KS Adoption Exchange Family Specialist

Responsibilities: Primary responsibilities include but are not limited to:  

• Primary responsibility of responding to and following up on any and all AdoptKSKids website inquiries. Effectively communicate the adoption process and identify next steps for prospective adoptive families. Phone calls, emails, and website inquiries will be returned within 1-3 business days of receipt.  

• Engage with families to learn about their experience and their motivation to adopt. The Family Specialist is also responsible for educating prospective adoptive families about the adoption process in Kansas and the children in Kansas foster care who need adoptive families. 

• Responsible for continuing to follow-up, every 2-3 weeks, with prospective families after initial inquiry to ensure the family has been connected with the appropriate CMP. Assist with coordination of the completing and submitting all required paperwork to the CMP.  

• Ongoing contact with prospective families includes providing general information about adoption and foster care, providing information about the adoption process, responding to questions about profiles of featured children, and offering direction to all inquiries seeking foster and/or adoption-related services.  

• Responsible for interfacing with prospective families and case managers throughout the adoption process until the inquiry ends in closure.  Documentation required.  

• Solicit completed family information to ensure narrative descriptions are collected as well as the family’s adoptive preferences.  

• Network building: develop relationships with CMPs and Child Placing Agencies (CPAs); maintain regular contact. 

• Maintain excellent documentation by tracking all communication with prospective adoptive parents, CMPs, CPAs, and all other professionals in FAC’s internal database system. 

• Make referrals to any identified community resources needed to aide in successful adoption finalization. 

• Follow month-end procedure of reviewing all family profiles completing applicable updates. 

• Attend Adoption Staffing meetings, community awareness events and adoption recruitment events as requested. 

• Collaborate and partner with Adoption Exchange Child Specialists on matching services and case staffings. 

• Other duties and responsibilities as assigned. 

• Travel to branch offices to attend meetings as assigned 

Qualifications & Preferred Skills 

• Familiarity with the Kansas child welfare system (preferred).  

• A minimum of two (2) years of related experience working with foster care/adoption.  

• Bachelor's degree in social work or a related field required.  

• Solid commitment to the core principle that all children need and deserve to grow up in the context of a safe, loving, and appropriate family. 

• Maintain a proactive approach to ensure youth and children are connected with a safe, loving and appropriate family.  

• Self-starter who takes on challenging responsibilities and is self-accountable for results and performance. 

• Model ethical and professional behavior at all times. 

• Maintain the highest level of integrity.  

• Solid commitment to principles of support and advocacy for birth, relative, kinship, foster and adoptive families. 

• Flexibility and adaptability, able to shift styles to fit the needs of a wide range of cultures, people and organizations. 

• Strong computer and Internet skills.  

• Strong attention to detail with commitment to accuracy and quality while meeting goals or deadlines.  

• Possess a valid state-issued driver's license, car insurance and reliable transportation. 

• Flexible schedule.  

Compensation and Benefits 

• Compensation?commensurate?with experience.? 

• Comprehensive benefits package including:? 

• Highly-competitive health plan.  

• Health Reimbursement Account (HRA) with generous employer contribution.? 

• Life insurance and long-term disability?provided?at no cost to?employee.?? 

• Voluntary life and short-term disability options available.? 

• 403(b) retirement plan with up to a 6% employer match.? 

• Flexible Spending Account with medical expense and dependent care options.? 

• Employee Assistance Program.? 

• Generous paid time off and holidays.? 

FosterAdopt Connect does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its programs or services. These activities include, but are not limited to, hiring and firing of staff, selection of volunteers and vendors, and provision of services. We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our staff, volunteers, subcontractors, vendors, and members. 

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