Social Worker III - Adoptions

About the role

Providing numerous types of adoption services including: completion of Pre-Placement Assessments for agency, independent and relative adoptive families; completion of child profiles for children who have been cleared for adoption; complete relative and independent adoptions and post adoptive services including adoption subsidy. These services are provided through training, information gathering, performing background checks and completion of state paperwork. Adoption Services are provided to ensure a permanent home for a child.

Responsibilities

• Capturing all data and reporting it accurately
• Recruitment and retention of adoptive homes by providing training, education and support
• Securing a safe and stable placement for a child in the adoption system
• Making matches by assessing the needs of the child and the strengths of the foster/adoptive parents in order to make the placement that would be in a child's best interest
• Attending court hearings and team meetings
• Attending local training for job enhancement
• Completing documentation in case records as well as monthly reports, court reports and participation in unit/team staffings
• Attending adoption committee to identify prospective adoptive placements for legally cleared children
• Provision of other program requirements (i.e. problem pregnancy cases, adoption, intermediary services, and support foster care workers in cases where the permanent plan is adoption by providing specialty services, etc.)
• Other duties as assigned that ensure teamwork and permanency for children
• Must be available to work mandatory emergency shelters and other duties as assigned

Minimum Qualifications

• Master's degree in Social Work (MSW) from an accredited institution
• Master's degree in counseling or human services field and 1 year of directly related experience
• Bachelor's degree in Social Work (BSW) from an accredited institution and completion of the Child Welfare Collaborative (Child Welfare positions only)
• Bachelor's degree in Social Work (BSW) from an accredited institution and 1 year of directly related experience
• Bachelor's degree in a human services field and 2 years of directly related experience
• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution and 3 years of directly related experience
• A valid driver's license is required

Qualifications

• Knowledge of adoption laws and requirements
• Knowledge of foster home licensing requirements
• Knowledge of separation and loss issues
• Knowledge of child development
• A copy of a transcript must be included with the application