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Location

Asheville, North Carolina

Quick overview

Provide a supportive and stable home environment for children in transition, focusing on social skills and emotional well-being. Coordinate essential medical and behavioral health appointments while partnering with birth families and support teams.

Requirements summary

Candidates must complete 40 hours of pre-service training for licensure. Ability to implement the Teaching Family Model and provide trauma-informed care is required.

CommunicationTrauma-Informed CareChild CarePatient TransportSocial Skills DevelopmentCoping StrategiesCase CoordinationParenting

Job description

  • Description Foster Parent Opportunity Becoming a foster parent is a meaningful way to open your heart and home to a child in your community.
  • You can play the most important role in a child's life by temporary stability, encouragement, and care during a season of transition.
  • As a foster parent, you are never alone.
  • You are part of a collaborative team dedicated to helping children heal, grow, and thrive.
  • What You’ll Do Create a supportive home environment where children can learn and practice social skills, healthy communication, coping strategies, and everyday life skills tailored to their unique needs.
  • Support children’s well-being by helping coordinate and transporting them to medical, dental, and behavioral health appointments ensuring they receive the care they deserve.
  • Partner in shared parenting, nurturing positive connections by supporting visits and sharing appropriate updates with birth families when permitted, always keeping the child’s best interests at heart.
  • Embrace a proven, trauma-informed approach by implementing the Teaching Family Model (TFM) in your home and participating in ongoing consultation and evaluation to strengthen your skills and confidence.
  • Prepare for success through training, completing 40 hours of pre-service training for licensure, offered in both in-person and virtual formats to fit your schedule.
  • Why It Matters Your willingness to show up consistently can change a child’s story.
  • With guidance, training, and a strong support system behind you, fostering becomes not just a role, but a powerful way to make a lasting difference.