Responsibilities

MBCH Children and Family Ministries is seeking a full time Family Resource Development Specialist to provide foster care social service support in the Springfield, Mo. area.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Preparing home studies resulting in a professional document which accurately describes strengths and weaknesses of clients.
• Conducting Foster/Adoptive Parent training and Relative/Kinship training resulting in participants who are properly informed about special needs children and who have a beginning knowledge of how to care for them
• Foster family recruitment and licensing maintenance
• Working towards permanency through private foster and/or adoptive work.

Compensation and Benefits: We offer competitive wages and excellent benefits to create a robust Total Rewards package!

Benefits of working with MBCH:

• Life Insurance (equaling 3X the annual salary)
• Medical Insurance (for Employee only-$25.00 per month.)
• Dental Insurance
• Long term disability Insurance
• Employee paid (optional) Vision and Short-term disability insurance
• Retirement plan begins upon favorable six-month evaluation, 10% of annual income invested into 403 (b) account
• Training/Staff Development Opportunities at no cost to employee, with pay increase upon completion
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Christian workplace atmosphere in a ministry setting

Requirements/Qualifications

• MBCH Children and Family Ministries is a faith-based organization and candidates must share our Christian faith, values, and ministry focus.
• Bachelor’s degree in social work, human services, psychology, counseling or a closely rated field required (Master's degree preferred)
• Two (2) years’ related social services experience (Foster/Adoption experience preferred)
• STARS Train the Trainer (not required, but preferred)