Kinship Supervisor

Position:                               Kinship Supervisor
Comparable DFPS Position: Kinship Supervisor
Classification:                        Full-time, Exempt
Reports to:                                  Sr. Manager, Family Support
Company:                                      Texans Together             

Location:                                     
Regions 6a and/or 6b (Specific work locations will be assigned and communicated as staffing plans are finalized)

Position Description:

The Kinship Supervisor provides leadership, supervision, and operational oversight through a hope-centered approach for the Kinship program. This position supervises Kinship staff who identify, assess, and support relatives and fictive kin caring for children in care. The Supervisor ensures kinship caregivers receive guidance, supportive services, financial-assistance information, and community resources that promote child safety, permanency, well-being, and placement stability. The position collaborates with children, families, caregivers, staff, providers, and community partners to recognize family strengths, reduce barriers, and build sustainable support systems.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Supervises, coaches, and develops Kinship staff using a hope-centered approach that promotes strengths, accountability, and professional growth.
• Manages Kinship program operations, including referrals, assignments, caseloads, workload distribution, and daily service delivery.
• Ensures staff identify, engage, assess, and support relatives and fictive kin as potential placement and permanency resources.
• Ensures kinship caregivers receive timely guidance, training, financial-assistance information, supportive services, community-resource referrals, and other resources that promote placement stability and family well-being.
• Supports staff in helping caregivers identify strengths, establish goals, address barriers, and build sustainable support networks while ensuring caregiver voice, choice, culture, and family connections are incorporated into case planning and decision-making.
• Provides consultation on complex cases, placement barriers, caregiver needs, family dynamics, and service challenges using a solution-focused approach.
• Ensures children and caregivers are connected to appropriate services and resources that support safety, placement stability, permanency, and family well-being.
• Monitors case documentation, contacts, assessments, referrals, and service records for accuracy, quality, completeness, and timeliness.
• Evaluates program performance, service outcomes, and compliance with policies, procedures, and contractual requirements; analyzes program data and prepares administrative and performance reports.
• Develops training, procedures, tools, and resources that support staff, caregivers, stakeholders, and consistent program operations.
• Builds and maintains partnerships with staff, providers, schools, community organizations, and other resources that support children, caregivers, and kinship families.
• Participates in case staffings, Permanency Planning Team meetings, and multidisciplinary meetings as needed.
• Responds to complaints, critical incidents, placement concerns, and service barriers with urgency, empathy, professionalism, and a solution-focused approach.
• Promotes family-centered, trauma-informed, culturally responsive, equitable, and hope-centered practices throughout the Kinship program.
• Maintains confidentiality and safeguards sensitive information in accordance with applicable requirements.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required. Relevant experience considered in lieu of education requirement.
• Minimum five (5) years’ experience in the child welfare field, including Preparation for Adult Living (PAL), Local Permanency Services (LPS), Foster Care, Conservatorship, or Family‑Based Services.
• At least three (3) years’ supervisory or management experience leading staff, overseeing case workers or supervisory units.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working directly with children, families, caregivers, and community resources.
• Experience supporting relatives or kinship caregivers.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Strong leadership, coaching, and team-building skills with the ability to foster hop-centered practices, recognize strengths, and guide staff toward practical pathways toward improved outcomes.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including the ability to work with diverse individuals.
• Strong organizational, planning, prioritization, and attention-to-detail skills, with the ability to manage multiple programs, responsibilities, and deadlines.
• Strong critical thinking, assessment, and problem‑solving skills.
• Ability to work independently while fostering collaboration across departments.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Windows, web‑based applications, case management systems, and online research and search tools.
• Ability to maintain strict confidentiality and appropriately safeguard client and agency information.

Work Conditions:

• Environment: Office-based.
• Work Schedule: Mon – Fri during standard business hours
• Travel: Frequent. Reliable transportation required.