Treatment Foster Care Support Specialist

Job overview

The Treatment Foster Care Support Specialist role is onsite in Portland, ME, with direct client work two to three afternoons or early evenings per week; days are flexible. The position is 20 hours per week with potential for additional hours, and the listed pay is $18.35–$20.19 per hour. Spurwink provides mental health and educational services, and its Treatment Foster Care Program serves children and families in Maine. The specialist helps foster children build social, coping, and independent-living skills while supporting foster families and supervised family visits. Working with clinicians, case managers, and families, the role contributes to individualized treatment through skill-building, positive role-modeling, and behavioral interventions.

What you'll do

• Build social, coping, and independent-living skills with children
• support foster families
• supervise visits between foster children and birth families and report concerns
• provide one-on-one support when indicated
• collaborate with clinicians, case managers, and foster families to facilitate individualized treatment
• use strengths-based role-modeling, skill-building, and behavioral interventions.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

treatment foster care

support specialist

portland me

spurwink services

child and family services

foster care

social skills

coping skills

independent living skills

family visit supervision

20 hours per week

afternoons and early evenings

flexible schedule

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Health, dental, vision, and pet insurance
• employer-paid life insurance and short- and long-term disability
• retirement account with matching contribution after one year
• community college scholarships
• tuition reimbursement, including 25% reimbursement for the UNE Master of Social Work program
• paid training, supervision, career advancement, flexible schedules, generous paid time off, and same-day pay opportunity.

Why this role

The posting describes flexible days, quality supervision, paid training, tuition support, generous paid time off, and eligibility for Public Service Loan Forgiveness.

About the employer

Spurwink Services is hiring for this role. Industry: Child and Youth Services. Sector: 62.