Family Resource Coordinator Supervisor

Qualifications: 

• Required
  • MSW with at least 2 years of experience in child welfare or foster care, particularly in homefinding
  • Valid NYS Driver’s License
• Preferred
  • Experience working with adolescents in therapeutic settings
  • Knowledge of foster care programming and homefinding practices
• Considerations May Be Given To
  • Candidates with a LMSW, LMHC, or other Master’s degree with foster care/child welfare experience
  • Candidates with a Bachelor’s degree (BSW/BA) and 5 years of experience in child welfare or foster care, including homefinding
    
    

Job Duties:

• Provide supervision, coaching, and support to Family Resource Coordinators across agency locations.
• Conduct regular supervision meetings and ensure staff performance meets program expectations.
• Review and approve foster home studies and staff documentation for quality and OCFS compliance.
• Support staff in developing and maintaining trauma-informed therapeutic foster homes.
• Oversee foster home referrals, matching, and placement planning.
• Participate in hiring, onboarding, and training of foster care staff.
• Provide guidance in crisis situations and serve as supervisory support during scheduled work hours or as assigned.
• Lead foster parent recruitment efforts, outreach events, and community engagement initiatives.
• Coordinate foster parent training schedules and co-facilitate NTDC training.
• Facilitate foster parent meetings and ongoing engagement activities.
• Ensure program compliance with OCFS, DSS, and court requirements.
• Collaborate with internal teams and community partners to support program growth and operations.
  
  

GAFS Organizational Responsibilities:

• Actively participates as part of the interdisciplinary treatment team for assigned youth and to assist in coordinating and monitoring services that are tailored to the needs of the youth.
  
• Engages in regular supervision with own supervisor, including scheduled evaluations.
• Actively participates in all in-service programs and scheduled meetings 
• Maintains ongoing and open communication with team members and promotes relationships of trust and respect with clients, families, customers, and staff.
• Responsible for emergency on-call coverage, as scheduled
• Fulfills obligations inherent in the major system of the GAFS and the Lutheran Personnel policies.
• Demonstrates a commitment to organizational and department goals.
• Shares positive and negative information directly with team members and confronts others; to utilize the organizational chain of command.
• Practices good listening skills and communicates well both in writing and verbally.
• Demonstrates personal and professional ethics, attitudes and value systems which enhance team functioning and to be abide by the Standards of Confidentiality.
• Upholds child and family rights as outlined in State Office of Child and Family Services mandates and GAFS procedures.

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) Matching
• Paid Time Off, Including Holidays
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability Insurance
• Health Reimbursement and Savings Accounts (HRA/HSA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Tuition Assistance Program
• Mileage Reimbursement
  
  

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Lutheran Social Services is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.