Therapeutic Foster Care/HCTC

Tucson / Southeast / Maricopa County / Pinal County

Children placed in Home Care Training to Home Care Client (HCTC)/Therapeutic Foster Care homes can have heightened emotional and behavioral needs that require intensive parenting skills.
This is a rewarding way for skilled and/or experienced parents to provide foster care.
In most cases, these children have been removed from their families and have lived in various group homes and/or more restrictive settings.
Stability and safety are important needs for therapeutic foster children.
Therapeutic foster children look to the foster parent for structured but nurturing support and to learn how to be a part of a healthy family unit.
Therapeutic foster children must learn how to function in the self-care, future planning, social, academic, leisure/recreational and community realms without the support of their biological families.
Because many children requiring therapeutic foster care come from a background of abuse and neglect, each child and their foster family are assigned a coordinator.
The coordinator aids in problem-solving and behavior-management strategies.

Transition each child into a permanent family setting – to a DES foster family, adoptive family or biological family for reunification – that will provide permanence.

Parent candidates need to have one year of verifiable work experience with Special Needs children and/or a Bachelor’s degree in one of the Social Sciences.
Couple candidates need to ensure that one of the two is home at all times and available to the child throughout each day.
Each child you foster in your home needs their own bedroom.
Partner with Intermountain Centers and espouse the agency’s philosophy of providing a caring teaching environment for any youth in your care, rather than solely a custodial environment.
Your home is free of weapons and alcohol.
Agree and comply with a contract to provide HCTC Services as an Independent Contractor with Intermountain Centers.
Complete the following additional training:
- Arizona Professional Foster Parenting Classes – 18 hours
- CPR/First Aid – 4 hours
- CPI (Crisis Prevention Institute) Training – 8 to 12 hours
- Behavioral Health Documentation and Incident Report Writing – 2 hours
- Medication Handling – 2.5 hours
- Behavioral Concepts – 3 hours
- Practicum – 12 hours

For more information, please contact:

Jack Smith, Foster Care Recruiter
Phone: (520) 721-1887 ext. 5283
Fax: (520) 407-5398