Family Care Specialist

We are seeking a driven and relationship focused Bilingual Family Care  Specialist who is passionate about recruiting and supporting foster families while making a meaningful impact in the lives of children in care. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in both outreach and connection building, and who is motivated by helping identify and prepare families to provide safe, stable, and nurturing homes for youth.

The Licensing Specialist plays a key role in building strong foster parent pipelines through community engagement, targeted recruitment strategies, and ongoing relationship management. From initial outreach to final licensure, this role guides prospective families through the process with care, clarity, and a focus on ensuring each home is prepared to meet the unique needs of children impacted by trauma.

In this role, you will develop recruitment strategies, engage with community partners, and support families through the SAFE home study and licensing process. You will also collaborate closely with internal teams to ensure successful placements and ongoing foster parent support, always prioritizing stability and positive outcomes for youth.

We are looking for someone who is proactive, engaging, and purpose driven someone who can build trust quickly, communicate effectively, and remain committed to strengthening the network of families who open their homes to children in need.

**The following list does not include whole Job Description**

We are seeking candidates who are passionate about connecting children and youth to safe homes – and are highly adaptive, possess excellent communication skills, and manage their responsibilities well.

• The primary role is to assist with the evaluation of potential foster and adoptive homes for study and training.
• Provide ongoing monitoring, supervision, and support to licensed or certified families, and more.
• This position is hybrid (work from home, office, and field work).

**The following list does not include all of the job requirements**

• Bachelor’s level degree in a related human services field, or two year of post-secondary education with two years of related work experience or any combination of experience, training, and education, equivalent to a minimum of five years
• Must have the desire to provide ongoing support to foster homes for children with special needs
• Working knowledge in developmental disabilities and early childhood development
• Attend required foster care pre-service training
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred
• Maintain flexibility in working hours that allows for early morning, after hour, and weekend appointments to accommodate foster family schedules, emergency placements, and more
• Must maintain a Level One Fingerprint Clearance Card from the State of Arizona
• Maintain a clear record through Adult and Child Safety Central Registry of any reports of abuse and neglect
• Must have reliable transportation, maintain current vehicle registration and insurance, as well as a valid driver’s license
• Negative pre-employment and random drug tests are required

At BrightSpring Health Services, our LEGACY culture guides how we lead, how we serve, and how we show up for one another. We are committed to doing the right thing by leading with integrity, accountability, and transparency in all that we do.

As part of our hiring process, we may use third-party artificial intelligence (AI) tools to assist in processing employment-related information. These tools are used to support our recruitment activities and are subject to human oversight and review. BrightSpring does not use AI to make employment decisions independently, and AI is not used to discriminate against applicants or employees. We do not use zip codes as a proxy for protected characteristics. All hiring decisions are made by people, including our recruiters and hiring leaders.

BrightSpring Health Services provides reasonable accommodations to qualified applicants and employees with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or hiring process, please contact your recruiter or email TalentAcquisition@brightspringhealth.com. For additional information about how our company uses AI in the hiring process, please contact TalentAcquisition@brightspringhealth.com.

BrightSpring Health Services and its affiliated companies provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.

If you have a disability and are unable to use our online tools to search or apply for jobs, we would like to assist.  Please contact us for accommodation assistance.

Equal Opportunity Employment Posters

ALERT: We are aware of a scam whereby imposters are posing as employees from our company. Beware of anyone requesting financial or personal information.