Retention Specialist - Parttime

About the role

At Children’s Wisconsin, we believe kids deserve the best. Every child deserves a safe and loving home. When parents are unable to provide this on their own, intervention is needed to ensure these children are free of abuse and neglect. We provide child well-being services to help children live in a safe and nurturing environment. We provide services to parents needing education and guidance to improve their parenting skills so their children can remain with them. We also provide services to children who are placed with foster families until they can return home or become part of an adoptive family. Our experienced professionals provide the following services to families in Milwaukee County and at locations throughout Wisconsin: Foster Care, Treatment Foster Care, Adoption, Respite Care, Child Advocacy Centers, Family Case Management, Family Finding. We offer a wide variety of rewarding career opportunities and are seeking individuals dedicated to helping us achieve our vision of the healthiest kids in the country.

Responsibilities

• Oversees the foster parent engagement program with the goal of reducing the number of applicants that withdrawal or close from the program.
• Leads the performance and coordination of foster parent retention.
• Creates a shared Children’s foster parent mission and values.
• Creates connections to build a sense of community among Children’s foster families.
• Ensures foster parents are informed of the resources available to them.
• Provides consistent communication, encouragement, opportunities to connect, and regular efforts to thank and recognize Children’s foster families.
• May work closely with public relations staff and program leadership.
• Participates in data collection and reporting activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work, Marketing or related field required.
• Child welfare, foster care licensing and/or adoption experience preferred.
• Requires a valid Wisconsin driver’s license.
• Strong computer skills required.
• Experience working with families of diverse ethnic, cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds strongly preferred.
• Public speaking experience preferred.
• Bilingual preferred.
• Strong internal and external verbal and written communication skills.
• Problem solving and decision‑making skills.

Schedule

Flexible 1st shift schedule, 20 hours/week while working remotely from home and/or in the office.