Foster Care and Community Based Case Aide

Job Description

Job Description

Are you looking to encourage growth and promote positive, healthy lives? CONCERN is a non-profit human services organization dedicated to providing child welfare, juvenile justice, and behavioral health services to children and their families. Since 1978, CONCERN has brought hope, offered opportunity, and inspired change in the communities that we serve.

We are searching for a highly motivated person to join our team in the Wilkes Barre area as a part time variable case aide. With this career, you will have the opportunity to make a difference in the lives of others in so many ways. While reporting to the program supervisor, you will support the foster care and community-based programs.

This position may also cover Lycoming, Potter, Tioga, and Bradford counties as needed.

There will be reimbursable travel required with this position.

What Do I Need?
Education and Experience

High School Diploma or Equivalent (Required)

Childcare and transporting youth experience (Preferred)

Other Requirements

• You will maintain all required clearances

• You will maintain a valid driver's license and have reliable transportation

• You will maintain at least the minimum required level of vehicle insurance for each vehicle that will be used to transport children.

• You must be at least 21 years of age

• You will demonstrate excellent organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills

What Will I Do?

• You will ensure the safety of children and youth within Concern's Social Services program 

• You will interact with youth, birth parents, resource families and caseworkers and maintain a mutually respectful, cooperative relationship and environment.
  
• You will preserve the confidentiality of all information regarding clients an prepare required documentation in a timely manner.
  
• You will report all incidents based upon agency policies.
  

• At the supervisor's discretion, the following tasks may be assigned:

Provide transportation to the family and youth, adhere to CONCERN policies and all federal, state, and local laws to include using approved car seats and safety restraints and make certain that riders arrive promptly to and from assigned designations at scheduled times. 

Maintain case history records and mileage tracking as applicable. 

Aide foster care families in providing planned breaks and arranging for activities in and out of the home. 

Assist staff, foster care parents, and birth parents during program activities and assure appropriate documentation of such events. 

Supervise foster children and biological youth of foster families as needed and address positive/negative behaviors in an appropriate manner. 

In the absence of the foster parents, perform duties normally assumed by them.

Communicate to biological and foster families behavioral and medical difficulties clients may have experienced during assigned work hours. 

Disperse routine medications and accurately document dosage to meet a child's basic needs at mealtimes and other times of the day as necessary. 

Offer support to biological and foster families in cultivating a protective, nurturing environment; resolving crises and family conflicts; developing a consistent level of parenting skills and connecting to community resources.

Hours of Work

Hours are based on the needs of the clients May include nights and/or weekends

What Will I Get?

$14.25/hour

Benefits

401k + 2% match (additional annual discretionary match if you work 1,000 hours or more!)
Virtual Care Clinic & Prescription Services for ALL employees and dependents (up to 7 people)! ( EMPLOYER PAID!) This includes Primary, Pharmacy and Urgent Care needs!
4 hours of Birthday Holiday pay!
Employee Assistance Program (Resources for you and your family)
Employee Referral Program