Placement Stability, Team Decision Making Facilitator

DEPARTMENT: Kansas Foster Care (Kansas City, KS)

Starting Salary: $48,551.30 - $53,961.22 (Annually)

(Starting salary depends on education and experience)

RESPONSIBILITIES: The Team Decision Making (TDM) Facilitator reports directly to the Director of Placement Stability, maintaining a high degree of autonomy in scheduling and facilitating Team Decision Meetings. The Team Decision Making (TDM) Facilitator ensures service compliance with contract/licensing/funding body/accreditation requirements. The Team Decision Making (TDM) Facilitator conducts structured TDM meetings on a flexible full-time basis for all placement related decisions, exercising caution to avoid unnecessary moves and disruptions for children in our care. The Team Decision Making (TDM) Facilitator will coordinate dialogue between the youth, case management team, members of the support team, placements, relatives, and connected adults to broaden the circle of community and relative support for all placements including relative, foster and group home. The Team Decision Making (TDM) Facilitator will strive to improve outcomes for child/ren and youth in foster care by helping build support networks to increase placement stability, reduce placement moves, expedite permanency, and help child/ren feel connected to and supported by their network.

QUALIFICATIONS: This position requires Bachelor's degree in Social Work or other Human service-related field (behavioral sciences field of study or education as deemed relevant by Cornerstones of Care). Supervisory-level (or above) OR two+ years of child welfare experience. Must be at least 21 years of age and pass background check, physical and drug screening. This position also requires a valid driver's license, proof of current vehicle insurance and reliable transportation.

CORNERSTONES OF CARE'S BENEFITS:

Cornerstones of Care offers a competitive benefits package, which includes:

• 9 Paid Holidays, flexible Paid Time Off, and Paid Sick Leave
• Team members who work at least 30 hours per week are eligible for
  
  
  
  • Health insurance benefits (medical, prescription, dental, vision)
  • Cafeteria plans (Health Savings Account (HSA) and Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts)
  • Ancillary insurance benefits (accident insurance, critical illness insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, short-term disability insurance, voluntary life)
  • Cornerstones of Care provides long-term disability insurance and basic term life/AD&D insurance at no cost to the team member
  
  
  
  
• Retirement savings plan (401K) with employer match
• Pet Insurance
• Employee assistance program (EAP)
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Public Service Loan Forgiveness.
• To view more information on our benefits, please visit our Job Openings page at Join Our Team - Cornerstones of Care to download the current benefits guide.

CORNERSTONES OF CARE'S ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITMENTS:

• Nonviolence - helping to build safety skills and a commitment to a higher purpose.
• Emotional Intelligence - helping to teach emotional management skills.
• Social Learning - helping to build cognitive skills.
• Open Communication - helping to overcome barriers to healthy communication, learn conflict management.
• Democracy - helping to create civic skills of self-control, self-discipline, and administration of healthy authority.
• Social Responsibility - helping to rebuild social connection skills, establish healthy attachment relationships.
• Growth and Change - helping to work through loss and prepare for the future.

CORNERSTONES OF CARE'S DIVERSITY STATEMENT:

We believe in the creation of inclusive communities where children, families, and team members thrive in an environment characterized by safety, respect, and the freedom to authentically express their unique identities - a place where each individual experiences a profound sense of belonging. To ensure that this vision becomes a reality, we have engaged with our team members, clients, stakeholders, and volunteers to craft a diversity statement that defines our commitment to foster diversity, inclusion, and equality throughout all aspects of our organization.

• We partner for safe and healthy communities.
• We cultivate a culture in which children, families, team members, volunteers, donors, and community partners feel welcomed, safe, respected, empowered, and celebrated.
• We value diversity of race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin or citizenship status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, geographical location, pregnancy, disability, neurodiversity, socio-economic, and military status.
• We stand for anti-racism, equity, and inclusivity.
• We insist and affirm that discrimination and violence have no place in safe and healthy communities, including in our organization.
• We strive toward a more welcoming, inclusive, diverse, and equitable organization through our policies, partnerships, and practices.

Questions?

Please contact: Cornerstones of Care, Human Resources Department

8150 Wornall Rd., Kansas City, MO 64114

Phone: (816) 508-3500 Fax: (816) 508-1757

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Cornerstones of Care is an

Equal Opportunity Employer