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Adoption specialist - Post

Applying for:

Job Summary: 

This is a professional position responsible for providing the support, technical and clinical assistance to post adoptive families.

Essential Functions:

  • Establish and maintain positive working relationship with HFC customers

  • Provide post adoption services to families including linkage to mental health services, adoption support groups, resources in the community, including post adoption services covered by Medicaid

  • Participates in and/or facilitates meetings, family team conferencing, multi-disciplinary, reunification, permanency, adoption and post adoptions staffings, and presentations promoting and supporting adoption including compiling post adoption data for end-of-the year reports/presentations and COA

  • Evaluates the rationale for services, assessments of family needs and need for additional evaluations through the consideration of the child/family’s circumstance and the provider’s ability to meet the service need or provide alternate settings

  • Create, update and maintain up-to-date tracking systems (FSFN, excel spreadsheets, etc.) including completing the mandatory one-year post adoption communication contacts within the mandated timeframe and timely creating/updating the post adoption tab each time post adoption services are provided to families

  • Review and provide post adoption support/services to families involved in new intake (abuse) reports and Department of Juvenile Justice

  • Verify, complete and provide tuition waiver forms and proof of subsidy letters

  • Complete enhanced subsidy requests and 100% requests of the Foster Care Board Rate

  • Compete referrals to Agency with Persons with Disabilities

  • Assist adoptive families with Medicaid related concerns

  • Compete Interstate Compact on Adoption and Medical Assistance (ICAMA) Requests

  • Complete Transition of Care (TOC) Forms and Health Risk Assessment (HRA) Forms

  • Explore community supports in Circuit and neighboring counties to develop/maintain valuable supports/services

  • Meet with community partners to increase knowledge on services and referral processes

  • Attend adoption support groups, specialty support groups, adoption hearings as requested

  • Co-Facilitate and participate in Adoption Informational Night and Adoption 101 Classes; assist with planning of adoption events and community events

  • Complete adoption benefits for state employees and other eligible applicants forms during open enrollment

  • Perform special projects as assigned

Required Qualifications: 

Bachelor’s degree in social work or human services field, clinical experience and a minimum of three years experience in child protection and/or child welfare; demonstrates professional application of social work theories and methods in a child protection or child welfare environment required.

Preferred Qualifications: 

Child welfare certification, child welfare eligibility determination and knowledge FSFN preferred.

Benefits:

Excellent benefits package with tuition assistance, domestic partner coverage, retirement and generous paid time off. 

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Additional Information:

Drug free workplace.  Drug testing required.  EOE/M/F/D/V. 

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