• Phone Screening: Week of May 24th
• First Round Interviews: Week of May 29th
• Second Round Interviews: Week of June 5th
• Language Proficiency Test: Week of June 5th

• Engage and assess kinship and non-relative individuals wishing to become certified as foster parents.
• Assess the safety of the home and work with the kinship family to remedy safety concerns.
• Complete the yearly foster care recertification assessment and corresponding paperwork.
• Schedule interviews with the family.
• Write comprehensive assessments in the approved SAFE format.
• Enter certification requirements into Trails and the internal data base.
• Assist kin in completing the certification requirements and reduce barriers to kinship placements.
• May be involved in the training of kinship and foster families.
• Actively engage kinship families in the home study process
• Performs related work, as required
• May be reassigned in emergency situations

• Applicants must demonstrate fluency at the time of the pre-employment screening process. Spanish language proficiency will be determined through standardized demonstration and written and oral testing.
  

• Applicants must pass a criminal background check and fingerprinting

• Applicants must have a valid driver's license, clean driving record, as well as your own reliable vehicle

• SAFE (Structured Analysis Family Evaluation) training is required or must be obtained after hire.

• Strong interviewing skills.
  
• Excellent communication skills and strong writing skills.
  
• Must be familiar or become familiarize with foster care policy, rules, regulations, as well as volume 7 regulations for foster care certification.
  
• Ability to assess that foster care, kinship, and/or adoptive placements for children are safe and can meet the special needs of the children placed in those homes.
  
• Working knowledge of the theories, principles and concepts of social casework practice

• Excellent family/client engagement skills.
• Able to work successfully in a team and family driven decisions environment.
• Skilled at tracking and prioritizing paperwork deadlines.
• Can model transparency, flexibility, and innovation.
• Has extraordinary interpersonal and customer service skills.
• Demonstrate leadership capabilities and an understanding of servant leadership.
• Help provide vision, guidance, coaching, and direction to team members.

• Candidate must be able to lift up to 30 lbs
• Candidate must be able to navigate different terrains

Boulder County is a family-friendly workplace dedicated to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and respectful environment for all employees. We prohibit unlawful discrimination against applicants and employees on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.