Families First is Georgia’s leading non-profit family service agency. We assist over 37,000 children, women and families each year, and we have been serving metro Atlanta for 122 years. Our mission is to ensure the success of children in jeopardy by empowering families.

Everything our agency does is about strengthening families—all kinds of families with all kinds of needs. We foster strong communities by delivering empowering and sustainable solutions to children and families—solutions that improve child well-being and family self-sufficiency. Families First accomplishes this by focusing on three impact areas:

Child & Youth Permanency – to ensure long-term stability and support, we provide adoption, foster care and residential group homes for children whose lives have been disrupted.

Family Sustainability & Empowerment – we work collaboratively with other organizations to provide self-sufficiency through housing and supportive services for chronically homeless families.Healthy

Families & Relationships – we offer training and affordable counseling solutions to equip parents and families with critical skills to build healthy and strong relationships.

POSITION SUMMARY:

This position is primarily responsible for preparation and assessment of clients seeking to become fostering Partnership Parents or Resource Parents. Services include foster care home studies, providing referrals if needed, educating families about family centered practice and participation in recruitment events. Position may also co-lead or lead Impact Partnership Parenting Training Sessions. 

Incumbents work on an "As Needed" basis.

 PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES Include:

• Complete foster care home studies on families seeking to foster and/or adopt children who are in the custody of the Department of Family and Children Services

• Assist in recruitment activities of the department

• Complete paperwork requirements in a timely, accurate manner in accordance with agency, ORC, and OPM policy and procedures

• Remain current with the ORC, OPM and FF policy and procedures 

• Offer services in professional manner which reflect good customer service

• Provide education and counseling to families prior to and following the placement of children in their home

• Accepts responsibility for appraisal of own work and for professional development

• Participates in agency staff training programs as well as seminars/conferences in the community at large

• Reports to Foster Care Program Manager in keeping with agency procedures, needs, and casework with clients 

• BSW,MSW, CP, LMFT or other related field with child welfare experience 

• Minimum of 2 years of experience in foster care or adoption and IMPACT trained

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

• Proficient in Microsoft Office and other software packages

WORKING CONDITIONS:

This position works out of their home and must have a designed office space. Visits with families are primarily conducted in the clients’ home. 

EEO Statement:

It is the policy of Families First not to discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or because he or she is a protected veteran. It is also the policy of Families First to take affirmative action to employ and to advance in employment, all persons regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, genetic information, disability or protected veteran status, and to base all employment decisions only on valid job requirements. This policy shall apply to all employment actions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, upgrading, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, recall, termination, rates of pay or other forms of compensation and selection for training, including apprenticeship, at all levels of employment.

 Families First is an Equal Opportunity Employer dedicated to Affirmative Action and Workforce Diversity. 

Families First participates in E-Verify.

Qualified applicants may apply on-line at: www.familiesfirst.org