Resource Family Specialist (Foster Care)
Currentrecruitment, assessment and support of foster and adoptive families; completing interviews and assessments of families who are applying to foster or adopt children in out of home care; ensuring they have the ability to meet the needs of a child or children; providing supports for the foster and adoptive families while continually assessing the child’s safety; working with children and youth to prepare them for the transition to adoption, when they are unable to return home, while searching for permanent families for these children and youth; providing supports to private foster care agencies as they recruit, assess and support foster families; providing supports to families after they have finalized an adoption; or working with DHS staff and private foster care agency staff to locate appropriate placements for children who need a foster or adoptive family. .
