Kinship Notification Specialist | Program Specialist 3

Kinship Notification Specialist | Program Specialist 3 (PS3) - Colfax

• Provide outreach support to kinship caregivers
• Records management
• Technical support
• Initiate home study process
• Provide professional level licensing and home study services
• Assess and validate information
• Assign home study process
• Implement strategies to prevent delay in permanency outcomes
• Promote Kin-First Culture
• Work in partnership with internal DCYF staff and kinship caregivers
• Navigate the complexity of the foster care portal

• Bachelor's degree
• Two (2) years of experience including planning, policy analysis, coordination, and consultation with a variety of public and private agencies, organizations and/or levels of government
• Commitment to equity, inclusion, and respectful workplace principles

• Benefits
• Flexible/Hybrid work arrangement
• Paid time off
• Health insurance
• Retirement plan
• Paid holidays
• Sick leave
• Vacation leave
• Employee assistance program
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• 401(k) matching

The Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) is committed to Washington's children and youth growing up safe, healthy, and thriving