Home Study Writer

Our Company

StepStone Family & Youth Services

Overview

Make a Difference as a Home Study Writer!

StepStone Youth and Family Services | BrightSpring Health Services family

Help children build brighter futures by identifying safe, loving, and supportive homes! As a Home Study Writer, you’ll assess prospective foster, kinship, and adoptive families, conduct home visits and interviews, and prepare comprehensive reports that support safe, successful placements.

If you’re a compassionate, detail-oriented professional with strong communication and writing skills, a commitment to child welfare, and a passion for helping families thrive, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact.

Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

·       Conduct interviews with prospective foster, kinship, and adoptive families.

·       Perform in-home visits to assess family dynamics, home safety, and caregiver readiness.

·       Collect and review required documentation, including background checks, references, medical records, financial information, and training records.

·       Prepare detailed, accurate, and objective home study reports within established timelines.

·       Assess family strengths, needs, parenting capacities, support systems, and ability to meet the needs of children in care.

·       Evaluate compliance with agency policies, licensing standards, and state regulations.

·       Develop recommendations regarding caregiver approval, licensure, or placement suitability.

·       Maintain regular communication with applicants throughout the assessment process.

·       Collaborate with foster care, adoption, licensing, and permanency teams regarding placement recommendations.

·       Maintain complete and accurate electronic case records.

·       Participate in staffing meetings, supervision, training, and quality assurance reviews.

·       Respond to requests for updates, revisions, or addendums to home studies as needed.

·       Ensure confidentiality and ethical handling of all client information.

·       Conduct interviews with prospective foster, kinship, and adoptive families.

Qualifications

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

·       A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in social work, psychology, childhood education, education counseling and psychology, or other human service, behavioral science field or public administration field.

LICENSE/CERTIFICATION/OTHER SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

·       A valid driver’s license from state of Georgia, satisfactory driving record, and reliable transportation.

·       SAFE certified Home Study Writer

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES

·       Demonstrated knowledge of vast recruiting strategies, including savvy social media platforms

·       Strong attention to detail, highly organized, highly energetic, positive,

·       Effective at cold calling, pursuing warm leads, and transforming candidates into new colleagues.

·       The ability to remain customer focused and use independent judgement in problem solving required

·       Strong interpersonal skills

·       Strong project management, new business development and customer retention skills a must.

·       A documented track record of achieving targeted objectives is required.

·       Possess critical thinking skills, supported by intellectual curiosity and sound business judgment

·       Outstanding telephone presence and superior written communication skills; team player and natural leader; competitive

·       The candidate will possess considerable initiative, judgment, creativity, enthusiasm and leadership ability; excellent organizational, communication, problem solving, interpersonal, and customer service skills; ability to consistently represent the agency in a professional manner; be adept in problem solving skills; able to work in a stressful, fast-paced environment; ability to handle confidential information in a professional manner and interact with people of all ages in a supportive manner; have a clear understanding of administrative policies and procedures regarding client and program management, structure, regulatory and licensing standards with ability to effectively implement them at a departmental and program level. Candidate must be flexible with work schedule and job duties, with the ability to effectively meet changing priorities and deadlines.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

Percentage of Travel:  50-75%

·       Must be willing and able to travel on a regular basis, using his/her personal vehicle. Vehicle must meet the agency’s minimum safety and overall general condition requirement.

WORK ENVIRONMENT AND PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Driving Position:  YES

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