-
6/27/2025
-
This position supports kinship caregivers by assisting with public benefit applications, coordinating community resources, and ensuring families remain connected to necessary services; the position offers follow-up services and provide back up assistance to the program manager as needed. This role collaborates closely with partners to provide continuity of care, attend placement staffings, and facilitate caregiver support efforts
-
- Establish and maintain positive working relationships with HFC internal and external customers.
- Collaborate across teams, including case managers, child protection investigators, and other stakeholders, as well as community resources, to coordinate and align services.
- Develop and sustain partnerships with community organizations and service providers.
- Educate families on eligibility criteria and assist with applications for public benefits such as cash assistance, SNAP, and others.
- Provide follow-up to ensure families are connected to and actively receiving the correct benefits and services.
- Attend case transfer and placement staffings to provide input, ensure continuity of support for kinship families, and assess family strengths, needs, and priorities.
- Coordinate caregiver appreciation efforts to recognize and support kinship caregivers.
- Encourage participation in and/or facilitate kinship support groups, events, trainings, and workshops.
- Support children living with kinship caregivers to remain safely outside of foster care.
- Serve as lead specialist for kinship caregivers living out of county, ensuring their connection to supports, services, and benefits, including follow-up on out-of-county services requested for Level 1 licensure.
- Ensure families have ongoing linkages to community supports and resources.
- Conduct follow-ups to verify that families maintain benefits after closure from peer navigator assignments or upon Permanent Guardianship closure.
- Provide backup support to the program manager as needed, including assistance with administrative tasks, supervision, and assignment coordination.
- Perform special projects as assigned.
-
Bachelors degree in Social Work or related field. Two years of experience working with children, adolescents and families is required.
-
Florida Child Welfare Certification preferred.
-
-
Excellent benefits package with tuition assistance, domestic partner coverage, retirement and generous paid time off.
-
Drug free workplace. Drug testing required. EOE/M/F/D/V
-
Fill out form to Apply
Employment Desired
Previously Employed by Heartland?
Personal
CONVICTION WILL NOT BE AN ABSOLUTE BAR TO EMPLOYMENT EXCEPT AS REQUIRED BY LAW
Are you currently charged, excluded, suspended, debarred or otherwise ineligible to participate in the federal health care programs, including Medicare and Medicaid?
Have you been convicted of a criminal offense related to the provision of health care items or services and have not been reinstated in the federal health care programs?
Have you ever been charged, convicted or suspended (including pled guilty, nolo contendere or no contest) of a criminal offense related to any of the federal health care programs (including Medicare or Medicaid)?
Have you ever been convicted (including pled guilty, nolo contendere, no contest) of any criminal offense?
Have you ever been discharged from employment?
Have you ever been dismissed from employment due to abuse of residents or clients?
For individuals seeking positions with driving responsibilities, please provide your license number, insurance information, and any traffic violations (other than parking tickets), accidents or insurance claims submitted within the last five (5) years.
Educational Data
High School – Diploma / GED
High School
College/University
Graduate School
Post Graduate School
Additional Information
Internship / Residency / Practicum / Fellowships
Record 1
Record 2
Fellowship 1
Fellowship 2
Professional Licenses and Certificates
License 1
License 2
Previous Employment Record
Include military service assignments and any verified work performed on a volunteer basis. Exclude organization names which indicate race, color, religion, sex or national origin.
List All Employment, Most Recent First (Please complete section in its entirety. "See Resume" is not acceptable.)
Employer 1 (Most Recent)
Employer 2
Employer 3
Employer 4
Employer 5
May we contact your current employer for a reference?
May we contact your previous employer for a reference?
Professional Reference 1
Professional Reference 2
Professional Reference 3
Personal References (Do Not Include Former Employers or Relatives)
Personal Reference 1
Personal Reference 2
Personal Reference 3
List Friends or Relatives Employed By Heartland for Children (including relatives by marriage)
Record 1
Record 2
Record 3
Submit »