Home Study Writer
| Estimated Pay info | Based on similar jobs in your market$20 per hour |
|---|---|
| Hours | Full-time, Part-time |
| Location | Prestonsburg, Kentucky |
About this job
StepStone Family & Youth Services
StepStone Youth and Family Services | BrightSpring Health Services family
Help children build brighter futures by identifying safe, loving, and supportive homes! As a Home Study Writer, you'll assess prospective foster, kinship, and adoptive families, conduct home visits and interviews, and prepare comprehensive reports that support safe, successful placements.
If you're a compassionate, detail-oriented professional with strong communication and writing skills, a commitment to child welfare, and a passion for helping families thrive, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact.
ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
* Conduct interviews with prospective foster, kinship, and adoptive families.
* Perform in-home visits to assess family dynamics, home safety, and caregiver readiness.
* Collect and review required documentation, including background checks, references, medical records, financial information, and training records.
* Prepare detailed, accurate, and objective home study reports within established timelines.
* Assess family strengths, needs, parenting capacities, support systems, and ability to meet the needs of children in care.
* Evaluate compliance with agency policies, licensing standards, and state regulations.
* Develop recommendations regarding caregiver approval, licensure, or placement suitability.
* Maintain regular communication with applicants throughout the assessment process.
* Collaborate with foster care, adoption, licensing, and permanency teams regarding placement recommendations.
* Maintain complete and accurate electronic case records.
* Participate in staffing meetings, supervision, training, and quality assurance reviews.
* Respond to requests for updates, revisions, or addendums to home studies as needed.
* Ensure confidentiality and ethical handling of all client information.
* Conduct interviews with prospective foster, kinship, and adoptive families.
EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE
* A bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in social work, psychology, childhood education, education counseling and psychology, or other human service, behavioral science field or public administration field.
LICENSE/CERTIFICATION/OTHER SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS
* A valid driver's license from state of Georgia, satisfactory driving record, and reliable transportation.
* SAFE certified Home Study Writer
KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES
* Demonstrated knowledge of vast recruiting strategies, including savvy social media platforms
* Strong attention to detail, highly organized, highly energetic, positive,
* Effective at cold calling, pursuing warm leads, and transforming candidates into new colleagues.
* The ability to remain customer focused and use independent judgement in problem solving required
* Strong interpersonal skills
* Strong project management, new business development and customer retention skills a must.
* A documented track record of achieving targeted objectives is required.
* Possess critical thinking skills, supported by intellectual curiosity and sound business judgment
* Outstanding telephone presence and superior written communication skills; team player and natural leader; competitive
* The candidate will possess considerable initiative, judgment, creativity, enthusiasm and leadership ability; excellent organizational, communication, problem solving, interpersonal, and customer service skills; ability to consistently represent the agency in a professional manner; be adept in problem solving skills; able to work in a stressful, fast-paced environment; ability to handle confidential information in a professional manner and interact with people of all ages in a supportive manner; have a clear understanding of administrative policies and procedures regarding client and program management, structure, regulatory and licensing standards with ability to effectively implement them at a departmental and program level. Candidate must be flexible with work schedule and job duties, with the ability to effectively meet changing priorities and deadlines.
TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS
Percentage of Travel: 50-75%
* Must be willing and able to travel on a regular basis, using his/her personal vehicle. Vehicle must meet the agency's minimum safety and overall general condition requirement.
WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Driving Position: YES
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