Home finder

Coalition for Hispanic Family Services

Job Description

Job Title: Home Finder

Department: Enhanced Family Foster Care (EFFC)

Reports to: Homefinding Supervisor

Date Posting: September 30th, 2025

Date Available: September 30th, 2025

Salary Range: $48,000- $55,000.00

Work Hours: 35 hours/week

Location + (in person/remote/hybrid): Hybrid

Deadline to Apply: December 31st, 2025

To apply:

Submit a resume and cover letter with qualifications to Carolina Hernandez, Program Assistant at [email protected]

About Coalition for Hispanic Family Services (CHFS):

CHFS is a community- based, family-focused organization of color providing an array of services to children and families in North Brooklyn and Western Queens. For over 34 years, CHFS has worked with vulnerable populations that include children in foster care, seriously emotionally disturbed children, youth, and families at risk of abuse and neglect. Our strength-based model also supports progressive youth development programs, family support services and community school partnerships, The provision of accessible, high-quality family focused services to families of color is central to our holistic approach of strengthening families in a culturally competent manner. Our family- centered work serves to strengthen communities one family at a time.

About Program:

The Enhanced Family Foster Care Program (EFFC) offers multilingual services in community-based foster care, adoption, and home finding to children and families in Brooklyn and Queens. The EFFC program is committed to supporting families and connecting every child in care with a forever family, whether that be with birth parents, foster parents, kinship parents, or adoptive parents. The EFFC program offers specialized foster care services to children who present with serious emotional disturbance and behavioral challenges. CHFS provides assessment, engagement, counseling, and support services to children and youth in foster care and their birth parents. The program works closely with our Mental Health Services department to provide children with the necessary health and wellness resources, ensuring they thrive while in our care. The program primarily focuses on families from the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens referred to us by our agencies’ foster care services.

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Home Finder is responsible for screening, training, and certifying prospective foster and adoptive families in compliance with State, City, and agency regulations. This role conducts comprehensive home studies, including interviews, background checks, medical clearances, and home assessments, to evaluate applicants’ suitability and readiness to provide safe and nurturing care. The Home Finder prepares families through orientation and training programs such as MAPP and Mini-MAPP, supports ongoing recertification processes, and maintains all required documentation and statistics. Additionally, the position coordinates outreach and ensures timely communication, as well as compliance with regulatory standards. The Home Finder plays a critical role in building and sustaining a network of qualified resource families to meet the needs of children in the Enhanced Family Foster Care program.

RESPONSIBILITIES :

1. To screen foster and adoptive applicants as to basic eligibility for home study for our regular Foster Boarding Home and Treatment Family Foster Care.

2. To inform and prepare applicants as to the expectations and responsibilities of foster/adoptive parents; Therapeutic Foster parents, as set forth in State, City, and agency regulations.

3. To conduct in-depth interviews with all household members regarding their motivation, parenting capacities, personal background, and current family functioning.

4. To collect written collateral data such as school, employment, and personal references, and any other information, from outside sources as needed.

5. To clear prospective foster/adoptive families with the State Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment.

6. To obtain complete medical clearance on all household members.

7. To visit the prospective foster/adoptive home to determine its suitability and adequacy for boarding foster/adoptive children

8. To assess and the applicants’ substitute childcare plans in the event of applicants outside employment or unavailability.

9. To assess and evaluate the above gathered date and make a recommendation for certification or rejection.

10. To complete the above home study within the time frame allotted by State, City, and agency regulations.

11. To assess and evaluate those homes with no children for re-certification including the collection of all needed documentation.

12. Assist Home finder Supervisor / EFFC Program Director during orientation.

13. Conduct outreach recruitment efforts.

14. Coordinate the foster parent association.

15. To perform other duty as assigned that are related to over-all job objective.

16. To maintain monthly statistics regarding the progress of new and ongoing home studies.

17. Complete monthly questionnaire of foster parent inquires.

18. Complete and submit vacancy turnaround to ACS on a daily or so needed.

19. To complete and submit vacancy transmission from HDS to ACS on a weekly basis.

20. To train prospective Resource Parent/Adoptive Parents on the MAPP model pre-certification training.

21. To train current Resource Parents and the new Kinship Parent on the Mini MAPP model certification training.

22. To enter and regulate all pre-certification and Re-certification information into the connection computer system.

23. To maintain the completion of Re-certification of Resource parent home.

24. To monitor the timelines of Resource parent Re-certifications completed by caseworkers.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

- BA Degree preferred with some related experience

- Interviewing and assessment skills are essential

- Excellent writing skills

- Individual must be able to develop a strong collaborative relationship with both programs.

- Organizational skills: structure is essential to clearly negotiate workload and responsibilities for both programs

- Knowledge of the Child Welfare System preferred

- Some knowledge of the cultures represented in the NYC foster care system preferred

- Knowledgeable with computers

Employee Benefits:

- Health insurance

- Dental insurance

- Vision Insurance

- Life insurance

- 401k (with employer match)

- Flexible spending account

- Paid vacation/sick/holidays

Coalition for Hispanic Family Services is an

Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity

In the workplace across all employment opportunities.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $48,000.00 - $55,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Loan forgiveness
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Vision insurance

Work Location: In person