Recruiter

About Rising Ground

Founded as an orphanage in 1831, Rising Ground has evolved to serve community needs. Driven by the belief that each person can thrive when life offers hope and opportunity, Rising Ground supports children, adults, and families through 101 programs across 138 sites in New York City and Westchester. The organization values diversity and reflects the communities it serves in its staff. Based in New York City, Rising Ground aims to positively impact the lives of over 72,000 individuals annually.

About The Role

Responsible for facilitating the matches of children with appropriate families using Child-Focused Recruitment Strategies.

• Demonstrate a working knowledge of the child welfare system including adoptions.
• Establish personal relationships with referred children and assist them in honoring their past, present, and future through child readiness activities.
• Determine the child’s strengths, challenges, desires, and preparedness for adoption and the child’s needs through the adoption and recruitment transition process. Develop and update a written assessment quarterly.
• Maintain collaborative relationships with case managers, therapists, and other members of case management teams.
• Articulate Child-Focused Recruitment and understand the differences between General Recruitment, Child-Specific Recruitment, and Targeted Recruitment as demonstrated in the implementation of Recruitment Services.
• Conduct regular monthly contacts with the child’s case planner.
• Develop and implement a child-focused (custom) adoption recruitment plan for each child.
• Conduct diligent searches for potential adoptive families, including people with past and current connections to the child, biological relatives, professional contacts in the community, area churches, and other resources that may lead to permanency for a child.
• Facilitate public relations efforts to recruit and match potential families and children.
• Incorporate child-friendly language that is developmentally and age-appropriate.
• Communicate the impact of trauma on youth and development.
• Follow all necessary program requirements in terms of case management, data collection, and reporting as outlined by Wendy’s Wonderful Kids Program.
• Coordinate with supervisor or other Family Foster Care staff on the completion of any other assigned tasks.
• Display sensitivity to the service population’s cultural and socio-economic characteristics.

Your Qualifications

• Associate Degree preferred
• High School Diploma / GED required
• Minimum of 2 – 4 years’ experience in human services field; preferably foster care or adoption.
• Some experience in public relations preferred

Benefits

• 11 Paid Holidays
• Paid Sick Time
• Paid Vacation
• Paid Personal days
• Insurance Coverage (Medical - 3 plans, Dental - 2 plans, Vision - 1 plan)

Work Environment

This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday in Brooklyn or Bronx. Work hours options are 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, 9:30 am - 5:30 pm, 10 am - 6 pm.

Additional Requirements

• Authorized to work in the U.S.
• Ability to work in-person in New York City (NY) for at least 3 days or more per week.
• Ability to travel to other Rising Ground sites (if required).

Application & Interview Process

The general process will involve: Application review by Talent Acquisition Team member, phone screen with Talent Acquisition Team member, interview with Hiring Manager, panel interview with key partners, interview decision and feedback.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Rising Ground fully complies with equal treatment of all employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination as to an individual’s perceived or actual race, creed, color, national origin, alienate, citizenship status, gender, age, disability, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or veteran status in all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, layoff and termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.