Lead Adoption Specialist

7 days ago


Tampa, United States One Hope United Full time

The Adoption Specialist Lead meets with families in their homes at various hours of the day including evenings, nights, and weekends, in potentially high risk neighborhoods; focuses on the prevention of inappropriate out-of-home placement, strengthening and improving family functioning, and ensuring child safety.

Job Duties Include:

•Approves adoption home studies for matched and unmatched children in FSFN
•Assists individuals and families in crisis in a way that promotes positive change, growth
development and safety for all families
•Attends all recruitment and match events
•Attends court hearings, prepares and files all court documents within required
timeframes
•Completes and reviews subsidy files, adopt only home studies, OTI and ICPC adoption
home studies
•Conducts visits with children and prospective adoptive families that include the ongoing
assessment of child safety, permanency and well-being
•Continually assesses risk of abuse, neglect and threatened harm by gathering
appropriate information
•Serves as a conduit of information between all parties to the case and identified
stakeholders including medical, educational and mental health providers
•Engages and assesses families from a strengths based perspective
•Ensures children are registered on the adoption exchange within 10 days
•Ensures that post placement is completed within one week of the child being placed in
the identified prospective adoptive family's home
•Facilitates placement and delivery services in collaboration with biological, foster and
adoptive families
•Knowledge of the Adoption Program Administrative Rule (Chapter 65C-16)
•Refers hard-to-place children to recruitment partners, if necessary
•Attends and participates in weekly team meetings
•Participates in match staffings and adoption review committee with the adoption team
•Performs adoption related responsibilities in accordance with state and federal laws,
Department of Children and Families Administrative Codes and Operating Procedures,
funding source policies, and internal policies on child abuse, abandonment and neglect
within required time frames
•Prepares and up keeps a spreadsheet of active adopt only families and a spreadsheet
that includes all available children in the service office
•Staffs internal TPR cases with supervisors and case management at least once a month
•Utilizes empowerment approaches to provide case plan development with children and
families.
•Works closely with Supervisor to provide oversight of the unit

Requirements

Education

Bachelor's degree or a Master's degree in Social Work, Criminology, Psychology, Sociology, Counseling, Special Education, Education, Human Development, Child Development, Family Development, Marriage & Family Therapy, or Nursing from an accredited college or university

Experience

Five or more years of progressive work experience related to child welfare; three years of child welfare adoptions; previous supervisory experience

Other

Reliable transportation; valid driver's license with OHU required levels of coverage for auto insurance; knowledge of FSFN adoption procedures; workable knowledge of community resources

We Invest in You

  • Competitive pay and benefits
  • Tuition assistance up to $2500 per year
  • Generous vacation and PTO plans
  • Health, dental, vision, retirement plan, health savings account, agency paid life and LTD, supplemental life insurance
  • Career ladders, professional development, and promotion opportunities
  • Leadership opportunities on site-based Center Management Teams
Different Kind Of Employer - One Hope United is strong and ready to grow. Are you ready to grow with us?
  • 800 talented professionals strong, serving 10,000 children and families in Illinois, Wisconsin, Missouri, and Florida
  • Fiscally stable, $50 Million agency strong since 1895
  • Energetic leadership and a rich community of support


One Hope United does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. One Hope United is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Drug-Free Workplace.

In the spirit of caring for one another and our community, please note that upon accepting an offer of employment from One Hope United, you will be required to share proof of a Covid-19 vaccination. The requirement is subject to accommodation in compliance with applicable laws and regulations.

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