Progressive Life Center, Inc. (PLC), a private, non-profit human services agency, provides an array of community-based services to youth and their families within the Washington, D.C.; Baltimore, MD; Prince George’s County, MD; Philadelphia, PA; and Newark, DE areas. PLC’s core service areas are child welfare, juvenile justice, and behavioral health. A sample of programs and services include: foster care and adoptions, kinship care, family preservation, independent living, case management, juvenile diversion, parenting training, individual and family counseling, and substance abuse prevention.

Program Summary

The Philadelphia NIA (Nurturing Individuals Always) Foster Care & Resource Home Care programs provides general and treatment foster care services for children and youth from infancy to 21 years of age. Aligned with our goal to reunify children and youth with their biological parents or identify loving and safe permanent homes, Philadelphia NIA recruits, and trains and licenses new resource foster families/homes and provides case management support to resource foster parents, children and youth, and the biological parents.

Position Description:

The Intake, Recruiting, Training & Licensing Specialist position requires the incumbent to establish and implement procedures for licensing and re-certifying foster parents, providing pre-service and in-service training and initially certifying new resource foster parents, and increase foster homes through the City of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania.

Qualifications:

accredited college or university preferred.

• Minimum (3-5) years progressively responsible experience working with children, youth, and families in human services setting.

• Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills desired.

• Demonstrated ability to successfully interact with people from diverse backgrounds and varying levels of responsibility.

• Demonstrated ability to work with a high degree of discretion, personal initiative and autonomy.
• Attention to detail and strong organizational skills a must.
• Experience in human services training.
• Experience utilizing MS Office Suite and databases.
• Coursework in NTU Service Delivery Model within one (1) year of hire.

Benefits:

We offer exceptional benefits package with an opportunity for personal and professional growth. EOE. Benefits Package:

• Clinical Training
• Continuing Education Units
• Fringe Benefits
• Investment package
• Flexible work schedule

Physical Demands:

Physical Demands (Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions).

• Ability to remain in a stationary position 50% of the time.
• Ability to occasionally move about inside the office to access file cabinets, office machinery, etc.;
• Ability to operate a computer and other office productivity machinery;
• Ability to position self to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl;

• Ability to frequently communicate with employees/customers/clients; and must be able to exchange accurate information by perceiving the nature of sound, near and far vision, depth perception, providing oral and written information;

• Ability to frequently move files weighing up to 20 pounds throughout the office space;

Work Environment:

• Normal office environment or residential facility, but also may travel locally to visit clients within their homes, meet with service providers, and/or attend meetings:
• Schools, hospitals, mental health clinics, private practices, prisons, corporations, and numerous public and private agencies.
• Specialize in one or more of over 40 practice areas – including Disaster Relief, Child Welfare Services, and Homeless Family Assistance, among many others.

Equal Opportunity Employer

PLC is an equal opportunity employer. PLC does not discriminate in employment on account of race, sex, color, religion, sexual orientation, parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, political affiliation, military status, or other non-merit based factors.