<p>Apply</p> <p>Job Type</p> <p>Full-time</p> <p>Description</p> <p>At Caritas we believe every life deserves LOVE! If you agree, then please consider joining our team!! Caritas Family Solutions is seeking a dependable leader with good communication skills to serve as our Specialized Foster Care Supervisor. This position includes flexible hours, frequent opportunities for telework, top compensation, and AMAZING team support. Most importantly, you'll have the opportunity to lead a team that truly makes a positive difference in the lives of children! If you're ready to make an impact, please apply today!!!</p> <p>At Caritas, we know we're competing with other employers for your services, and we want to win! It is our goal to offer competitive compensation and affordable benefits to all eligible employees. Caritas currently offers the following benefits to full-time employees:</p> <ul> <li>403 B Retirement Plan (5% Employer Match) </li><li>Generous Paid Time Off </li><li>Health, Dental and Vision Insurance Coverage </li><li>12 Employer Paid State & Federal Holidays </li><li>Telehealth Services </li><li>Employer Paid Life Insurance </li><li>Health Saving Account </li><li>Employer Paid Short- & Long-Term Disability </li><li>Tuition Assistance Program </li><li>Real Work/Life Balance </li></ul> <p>Remote Work: Allowed (work arrangement can change depending on performance and/or needs of Caritas).</p> <p>Description of Typical Work Schedule: 40 hour workweek; schedule to be discussed with direct supervisor and may change as needs of the department change (Hours set based on necessity of department or office.)</p> <p>PURPOSE: The Specialized Foster Care Supervisor provides supervision to the Specialized Foster Care Case Managers. This position assists Specialized Case Managers with problem solving and provides them with the supervisory support needed to succeed in their position. They will collaborate with DCFS to provide appropriate casework services to individuals and families in the Foster Care Program.</p> <p>REPORTING STRUCTURE: Refer to the updated organizational chart for reporting structure and responsiblities.</p> <p>ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.</p> <ul> <li>Provides direct supervision, training, support, review, and evaluation for Specialized foster care case managers and other assigned staff. </li><li>Collaborate with licensing department on implementation/completion of specialized foster parent training. </li><li>Ensures specialized treatment plans that addresses youth strengths, needs, promotes placement stability, minimizes youth's special needs, and adequately supports the caregiver are being created/implemented. </li><li>Directs those supervised in the assignment of cases and work schedules. </li><li>Ensures case documentation meets agency, DCFS, and COA requirements. </li><li>Ensures program meets procedural and contractual requirements. </li><li>Reviews internal/external referrals to specialized foster care program and makes recommendations for acceptance. </li><li>Reviews documentation and approves assessments and service plans completed by the Foster Care Case Manager. </li><li>Attends court hearings, case reviews, staffing, and meetings, as needed </li><li>Leads Specialized Foster Care Case Managers in moving cases towards permanency </li><li>Provides support to Specialized Foster Care Case Manager to help succeed in their position. </li><li>Collaborates and implements Child and Family Team Meetings. </li></ul> <p>QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.</p> <p>EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE REQUIRED/PREFERRED</p> <p>Degree/Field Required: Master's Degree in Human Service (Related fields will be considered.)</p> <p>Degree/Field Preferred: N/A (Related fields will be considered.)</p> <p>Additional Fields of Knowledge Important for the Role: Administration and Management - Knowledge of business and management principles involved in strategic planning, resource allocation, human resources modeling, leadership technique, production methods, and coordination of people and resources. Administrative - Knowledge of administrative and office procedures and systems such as word processing, managing files and records, stenography and transcription, designing forms, and workplace terminology. Communications and Media - Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods. This includes alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media. Customer and Personal Service - Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services. This includes customer needs assessment, meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of customer satisfaction. English Language - Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar. .</p> <p>Experience Required: Minimum 2+years of relevant experience (For positions that manage staff, the years specified need to be progressive years of management experience. For all positions, the years required can be interchanged with equivalent experience from an advanced degree related to this job and/or with other relevant experience verified by applicant/incumbent).</p> <p>Licenses/Certifications Required: Child Welfare License, Passed 402 Licensure Exam</p> <p>Licenses/Certifications Preferred: Child Welfare License, Passed 402 Licensure Exam</p> <p>SKILLS REQUIRED</p> <p>Manager-specific: Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, financial reports, and legal documents. Ability to respond to common inquiries or complaints from customers, regulatory agencies, or members of the business community.