Job Description
Are you looking to use your communication and organizational skills to help children and families in South Dakota?
If so, this position might be a great fit for you! #YouareLSS
You Belong at Lutheran Social Services
We believe every child deserves to grow up in a safe, loving, and nurturing family. Our priority is to support and empower foster and kinship families, ensuring children have a place where they can heal, grow, and reach their full potential.
This position may be eligible for a $600 Sign on Bonus
Hours: 40 hours, Full-time, occasional nights & weekends to meet the client needs.
Location: Sioux Falls, SD or Rapid City, SD
BENEFITS: LSS is proud to offer a wide range of benefits to qualifying part-time and full-time employees. We support you with opportunities to help live balanced, healthy lives. Benefits are designed to meet needs of today and into the future.
- $600 hiring bonus*
- 401K 3%Match
- Paid Time Off & Holidays
- Four Wellmark BCBS medical plan options, 2025 plans including a comprehensive $1 monthly premium for a $5,000 coinsurance plan (full-time, single coverage)
- Dental and Vision plans with HSA & FSA options
- Career development guided by hands-on training and mentorship
Inquiry Coordinator
- Assists families in navigating the process to become a kinship, foster or adoptive resource.
- Guide potential resource families through the requirements and responsibilities of fostering or adoption.
- Build and maintain connections with community resources and referral partners to enhance client access to external support services when needed.
- You will be a valuable member of the Licensing Team.
You will enjoy this setting if you are someone that:
- Enjoys clients focused care with a team that is dedicated to quality outcomes.
- Likes working with the Children and/or Adult population.
- Appreciates an active, challenging care environment that requires critical thinking.
- Values autonomous professional practice.
- Possesses motivation to help create and deliver high-quality client care in an energizing team environment.
- Displays excellent communication and organizational skills. (this one is a big one for this position)
- Has a strong commitment to helping others.
Required Education, License/Certification, or Work Experience:
- Bachelor’s degree in social work or related field preferred, plus one to two years related experience, is required.
- Must be at least 21 years of age, is required.
- Must successfully complete all agency background checks, is required.
- Requires valid driver’s license and ability to obtain approved driver status, is required.
Expectations and Standards
- Commitment to the daily application of LSS’s mission, vision, core values, and social principles to serve communities.
- Promote LSS values of compassion, hospitality, and stewardship.
- Uphold LSS’s standards of Compassionate, Appreciative, Respectful, Engagement, and Strategic (CARES) with enthusiasm and sincerity.
To apply for this position, click the link LSS of South Dakota Careers https://lsssd.org/careers/
*External Candidates only eligible for sign on bonus*
LSS is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.