Home Study Writer at At Home Care Hospice, SALT LICK, KY

Home Study Writer at At Home Care Hospice in SALT LICK, KY. Full-time. Est. up to $80k. Apply with swipeandhired.

Job Locations

US-KY-SALT LICK | US-KY-PRESTONSBURG | US-KY-RICHMOND

ID

2026-198317

Line of Business

StepStone Family & Youth Services

Position Type

Full-Time

Our Company

StepStone Family & Youth Services

Overview

Make a Difference as a Home Study Writer!
StepStone Youth and Family Services | BrightSpring Health Services family

Help children build brighter futures by identifying safe, loving, and supportive homes! As a Home Study Writer, you’ll assess prospective foster, kinship, and adoptive families, conduct home visits and interviews, and prepare comprehensive reports that support safe, successful placements.

If you’re a compassionate, detail-oriented professional with strong communication and writing skills, a commitment to child welfare, and a passion for helping families thrive, this is your opportunity to make a lasting impact.

Responsibilities

ESSENTIAL JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

· Conduct interviews with prospective foster, kinship, and adoptive families.

· Perform in-home visits to assess family dynamics, home safety, and caregiver readiness.

· Collect and review required documentation, including background checks, references, medical records, financial information, and training records.

· Prepare detailed, accurate, and objective home study reports within established timelines.

· Assess family strengths, needs, parenting capacities, support systems, and ability to meet the needs of children in care.

· Evaluate compliance with agency policies, licensing standards, and state regulations.

· Develop recommendations regarding caregiver approval, licensure, or placement suitability.

· Maintain regular communication with applicants throughout the assessment process.

· Collaborate with foster care, adoption, licensing, and permanency teams regarding placement recommendations.

· Maintain complete and accurate electronic case records.

· Participate in staffing meetings, supervision, training, and quality assurance reviews.

· Respond to requests for updates, revisions, or addendums to home studies as needed.

· Ensure confidentiality and ethical handling of all client information.

· Conduct interviews with prospective foster, kinship, and adoptive families.

Qualifications

EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE

· A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in social work, psychology, childhood education, education counseling and psychology, or other human service, behavioral science field or public administration field.

LICENSE/CERTIFICATION/OTHER SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

· A valid driver’s license from state of Georgia, satisfactory driving record, and reliable transportation.

· SAFE certified Home Study Writer

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES

· Demonstrated knowledge of vast recruiting strategies, including savvy social media platforms

· Strong attention to detail, highly organized, highly energetic, positive,

· Effective at cold calling, pursuing warm leads, and transforming candidates into new colleagues.

· The ability to remain customer focused and use independent judgement in problem solving required

· Strong interpersonal skills

· Strong project management, new business development and customer retention skills a must.

· A documented track record of achieving targeted objectives is required.

· Possess critical thinking skills, supported by intellectual curiosity and sound business judgment

· Outstanding telephone presence and superior written communication skills; team player and natural leader; competitive

· The candidate will possess considerable initiative, judgment, creativity, enthusiasm and leadership ability; excellent organizational, communication, problem solving, interpersonal, and customer service skills; ability to consistently represent the agency in a professional manner; be adept in problem solving skills; able to work in a stressful, fast-paced environment; ability to handle confidential information in a professional manner and interact with people of all ages in a supportive manner; have a clear understanding of administrative policies and procedures regarding client and program management, structure, regulatory and licensing standards with ability to effectively implement them at a departmental and program level. Candidate must be flexible with work schedule and job duties, with the ability to effectively meet changing priorities and deadlines.

TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS

Percentage of Travel: 5 0-75%