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HIRING BONUS $2500
Payable upon successful completion of 90 day evaluation period.
For further information, please contact Human Resources.
Denali Family Services is seeking one (1) full-time Foster Care Supervisor at our Anchorage location.
The Foster Care Supervisor provides all state licensing requirements and consultative services to treatment foster parents. Provide training for treatment foster home placements, including all financials, placement agency licenses, and statistics. Provide administrative supervision to treatment foster parents.
This position is responsible for observing policies, procedures and safeguards to protect the privacy of health information in compliance with the HIPAA Privacy (Privacy Rule).
Essential Functions of the Position:
Perform the basic licensing process, to include receiving and responding to pre-application inquires, conducting background checks, interview meetings in the foster parent's home, and arranging fire, safety and environmental evaluations.
Conduct on-site program assessments, process waiver requests, document findings, and formulate recommendations for license insurance, denial/revocation, or injunctive actions.
Enter each new applicant into the computerized Harmony MIS, management system.
Conduct complaint/allegation investigations, may need to prepare testimony for administrative or court hearings, conduct supervisory visits to facilities, and provide post-licensing issuance consultation.
Cooperate with other specialists and regulatory agencies, such as fire marshals, building inspectors, sanitarians, teachers, public health nurses, the Office of the Attorney General and business loan and licensing divisions of the executive branch.
Serve as a resource person to licensed providers; and identify and facilitate use of other resources to upgrade performance of care facilities.
Participate in preparing orientation packets and informational newsletters.
Contribute to standard setting by providing information accrued from experience, and by serving on committees with providers and consumers to review and revise requirements.
Provide training and consultation to office staff and social service agencies that participate in the information gathering part of licensing evaluation for child foster homes. Contribute to staff development.
Participate in community planning to fill gaps in community care and support services.
Provide quality assurance and approval of foster parent medical documentation.
Authenticate foster parent stipend for payment.
Develop community awareness of licensing needs and benefits; recruit providers for regular, specialized and respite foster care; and secure provider agreements for services.
License and maintain foster homes.
Coordinate and document placements for foster care.
Maintain foster parent files to ensure compliance with licensing standards.
Provide supervision to foster parents
Organize and perform foster parent training.
Excellent benefits package including 403(B) retirement plan with an employer match, employer paid life insurance, 10 paid holidays, generous leave accrual (including birthday leave), health coverage (health, vision, and dental), EAP (Employee Assistance Program) and more!
Minimum Qualifications:
Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university with two (2) years of experience in human services, business, or management.
Preferred:
A Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in social work, human services, psychology, business management or a closely related field with three (3) years of experience in family and children's services, child protection/welfare or other out of home care environment which involved working with children and adolescents identified with developmental disabilities and/or as severely emotionally disturbed, or in business or management.
APPLICATION AND RESUME REQUIRED
Please visit our website, www.denalifs.org, to view a complete position description and to download an application. Applications can be submitted via email to hrdepartment@denalifs.org or fax 907-332-3092 or dropped off in person at any of our A Street or Muldoon location. Contact Human Resources at 907-222-2308 or 907-222-2339. Submissions will not be reviewed without an application and resume.
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