WWK Adoption Recruiter - Full-time

Mission Statement

The Children’s Network of Hillsborough is committed to working with the community to protect children and preserve families.

 

General Purpose of Job

Develop and implement effective, aggressive and accountable recruitment activities for youth who are legally available for adoption but do not have an identified adoptive family by utilizing the Child-Focused Recruitment Model.

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

1. Manage a caseload of 12-15 youth in the Dependency System and actively seek legal permanency for these youth through adoption.

• Implement the Wendy’s Wonderful Kids Child-Focused Recruitment Model.
• Actively recruit for 12-15 youth who are not matched with a pre-adoptive family.
• Monitor youth who need additional preparation before active recruitment, youth who have been matched, or youth who are in pre-adoptive placements.  These youth are not counted in the active caseload, but the total caseload will not exceed 20-25.

 

2. Visit each youth on the caseload monthly, as well as attend case staffings and other meetings related to the youth’s permanency plan.

• Travel throughout the state to build and maintain effective relationships with waiting youth.

 

3. Role of the Wendy’s Wonderful Kids Adoption Recruiter when conducting staffings of any type:

• Whenever possible, review relevant case information in advance to gain knowledge of the most current issues (Clerk of Court, FSFN, ASK etc.)
• Maintain a professional demeanor at all times
• Maintain neutrality without alliance to any of the parties
• Engage all attendees’ participation in the meeting by requesting their perspective on the matters being discussed
• Listen objectively and consider all opinions provided
• Step in and mediate immediately if there are obvious personal attacks
• Be flexible and balance the need for participation with the need to keep things running efficiently and within the allotted timeframe
• Pay attention to group behavior, both verbal and non-verbal
• Recommendations / plans that are developed must be aligned with statute, code, policy and require either consensus by all participating attendees or approval by the court

 

4. Work collaboratively with Adoption Case Managers and Recruiters to identify and facilitate potential matches for youth.

• Build and sustain strong working relationships with Community Based Care and Case Management Organizations within the child welfare system, locally and throughout the state

 

5. Provide pre-adoption support for families who are matched with a youth on the caseload.

6. Maintain accurate records, case notes, written assessments and data collection and submit program reports as required by the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption.

• Enter all case notes in the statewide automated child welfare integrated system (Florida Safe Families Network – FSFN) within 2 business days of contact. 
• Submit records and written assessments for scanning into the electronic case file (ASK) within 2 days of receipt. 
• Submit reports to Dave Thomas Foundation within the required timeframes.
• Complete monthly report of activities to the supervisor by the 7th of the following month.

 

7. Training

• Participate in all certification / training necessary for the fulfillment of job responsibilities.
• Attend educational opportunities provided by the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption including, but not limited to, Wendy’s Wonderful Kids Summit.
• Disseminate information from statewide/region meetings/conference calls to local staff.
• Assure that best practices are being implemented
• Coordinate training with Staff Development Unit

 

8. Team Meetings

• Participate in Case Management Organization Team Meetings and others relevant to area of expertise.
• Provide performance report and assessment of improvement initiatives.

 

9. Other duties may be assigned as special projects may be requested

 

Working Hours

CNHC’s believes in work life balance for all employees. This is an in-office position, Monday-Friday from 8:00am to 5:00pm averaging forty (40) hours per week. Working hours may vary based on business needs.

 

Travel

Travel both within and outside of Circuit 13 (Hillsborough County) is a requirement of this position. Additionally, this position involves the transportation of children as part of the job responsibilities.

 

Training

All employees must complete fifteen (15) hours of on-line or classroom Training on an annual basis.  If the employee is a Certified Child Welfare Professional, Training hours must total twenty (20) annually.

 

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position does not have direct supervisory responsibilities.