*This position will serve the following counties: Mecklenburg, Union, Cabarrus, Catawba, Gaston, Iredell, Lincoln, Cleveland, and possibly Burke
Summary
The Assessment Specialist will produce preplacement assessments and other documents used by a variety of agencies and individuals who have contracted with Children’s Home Society of NC. This position will respond timely to requests for assessments and other reports and provide a thorough assessment of a family’s ability to provide a permanent, safe, and loving home for a child.
Primary Job Functions
1. Duties
- Assess family’s ability to provide a safe, loving, and stable home for children using home visits, agency's policies and procedures, and applicable laws for preplacement assessments, updates, addendums, post placement visits, reports to the court, and completion of 1808 as well as other required documentation
- Prepare documentation to include Pre-Placement Assessments, Post-Placement Reports, updates, addendums, and home inspections
- Identify strengths and concerns regarding the family’s ability to provide a safe, stable, and healthy home environment
- Produce a well written preplacement assessment and other requested program documentation
- Work with families in a respectful, family-centered manner and support families contracting with CHS
- Contact family in a timely manner within 7 business days of case assignment and follow up as case requires
- Participate in quarterly team meetings
- Perform other duties related to department or division goals and projects as needed, including, but not limited to, birth parent work
2. Contribute to a positive, engaging work environment.
- Display sensitivity to the service population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics
- Demonstrate the CHS Mission, Vision, and Values in the performance of all job duties.
- Develop a strong knowledge base and stay current on job-related issues and trends.
- Participate actively in departmental meetings, training, and education, as well as the quality process.
- Comply with CHS’s code of conduct, policies, procedures, and other obligations.
- Perform other duties related to department goals and projects as needed.
