HOME STUDY WRITER
Company: BrightSpring Health Services
Location: Augusta
Posted on: March 16, 2023
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Job Description:
HOME STUDY WRITER
Job Locations
US-GA-AUGUSTA
ID
2023-102040
Line of Business
ResCare Community Living
Position Type
Full-Time
Our Company
ResCare Community Living
Overview
Performs home assessments and pre-service training for the foster
care divisions. Participates in staff orientation training on
topics related Home Studies, Re-certification Process, CPR, First
Aid and CPI.
Responsibilities
* Within 48 hours of receipt of the Home Assessment Request form
respond to the division's Clinical Supervisor and/or Unit
Administrator.
* Complete and document initial foster parent interviews.
* Conduct Home Assessment and narratives for the Foster Care
divisions and include in the report: Community References,
Medication Storage Form, Sanitation Form, Foster Home Approval Form
with strengths and weaknesses and if necessary a Plan of Action to
prepare the family.
* Submit Home Assessment Narratives and completed paperwork within
5 working days of completing the assessment.
* Participate in the ongoing development of the agency foster
parent orientation training to meet licensure standards.
* Conduct the required foster parent orientation training for the
Treatment Foster Care divisions.
* Submit paperwork to verify foster parents' attendance at
orientation training at the end of the training session to the
Clinical Supervisor or/and Unit Administrator.
* Acquire and maintain trainer status for the following: CPR,
Standard First Aid, Nonviolent Crisis Intervention - CPI and PRIDE
trainers.
* Coordinate and notify potential foster parent applicants of home
assessment dates and times and orientation training dates and
times.
* Inform division representatives of potential foster parent
applicants' status.
* Conduct CPR and Standard First Aid training during new personnel
staff training and agency foster parent orientation training.
* Submit to supervisor monthly tracking report form for the
previous month, by the first working day of the month.
* Provide on-going marketing of the foster care program.
* Attendance is an essential function of the job.
* Other job-related duties as assigned.
Qualifications
* The employee should have a working knowledge and understanding of
culture and its function in human behavior and society.
* The employee shall deliver services that are sensitive to
client's cultures.
* The employee shall demonstrate the ability to forge a mutually
respectful partnership with persons served and their families in
which they are helped to gain the skills and confidence to address
any issues and problems they face.
* Conviction about the capacity of people to grow and change.
* Ability to work in partnership with other team members.
* Ability to set limits and maintain the helping role and to
intervene appropriately to meet the needs of the persons served or
other family members.
* Bachelor's degree (B,A, or B.S.W.) in the Human Services field
from four-year college or university; * One to two years related
experience and/or training.
* CPR, CPI and First Aid
* Valid Social Work License
About our Line of Business
ResCare Community Living has four decades of experience in the
disability services field, providing support to individuals who
need assistance with daily living due to an intellectual,
developmental or cognitive disability. Our community living
services are provided in 27 states with several thousand programs
and a comprehensive range of high-quality services, including:
Community Living, Adult Host Homes for adults regardless of
disability, Behavioral/Mental Health Support, In-home Pharmacy
Solutions, Telecare and Remote Support, Supported Employment and
Training Programs, and Day programs. For more information, please
visit www.rescarecommunityliving.com. Follow us on Facebook and
LinkedIn.
Additional Job Information
MUST HAVE HOME STUDY EXPERIENCE
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