Agency Home Foster Parents - Texas
The St. Jerome's Unaccompanied Refugee Minor program at Catholic Charities is seeking a multi-cultural married couple to live and work in a home as Foster Parents with 6 refugee adolescents and/or young adults.
Responsibilities include:
- providing family-style atmosphere, teaching life, educational and vocational skills,
- assisting youth and young adults to adjust to living in a new country through support and guidance,
- implementing service plans,
- coordinating with various professionals on behalf of youth to ensure youth needs are met including school personnel, therapist, and psychiatrist, advocating for adolescents, & managing a home budget.
Requirements:
- Bi-lingual
- relevant education in human services field and/or experience with adolescents is preferred.
- Experience of resettling within the US or living abroad is desired along with create a lifestyle centered on working with adolescents in a supportive, nurturing home environment is a must.
