to do so immediately.
• A minimum of 1 year of experience working with families and children.
• Previous experience in foster care preferred.
• Valid driver’s license required.
• Excellent communication skills; both verbally and in writing.
• Excellent computer proficiency (MS Office – Word, Excel and Outlook)
• Warm, welcoming, and supportive demeanor with the ability to balance multiple priorities simultaneously, while maintaining outstanding customer service.
• Ability to work collaboratively and to engage and motivate families towards achievement of goals