Job Description

Buckner Children and Family Services Community: Domestic Foster Care & Adoption Location: Midland, TX
Address: 425 W. Pecan; Midland, TX, 79705 Job Schedule: Full-Time/Hybrid

About the Role
The DFCA Supervisor II serves in a strategic function at Buckner Children and Family Services and is responsible for the day-to-day recruitment, coordination and provision of services to foster children, foster families, and foster adoptive families. Provide foster parent training and monitor homes for compliance to state minimum standards. Promote foster care and adoptive services in the community. Supervise home development and recruitment activities to ensure compliance with state regulatory and contract guidelines. Supervise caseworkers and ensure compliance with all contracts and regulatory standards.

What you will do
As a member of our team, you will have an impact on our clients through the accomplishment of the following responsibilities:

• Source, hire, supervise, monitor, evaluate and provide direction to direct reports. Provide professional growth and development; develop and communicate annual goals and objectives; monitor and provide constructive feedback; conduct annual performance evaluation.
• Timely and accurately address personnel issues including commendations and disciplinary actions using appropriate professional documentation.
• Support the location operations to ensure operations are effective and efficient including timely and effective resolution of all issues and problems; help to ensure effective organization through appropriate departmentalization and delegation of duties.
• Assist with the preparation of the budget for the assigned foster care programs and provide continuous monitoring of the budget and other program resources to ensure they are used efficiently and appropriately.
• Oversight of administration, operations, and management of services, including those inherent in the T3C service packages.
• Prepare developmental plans or corrective action involving caseworkers that are out of compliance with minimum standards, T3C expectations as well as Buckner policies and procedures.
• Responsible for the ongoing supervision of foster homes. Ensure compliance with state minimum standards through evaluation during quarterly home visits.
• Prepare developmental plans or corrective action involving foster families that are out of compliance with state standards. Document corrective action and progress toward goals in the family’s file.
• Maintain all documentation of client’s files in accordance with established minimum standards and Buckner policies and procedures. Audit client files on a regular basis to ensure that all requirements are met.
• Complete thorough documentation in a timely manner for home files in order to meet minimum standards. Maintain all documentation of foster home files in accordance with established guidelines. Audit home files on a regular basis to ensure that all requirements are met.

What you’ll bring to the team:
To be successful in this role and a great addition to our team, we need you to come with the following:

• Requires basic understanding of a comprehensive field of knowledge normally associated with the attainment of a Master’s Degree in a related field. A bachelor’s degree is required in a human service field. Involves the ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw conclusions dealing with abstract variables. Knowledge and experience must meet at least one of the following options for qualifying as child placement management staff based on the Texas Minimum Standards for Child Placing Agencies:
  • Master’s Degree specializing in the human services field, nine credit hours in graduate level courses that focus on family and individual function, with at least 2 years of documented child placement experience working in a Child Placing Agency; or
  • Master’s Degree from an accredited college or university, nine credit hours in graduate level courses that focus on family and individual function and interaction, with 3 years of documented experience in a child placing agency; or
  • Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited college or university in social work or other human services field, nine credit hours in undergraduate level courses that focus on family and individual function and interaction, with 4 years of documented experience in a child placing agency; or
  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with 5 years of documented experience in a child placement agency.
• Requires excellent skills in both verbal and written communication.
• Requires ability to work nights and weekends as required.
• Requires ability to work effectively with culturally diverse youth and families.
• Requires proficient ability to speak, read and write English. Bilingual in English and Spanish preferred.
• Requires knowledge and understanding of the legalities involved with medical/clinical intervention.
• Requires excellent counseling and problem-solving skills.
• Requires excellent public speaking skills and the ability to successfully communicate in a professional manner with a multi-ethnic population base in the community; ability to effectively communicate orally and in writing.
• Requires ability to observe and make accurate assessments of situations and individuals and determine appropriate action required.
• Requires proficient working knowledge and understanding of the applicable regulatory standards and requirements governing programs and services.
• Requires ability to relate positively, influentially, and sensitively to a broad spectrum of persons in a variety of multi-tiered relationships and settings; requires ability to work effectively with individuals in a multi-ethnic population.
• Requires ability to provide strategic and logistical planning and facilitate meetings, conferences, and workshops, as required.
• Requires ability to effectively manage personnel; requires administrative skills to include but not limited to staff selection, development, motivation, scheduling, and evaluation.
• Requires ability to recognize differences in sounds, such as voices/noises that are loud and playful instead of angry and combative; and ability to differentiate tones and volume in conversations.
• Requires ability to prioritize tasks and respond in crisis/pressure situations; requires flexibility to meet changing business needs.
• Requires ability to drive assigned vehicle(s) or personal vehicle, with an appropriate state license, following all laws applicable; must provide proof of liability insurance and must be eligible to be insured under Buckner’s insurance policy. Requires the ability to rent vehicles both domestically and internationally using required documentation. Must be age 21 or older to drive on behalf of Buckner.
• Requires ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Requires proficient ability to exhibit detail-oriented skills necessary to understand and manage a wide range of information.
• Requires proficient working knowledge of budgetary management and development of policies and procedures.
• Requires the ability to provide strategic and logistical planning and facilitate meetings, conferences, workshops, and retreats as required.
• Proficient working knowledge and ability to accurately and timely operate and perform computer-related tasks with specific equipment and software applications, including Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook, required.

The above description reflects the details considered necessary to describe the essential functions of the job and should not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be performed in the job.

About Buckner Children and Family Services Since 1879 Buckner has been transforming lives through hands-on ministry, serving the most vulnerable from the beginning to the ending of life. Buckner is one of the oldest and most unique faith-based social service organizations of its kind, serving hundreds of thousands of people each year in the United States and around the world. Learn more about our programs and ministry at buckner.org. Buckner is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

The same way we treat our employees is how we treat all applicants – with respect. Buckner is an equal opportunity employer (EEO is the law). You will be treated fairly throughout our recruiting process and without regard to race, color, religion, ​age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or veteran status in consideration for a career at Buckner.