Ongoing Licensing Specialist

Position Summary:

Necco has an opportunity for a career as Ongoing Licensing Specialist - Foster Care.  This position will add value to the company by recruiting, managing ongoing foster homes, and re-certifying and retaining foster homes to achieve permanence for the children in our care. 

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) 

Recertification

• Lead the charge on the recertification process as required by state licensing to include ongoing training, home study process and re-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 recertification process


• Provide recommendations for needed training in growth areas


• Assist team with steps and actions required for foster home allegations, policy rights violations and/or corrective action (CAPs)


• Participate in the admissions process from youth referral to placement


• Maintain all aspects of the foster parent record in the database


• Ensure all Foster Parent file requirements remain current

Ongoing Training

• Manage all aspects of foster parent ongoing and recertification training


• Ensure training of Hobb’s principles of Re-Education and Necco culture


• Analyze referral declination and provide trainings specific to address

Retention

• Use data to analyze foster home retention rates and develop action plans to address utilization and capacity


• Ensure a support team to foster homes throughout the process and for the children with higher needs


• Lead the charge on foster parent recognition and celebrations


• Lead the team with retention activities for foster families


• Assist in referrals and placements to maximize matching and capacity

Corporate Citizen

• 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


• Provide (on a rotating schedule) on-call advisory and support to foster families, report and document activities

Position Qualifications

• 21 Years of Age


• Bachelor's Degree in a Human Service-related field. (Ohio Only)


• Bachelor’s Degree in human services or related field (Kentucky, Georgia, Indiana)


• 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)


• 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