</p> <p>Basic: Active Learning - Understand the implications of new information for both current and future problem-solving and decision-making. Active Listening - Give full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times. Critical Thinking - Use logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems. Learning Strategies - Select and using training/instructional methods and procedures appropriate for the situation when learning or teaching new things. Monitoring - Monitor/Assess performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action. Reading Comprehension - Understand written sentences and paragraphs in work-related documents. Speaking - Talk to others to convey information effectively. Writing - Communicate effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience. Language - Able to read and write in English.</p> <p>Social: Coordination - Adjust actions in relation to others' actions. Service Orientation - Look for ways to help people. Social Perceptiveness - Be aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react as they do.</p> <p>Problem Solving/Decision-making: Complex Problem Solving - Identify complex problems and review related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. Time pressure decision-making - Make decisions without much analysis or time to consider alternatives. Time pressure planning - Plan and be responsible for regularly meeting strict deadlines. Judgment and Decision Making - Consider the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one ensuring that decisions made have an impact on others, the image/reputation of Caritas, and/or the financial resources. Systems Analysis - Determine how a system should work and how changes in conditions, operations, and the environment will affect outcomes. Systems Evaluation - Identify measures or indicators of system performance and the actions needed to improve or correct performance, relative to the goals of the system.</p> <p>Resource Management: Management of Material Resources - Obtain and see to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work. Management of Personnel Resources - Motivate, develop, and direct people as they work, identifying the best people for the job. Personal Time Management - Manage one's own time and the time of others.</p> <p>Technical: N/A</p> <p>Trauma-informed: Must display a willingness to adopt trauma informed interventions, principles, and practices as well as commitment to ongoing development of their capacity for application of trauma informed care. Realizes the prevalence of trauma among persons served by Caritas and the general population. Recognizes how trauma affects everyone involved-including clients, their families, staff, and community; and impacts behaviors. Responds to trauma by actively implementing the guiding principles of trauma informed care into their daily practice. Resists re-traumatization of persons served and staff providing services, by creating safe, welcoming, and supportive environments.</p> <p>Proficient Computer Skills In: Outlook, Word</p> <p>Expert Computer Skills In: Outlook, Word</p> <p>MENTAL EFFORT/COGNITIVE ABILITIES REQUIRED: Oral Comprehension - Listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences. Oral Expression - Communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand. Problem Sensitivity - Tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing that there is a problem. Written Comprehension - Read and understand information and ideas presented in writing. Written Expression - Communicate information and ideas in writing so others will understand.</p> <p>PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: Light work. Exert up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for sedentary work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated for light work.</p> <p>PHYSICAL ACTIVITIES REQUIRED: Reaching - Extend hand(s) and arm(s) in any direction. Lifting - Raise objects from a lower to a higher position or moving objects horizontally from position-to-position. This factor is important if it occurs to a considerable degree and requires substantial use of upper extremities and back muscles. Fingering/Grasping - Pick, pinch, type or otherwise work, primarily with fingers rather than with the whole hand as in handling. Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm. Feeling - Perceive attributes of objects, such as size, shape, temperature or texture by touching with skin, particularly that of fingertips. Standing - Particularly for sustained periods of time. Walking - Move about on foot to accomplish tasks, particularly for long distances or moving from one work site to another. Sitting - Particularly for sustained periods of time. Speech Clarity/Talking - Express or exchange ideas by means of the spoken word. Those activities in which they must convey detailed or important spoken instructions to other workers accurately, loudly, or quickly. Includes the ability to understand the speech of another person. Hearing - Perceive the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels with or without correction. Ability to receive detailed information through oral communication, and to make the discriminations in sound. Repetitive motion - Substantial movements (motions) of the wrists, hands, and/or fingers. Coordination, including eye/hand, hand/feet.</p> <p>VISUAL ACUITY: The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: analyzing data; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; extensive reading; visual inspections; inspect machines.</p> <p>WORK CONTEXT/ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.</p> <p>This position is based primarily in an office environment.</p> <p>Salary Description</p> <p>$66,976.00 Annual Salary</p>