Licensing & Training Specialist

THOMPSON Child & Family Focus

Licensing and Training Specialist helping recruit, train, and license foster parents for Thompson Child & Family Focus. Ensuring compliance and providing support for foster care placements in North Carolina.

Posted 7/10/2026full-timeCharlotte • North Carolina • 🇺🇸 United StatesJuniorMid-Level💰 $42,000 - $45,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in recruiting, training, and licensing foster parents while ensuring compliance with state and agency policies. Proficient in providing assessments, maintaining documentation, and delivering effective communication and support to foster families.

Highest-signal resume keywords

Bachelor's Degree In Social WorkFoster Parent LicensingPublic SpeakingMicrosoft Office Suite ProficiencyExcellent Written And Oral Communication

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Hard Skills

Foster Parent AssessmentTraining DevelopmentDocumentation ManagementCompliance MonitoringSupervision And Assessment

Soft Skills

Interpersonal SkillsTeam CollaborationMarketing Skills

Certifications & Qualifications

Valid Driver's LicenseQualified Professional Credentialing

Industry Keywords

Foster CareLicensing ProcessState Policy ComplianceBackground CheckDrug Screening

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Recruit, Train, and licensing foster parents.
Provide pre-service training for potential foster parents.
Assess and evaluate potential foster parents based on state and agency policy.
Guide potential parents through the licensing process and submit all licensing documentation to the state as well as required agency documents.
Ensure foster parents training remains in compliance.
Provide at least quarterly supervision/assessment and maintain audit ready files.
Work in cooperation with foster care coordinator to provide comprehensive support to help a foster parent maintain placement of children in their homes.
Public speaking and marketing to recruit families.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s Degree in social work or related field
A minimum of 2 years of relevant professional experience
Must have a valid Driver’s License and meet any credentialing, licensing and privileging standards as it pertains to the program (s) you lead (Meets criteria as a Qualified Professional in North Carolina.)
Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite application software
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Must pass a drug screening test and extensive background check required.

Benefits

Comp & perks

3 weeks paid time off (PTO) first year plus 10 paid holidays!
Health, Dental, Vision, Short-Term and Long-Term Disability and Life insurance options
401K Match
Education Reimbursement
Referral Bonus
Eligibility to apply for Public Service Loan Forgiveness through FAFSA after 10 years of service
Eligibility to apply for the state loan repayment program that repays up to $50,000 of student loans
Paid time off for volunteering in the community
Free EAP services
Mileage Reimbursement
iPhone and Laptop provided for eligible roles
Multiple opportunities for growth