Adoption Specialist
JOB POSTING
Adoption Specialist
Our Vision: A safe, nurturing home for every child and a supportive community for every family.
Position: Adoption Specialist
Reports To: Adoption Supervisor
Beginning Pay Range: $36,660.00-$40,326.00
Application Deadline: 2/16/2020
Looking to make a difference, not just a salary? Are you ready to make an impact to last a lifetime? Join us at D.A. Blodgett - St. John's; a team that is dedicated to creating better futures for children and families!
About DABSJ:
D.A. Blodgett – St. John’s is a private non-sectarian agency that serves vulnerable children and families from the entire community. Our core objectives are to strengthen families, help children heal from abuse and neglect, provide homes and help kids thrive.
About this Opportunity:
We are seeking a full-time Adoption Specialist. The functions of this opportunity include assessing, preparing, placing and supervising children who are in foster care due to abuse or neglect in adoptive homes. Our specialist will also be responsible for recruiting, screening and assessing adoptive family applicants and matching approved families with waiting children.
You will know you’re successful in this role when:
- You organize, facilitate, and monitor services so that annual adoption objectives are successfully achieved on an annual basis (i.e. placements and finalizations in a timely manner).
- You coordinate community resources (i.e. counseling, special education, and DHHS,etc.) available for and needed by adoptive children and families.
- You help develop and implement adoption plans so that children obtain permanency in a timely manner.
Would you like to help us accomplish our mission as an Adoption Specialist?
Our ideal candidate will have a minimum of bachelor’s degree in social work or a related field. Child welfare experience and/or case management, especially in adoption or foster care preferred. CWTI training is also preferable.
You belong here:
At DABSJ we are actively pursuing inclusive and diverse workplace. We work to create an inclusive workplace free of discrimination where all are welcomed and belong. We are respectful of religious values. We facilitate all people partnering in our mission as mentors and foster or adoptive parents regardless of their sexual orientation or family structure. DABSJ is an equal opportunity employer. We value difference and employment is based on job requirements and individual qualifications without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, height, weight, marital status, veteran status, or disability, or any other legally protected characteristic.