Job Description
Children in kinship placements build resilient families through skills training in regulation and conflict resolution. This role facilitates meetings, provides on-call support, and coordinates resources for stability in foster care systems.
TFI Family Services excels nationally in family strengthening, education, and advocacy. They specialize in permanency services, offering flexible scheduling and comprehensive training for social work careers.
Workers teach emotional regulation via trainings, arrange kinship options facilitating meetings, provide crisis intervention with caregivers, coordinate community resources like agencies for support. They advocate for child welfare goals, interact with relatives and ICPC systems; one challenge is on-call availability imposing irregular hours while managing multiple family cases independently.
Average hourly rate $22.55 including incentives and bonuses. Roles operate in community settings without remote arrangements. Full-time schedules allow flexibility with on-call demands. Benefits include 20 days personal leave escalating annually, 12 holidays, tuition reimbursement, longevity bonuses, and team dedication to mission-driven impact.
Responsibilities
- Promote well-being of children in kinship homes
- Teach skills like emotional regulation, relationships, conflict resolution
- Facilitate kinship meetings
- Identify potential kinship/relative placements
- Provide on-call support to caregivers
- Offer crisis intervention as needed
- Coordinate community resources
- Advocate for children and families
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in child and family services field
- Two years’ experience in child and family services
- Compassionate nature
- Eager to learn support techniques
- Help build strong family relationships
- Desire to connect with community resources
- Strong advocacy for children and families