Job Description
Job DescriptionSummary:
The HCTC Foster Care Licensing Coach (FCLC) works closely with HCTC Foster Care Coordinator and the Foster Care teams to support Foster Parents of La Paloma Family Services (LPFS) HCTC Foster Care Program in providing mental health services to children. The FCLC will help provide supportive services to include, assisting foster parents, advocating within the child welfare and behavioral health systems, developing goals and plans, providing de-escalation support to foster parents and youth in crisis, reviewing all provider notes for accuracy, providing individual and group training. The HCTC FCLC will supervise the foster homes to ensure compliance with state licensing regulations and will coordinate with outside agencies, schools, and State agencies to meet these requirements.
Requirements:
- Bachelors in a behavioral health field or non-behavioral health field and one year experience in direct service child welfare/ behavioral health or
- Associate degree in behavioral health field and two years’ experience in direct service child welfare/foster care licensing or
- Associate degree in non-behavioral health field (including AA RN) and three years’ experience in direct service in child welfare/ behavioral health.
- Must hold a BHT designation.
- Prefer experience in licensing or monitoring foster homes, experience in writing home studies, assessments of family systems and behavior management experience with children.
Other Potential Requirements:
- Valid driver’s license
- Availability to work evening and weekend hours
- First Aid and CPR certification.
- Physical Exam and T.B. Test
- Fingerprint Clearance