Job Description

Job Details: Level: Experienced,

Job Location: Main Campus - McKeesport, PA 15132,

Position Type: Full Time, Education Level: High School,

Salary Range: $20.00 - $20.00 Hourly,

Travel Percentage: Road Warrior,

Job Shift: Any,

Job Category: Nonprofit - Social Services, Auberle strengthens thousands of individuals and families each year, helping to build strong communities. Auberle has evolved into a premier multi-service agency with programs spanning Workforce Development, Housing, Foster Care, Young Adult Services, and Behavioral Health. Auberle’s mission is to help build strong individuals, families, and communities

Program Description

Foster Care Program is located at main campus in McKeesport with work throughout Allegheny and neighboring counties where foster homes are located and young people served are from. The program recruits, certifies, and maintains a secure and safe environment for young people, referred by a county protective agency, who cannot live with their legal guardian at that time. The program works to assist the young person in finding permanency either through reunification with that original caregiver or within an alternate family setting. This program includes traditional and therapeutic level of services as well as services through the Statewide Adoption Network (SWAN).

Position Title and Overview

Permanency Specialist

1. Help children gather their history and maintain all the information possible about the child in one document.
2. Engage with children to help them prepare for permanency.
3. Create scrapbooks for the children to process trauma and honor the past.
4. Provide extensive history and information to potential adoptive families.
5. Educate families on ways to engage with their children and process the grief and loss as they get older.

Qualifications: Location and Travel Requirements:

This position is primarily located in Great Pittsburgh area. All positions are also expected to come to training, meetings, and other events at Main Campus in McKeesport, as scheduled.

The travel required for this position is frequent.

Position Requirements

• Act 33/34 and FBI Clearances
• Bachelors preferred, related experience & “lived experience” may be accepted
• Requires frequent travel throughout greater Pittsburgh Area, including transportation of young people, with use of all types of car seats.
• Valid PA driver’s license, reliable vehicle, valid car insurance & registration.
• 21 years of age or older
• Flexibility to work evenings for weekends

Apply Here

If you are mission-driven, passionate about helping others, and eager to succeed, we encourage you to apply. To join our team, please apply at https://www.auberle.org/careers

Learn more about us at www.auberle.org

Auberle is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We provide equal employment opportunities to all individuals regardless of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.