We're Looking for a Temporary Foster Home Recruiting & Onboarding Specialist!
About the role
As our Foster Home Recruiting & Onboarding Specialist, you will help bring new foster families to Childhelp. You will find them, prepare them, train them and get them certified. You will also build lasting relationships with the community and with the families we serve. This position is temporary.
What you’ll do
Outreach and engagement
- Create and maintain a marketing plan that builds a pool of families interested in foster care and adoption in your service area.
- Attend community events and speak to groups of potential foster parents.
- Develop recruitment content and materials that promote Childhelp across diverse channels and settings.
- Reach out by phone, visit, letter and email, and hold preliminary conversations to check for fit.
- Schedule and lead info sessions and new foster family orientations.
- Run the referral incentive program for current Childhelp foster families.
- Stay current on foster care trends, competitors and leading recruitment strategies.
Foster parent training
- Facilitate pre-service and certification training that meets organizational policy, state and local regulations and accreditation standards.
- Coordinate required ongoing training for certified foster families.
- Track training hours and help prepare statistics for agency records.
- Evaluate the quality of all foster parent training.
Certification
- Be the main point of contact for prospective foster families and respond to inquiries promptly.
- Complete home studies, assessments and background checks, and collect and review certification materials.
- Prepare initial certification and re-certification packets that meet contractual, programmatic and regulatory requirements.
- Keep accurate, organized records on every family and inquiry.
Administrative
- Attend and take part in program, funder, contractor and supervision meetings.
- Maintain the foster parent log, status listing and monthly certification statistics.
- Provide clerical and administrative support to program staff to help retain foster parents.
- Other duties as assigned.
What you bring
- A bachelor’s degree, or 1–3 years of related experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
- At least two years of experience in promotion or recruiting.
- At least one year of experience working with a child placement agency.
- A current Foster Parent Trainer certification. New hires must earn it within their first 90 days.
Why Childhelp
For more than 60 years, Childhelp has been dedicated to preventing and treating child abuse. In this role, every family you bring in means a child gets a safe place to heal.
