Resource Family Agency (RFA) Social Worker

Reports To: Assistant Foster Care Director

Job Summary: Full-time (40+ hours per week)

Provide core services for the children and youth placed with QFS Foster Family Agency. Provide support and guidance to Resource Families in maintaining a safe, therapeutic environment for children aged 0-18 who reside in care and for nonminor dependents aged 19-21 who voluntarily stay in care. RFA Social Workers act as advocates, providing guidance and direction, and assisting with case planning. Conduct on-site visits to certified homes to ensure safety compliance, implementation of service plans, and maintenance of progress reports on clients. They perform S.A.F.E. adoption home studies for children who reside in care and have been approved through the adoption placement unit. RFA Social Workers function as liaisons between all community partners in order to ensure best practices in meeting the desirable outcomes of children placed in adoption and Resource Family homes. They will ensure that all Resource Families and clients placed in care comply with social service and probation guidelines, as well as State mandates and agency policies.

Minimum and/or desired qualifications and experience

  • Master’s degree from an accredited or state-approved graduate school in social work or social welfare, marriage, family and child counseling, child psychology, child development, counseling psychology, or social psychology. Preference will be given to those applicants who hold an MSW.
  • Knowledge of core service matrix systems and psychosocial assessment tools (TOP) is essential.
  • Applicants must be culturally sensitive to working with diverse populations, including LGBTQ+ and CSEC.
  • Applicants must be flexible and able to work collaboratively.

Key Performance Areas

  • Ability to effectively provide conflict resolution
  • A high level of initiative, effort, and commitment toward completing assignments efficiently
  • Skill in communicating effectively, both orally and written, with a variety of people of various socioeconomic and educational backgrounds
  • Willingness to respond appropriately to supervision and follow policy and procedures

Sample Responsibilities and/or duties

  1. Assists with placement of the child in the adoptive/Resource home
  2. Ensures core services are identified, implemented, and evaluated on a regular basis
  3. Conducts psychosocial assessment (TOP) for every child assigned to caseload, at entry, to ascertain level of care, and every 90 days thereafter until discharge
  4. Develops, reviews, and updates quarterly reports for each child on their caseload
  5. Meets with each foster child and Resource Family weekly
  6. Assists youth and parents with problems concerning relationships or other aspects of social and emotional functioning
  7. Develops and updates weekly progress notes and case records
  8. Provides pertinent information to the contracting county
  9. Provides support for Resource parents during the adoption process and throughout foster placement
  10. Supervises the placement of the child including direct contact with the child and the certified parent(s)
  11. Facilitates reunification plans/efforts whenever possible

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