Recruitment Specialist for Foster Homes

About Little Flower,

Little Flower Children and Family Services of New York is a not-for-profit charity serving children, families, and individuals with developmental disabilities across New York City and Long Island. Our staff of over 600 people provide caring and professional services to nearly 2,000 people every year. Since 1930, Little Flower has been committed to improving the lives and well-being of those we serve by providing foster boarding home care, residential treatment care and where appropriate, adoption. Our work focuses on strengthening the family so that they can provide a safe nurturing environment for raising children and to overcome a myriad of obstacles that threaten a child’s safety.

Summary Job Description:

Supervises the daily activities of children. Assists foster parents with completing tasks related to children. Responsible for the safety and custody of children. The work requires dealing with children, which may have emotional/behavioral challenges and the employee is expected to handle all situations in a calm and effective manner. The Recruitment Specialist will perform various tasks including but not limited to obtaining factual information about the family situation/environment, directly assisting/supporting families (e.g., transporting to location, home visits, supervising children, implementation of goals, and participating in team conferences).

Principle Responsibilities:

• Instructs/supervises children in accordance with agency policy, regulations, and New York State Discipline Law.
• May transport children to appointments
• May be required to organize and supervise recreational opportunities.
• May assist children with hygiene.
• Work requires dealing with children who may have emotional/behavioral problems.
• Work requires the person to be a team player and work within the unit of a foster family.
• May model training techniques of MAPP and ABC within the family.
• May facilitate MAPP, ABC, and other trainings for foster parents.

Special qualifications:

• Ability to understand and follow laws, rules and regulations pertaining to the care and safety of children under care.
• Ability to keep records and make oral and written reports.
• Some knowledge of various methods of dealing with children’s behavior, family units, and NYS Policy on Discipline.
• Ability to establish effective working relationships with foster families, children, caseworker, etc.

Minimum Requirements:

A Bachelor’s Degree and experience working with children is preferred.

Travel Requirements:

This position is located in Brooklyn with travel to other locations.

This is an Hourly position and will commensurate with experience: $17.50 - $21.97

Little Flower Children and Family Services of New York provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected group status