Posted
Thursday, June 11th, 2026
Details
| Agency / Employer | Hands Across the Water
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| Type of Position | Full Time |
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| Is this position offered in Michigan? | Yes |
| Contact Name | Morgain MacDonald
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Description
About Hands Across the Water (HATW):
Hands Across The Water supports and empowers children and families through inclusive, strengths-based services. Join a dynamic, fast-paced, inclusive and supportive workplace focused on high quality services to children and families in our community.
About the Role:
Hands Across The Water is a private, non-profit child-placing agency located in Ann Arbor. The Licensing Specialist is responsible for evaluating prospective foster families, maintaining case management duties of Hands Across The Water’s licensed foster homes and for ensuring compliance of said homes. This position maintains a caseload of foster home licensing cases (initial evaluations and ongoing supervision of open homes), as well as foster home complaints (special evaluations) as assigned. The Licensing Specialist is also responsible to participate in agency foster parent recruitment and retention activities and foster parent orientations/trainings as needed. This position requires travel including in-office, in-home, and outside of office work, sometimes during non-traditional hours such as evenings and weekends. As such, this position may be eligible for some remote office hours, depending on case location, needs of the Program and agency.
This position requires significant travel including in-office, in-home, and outside of office work, often during non-traditional hours, depending on case needs. The appropriate candidate will work with other dedicated professionals in a team atmosphere and have the ability to work independently. Attention to detail, strong organization skills, and professional manner are all important characteristics for the right candidate. This is a full-time position. This is not a 9-5 job and requires periodic on-call duties. This position is based in our Washtenaw office but there will be work in multiple counties including Wayne, Monroe, Livingston and Lenawee counties.
How to Apply:
https://recruiting.paylocity.com/recruiting/jobs/Details/2773243/Hands-…