Foster Family Evaluation Specialist

New Jersey Mentor, a part of the Sevita family, provides Residential and Treatment Foster Care services to youth who may be facing out-of-home placements, transitioning back into the family home or independent living alternatives, or involved in the juvenile justice system. Through our personalized programming, we help youth gain stability, comfort and confidence to overcome all challenges and live well. If you are passionate about making a difference in the lives of individuals and families, join our mission-driven team and experience a career well lived.

Foster Family Evaluation Specialist

Salary: $55,860

Includes a sign-on bonus

Do you have experience in human services and want to work for a company that actively improves the lives of the individuals it serves? As the Mentor Recruiter, you will develop and implement recruiting and retention tracking tools and strategies to measure the success of campaign effectiveness, creating and designing new campaigns as needed to continuously attract new recruits.

• Manage the recruitment strategy and process for an assigned area.
• Build a prospect network and related campaigns to establish an ongoing pipeline of candidates.
• Conduct cold calls and informational screening meetings, review applications, medical examinations, and references.
• Conduct and attend networking and marketing events and represent the company at job fairs, promotional presentations, and other events to recruit mentors. Raise awareness in the community, through visiting community locations and leaders, and following up on referrals to source potential recruits and further enhance community relationships.
• Conduct orientation, home study evaluations, and pre-service orientation.
• Monitor and maintain allocated marketing budget and partners with internal marketing resources to produce materials. May develop own materials. Maintain appropriate records in compliance with funding source requirements.
• Record and report on the statistics necessary to measure the effectiveness of various recruitment efforts; report regularly on pipeline activity.
• Work with Program Manager and Program Coordinator to facilitate client match meetings.
• Develop informative activities and programs about company services.
• Participate in the development and implementation of mentor retention programs.
• Performs other related duties as required.

Qualifications:

• Master's or Bachelor’s degree in health and human services
• Three years related experience in Foster Care preferred.
• Experience writing home studies preferred.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience which provides proficiency in the areas of responsibility listed above may be substituted for the above education and experience requirements.
• Must have valid driver’s license with acceptable driving record, valid car registration, auto insurance, and reliable vehicle
• Travel as needed

Why Join Us?

• Full compensation/benefits package.
• 401(k) with company match.

• Paid time off and holiday pay.
• Complex work adding value to the organization’s mission alongside a great team of coworkers.
• Enjoy job security with nationwide career development and advancement opportunities.

We have meaningful work for you – come join our team – apply today!

Sevita is a leading provider of home and community-based specialized health care. We believe that everyone deserves to live a full, more independent life. We provide people with quality services and individualized supports that lead to growth and independence, regardless of the physical, intellectual, or behavioral challenges they face. We’ve made this our mission for more than 50 years. And today, our 40,000 team members continue to innovate and enhance care for the 50,000 individuals we serve.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability/vets

Sevita is a leading provider of home and community-based specialized health care. We believe that everyone deserves to live a full, more independent life. We provide people with quality services and individualized supports that lead to growth and independence, regardless of the physical, intellectual, or behavioral challenges they face.

We’ve made this our mission for more than 50 years. And today, our 40,000 team members continue to innovate and enhance care for the 50,000 individuals we serve all over the U.S.