Supervisor of Foster Grandparents

Introduction

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Within the Division of Social Services, you'll serve as the Supervisor of Foster Grandparents overseeing the coordination of volunteer service assignments within the Ameri Corps Seniors and Delaware Foster Grandparent Program, volunteers who are at least 55 years of age. Your role acts as the liaison between volunteers and community partners at each program site to manage service delivery and provide an overall positive and quality service experience.

The Delaware Foster Grandparent Program is a federal grantee of Ameri Corps and sponsored by the State of Delaware. Weekly travel will be required within the New Castle County area as well as frequent statewide travel. Fleet Service vehicles are available for these travel requirements.

Read, write and speak Spanish and English fluently.

• Recruits, screens, interviews and selects Foster Grandparents; schedules pre-employment and annual physical exams; assigns volunteers to appropriate stations.
• Provides and schedules orientation and in-service training for enrollees.
• Assures each volunteer serves only in the established and approved role in order to prevent assignment to tasks which are inappropriate to the goals and objectives of the program.
• Conducts onsite evaluation of foster grandparents to ensure program policies, procedures, goals and objectives are being met.
• Provides information and counsel to volunteers to respond to their needs and concerns; makes referrals to available community services and follows-up to ensure that their problems have received required attention.
• Maintains records of attendance, transportation, meals, physical examinations, personnel records and other records as required; prepares reports for written and oral presentation.
• Reorganizes county or area program for the summer months. Finds other suitable settings for volunteers and provides social services and administrative actions which minimize the problems of seasonal transition.

• Six months experience in volunteer recruitment.
• Six months experience in planning, developing, implementing and evaluating programs.
• Six months experience in interpreting laws, rules, regulations, standards, policies, and procedures.
• Six months experience in narrative report writing.
• Knowledge of budget management and control which includes managing a budget for the purpose of keeping expenditures within the limitations of available appropriations and available revenue and maintaining, monitoring, projecting and controlling a budget within set policies and procedures.
• Knowledge of supervising volunteer groups.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The State of Delaware participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. For more information refer to our Job Seeker Resources.

DHSS does not provide employment-based sponsorship.

Criminal background check: A satisfactory criminal background check is required as a condition of hire. A National Service Criminal History Check (NSCHC) conducted by True screen is required.

All new hires are required to report to the Statewide New Employee Orientation (SNEO) on their first day of employment. Sessions are held at designated locations in Kent or New Castle County.

As a condition of hire you must possess a valid driver's license (not suspended, revoked or cancelled, or disqualified from…