What are the responsibilities and job description for the Initial Licensing Specialist position at Necco?
Position Summary
Necco has an opportunity for a career as an Initial Licensing Specialist. This position will add value to the company by lead, manage and direct Recruitment & Retention policies, procedures, and practices across all locations in the US. Responsible for creating and implementing recruitment and retention strategies and programs.
You Should Be Accurately Described As
A happy warrior who thrives on leading from the front with strategic thinking. A solid communicator in search of decisions that deliver real results. A problem-solver, financial steward, and one who excels at collaboration. Ridiculously passionate about the company’s success, growth, and program quality.
Recruitment
Necco has an opportunity for a career as an Initial Licensing Specialist. This position will add value to the company by lead, manage and direct Recruitment & Retention policies, procedures, and practices across all locations in the US. Responsible for creating and implementing recruitment and retention strategies and programs.
You Should Be Accurately Described As
A happy warrior who thrives on leading from the front with strategic thinking. A solid communicator in search of decisions that deliver real results. A problem-solver, financial steward, and one who excels at collaboration. Ridiculously passionate about the company’s success, growth, and program quality.
Recruitment
- Ensuring targeted recruitment to meet current demand by utilizing data
- Carrying out the annual recruitment plan
- Mine existing and prospective parents for referrals
- Establish the Necco brand as a leader in foster care by educating the community and related organizations at events
- Build relationships with foster parents, local businesses, news media, churches, community organizations, and business leaders.
- Use data to collaborate with staff, foster parents, and community-based influencers to develop and implement ongoing recruitment methods
- Ensure the CRM reflects accurate and timely data regarding leads/opportunities and activities
- Utilize CRM to manage follow-up communication with prospective foster parents using phone, email, text, face-to-face, and direct mail
- Ensure inquiry responses are within 24 hours (excludes weekends)
- Lead the charge on the certification process as required by state licensing to include initial training, home study process and approval to be a foster home
- Maintain knowledge of current state regulations relating to foster homes
- Assess the family for ability to foster throughout the training and home study process
- Provide foster parent training classes for certification per state requirements
- Provide recommendations for needed training in growth areas
- Participate in the admissions process from youth referral to first placement
- Maintain all aspects of the foster parent record in the database
- Ensure the accuracy of pipeline numbers
- Working with the team on foster home capacity and utilization
- Manage all aspects of foster parent initial training
- Ensure training of Hobb’s principles of Re-Education and Necco culture
- Provide (on a rotating schedule) on-call advisory and support to foster families, report and document activities
- Practice Ruthless Pragmatism
- Engage in peer-to-peer feedback
- Know and Live the Necco Corporate Culture Principles
- Embody the 3 essential virtues of Humble, Hungry and Smart
- Drive your Individual Performance Scorecard
- Adhere to and contribute to the Necco meeting structure
- Minimum of 21 years of age
- Bachelor's degree in human services or related field (Kentucky, Georgia, Indiana, Ohio)
- Bachelor's or Master’s Degree in social work or a related human service field, or a Board of Regents degree with human service concentration, or a bachelor's degree and have completed department-approved training provided by the child placing agency (West Virginia)
- Bachelor's Degree or Master's degree from an accredited four-year college or university (Tennessee)
- The degree must be supplemented by at least 7 hours in behavioral sciences, such as social work, psychology, and sociology
- One year of casework experience can be substituted for the 7 hours
- A minimum of 2 years’ experience in the human services field
- 100/300/100 Auto Insurance Coverage and Valid Driver’s license
- Experience with Training
- Excellent Computer Skills along with the ability to learn new skills and/or programs
- Excellent communication and organizational skills
- Successful completion of all required criminal background checks
- Travel/Training Willingness