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- Maintains a caseload of up to 30 families in the matching process
- Maintains a caseload of up to 15 families in the post-placement and finalization supervision
- Ensure that families in post-placement supervision or seen on an average of twice per month
- Communicates weekly with the program director regarding the caseload status.
- Becomes familiar with and follow all policy and procedures of the CHRIS 180
- Ensures foster care and/or adoptive parents understanding of policy and procedures in
- Schedules, conducts and documents required home visits once a child(ren) is placed in a foster
- Actively pursue potential adoptive parents for children placed into Foster Care and Adoption
- Prepares recommendations for child placing agencies concerning the matching of child(ren) for
- Acts as a liaison between CHRIS Connections Services and various state child placing agencies/
- Ensure that families in post-placement supervision or seen on an average of twice per month
- Communicates weekly with the program director regarding the caseload status.
- Becomes familiar with and follow all policy and procedures of the CHRIS 180
- Ensures foster care and/or adoptive parents understanding of policy and procedures in
- Schedules, conducts and documents required home visits once a child(ren) is placed in a foster
- Actively pursue potential adoptive parents for children placed into the Gateway to Adoption
- Prepares recommendations for child placing agencies concerning the matching of child(ren) for
- Acts as a liaison between CHRIS Connections Services and various state child placing agencies/
- Participate in the IMPACT/ NTDC panel discussion by being a part of the panel and assisting
- Assists with co-facilitating pre-adoption and post-adoption family training series as needed.
- Provides ongoing support services to foster and adoptive families.
- Ensures that all follow-up services are coordinated and provided according to any grant
- Coordinates additional services with contracted agencies to provide additional supports as
- Ensures that services that have been provided are responsive to the family's needs and address
- Counsels foster parents and adoptive parent(s) regarding child(ren)'s development, behavior and
Foster Care and Adoptions Specialist - Atlanta, United States - CHRIS 180
Description
Current job opportunities are posted here as they become available.Position Description:
The CHRIS 180 Foster Care and Adoption Specialist will be responsible for the delivery of family-friendly
case management services for families and youth who have been approved to adopt or for foster care
placement and/or adoption support. The Foster Care and Adoption Specialist will manage the approved
home study families in the matching process by working with Regional Foster Care and Adoption
Specialist and DFCS case workers on matching available children with approved families. Foster Care
and Adoption Specialists will work together with state child-placing agencies to develop a family-centered
plan to address any areas of strengths and needs. Once a child is placed into the home of an adoptive
resource, the Foster Care and Adoption Specialist will maintain weekly to bi-weekly contact with placed
families to ensure that a proper match has been made and all standards are being followed and report out
the status of the placement every month. Continued assessment of needs and services are made
to identify potential disruptions and work with the families to prevent a disruption from occurring.
The Foster Care and Adoption Specialist will work with families to train them in areas of need to ensure
that the family will stay intact once all placement supervision and finalization supervision services have
ended.
The Foster Care and Adoption Specialist will work intensely with children placed in the Foster and
Adoption homes to establish rapport and assess needs. The Foster Care and Adoption Specialist will
develop a plan of need for any issues that may lead to a disruption and will be responsible for the plan
and the strategies identified.
The Foster Care and Adoption Specialist must be emotionally stable, able to handle high stress, relate
well to a wide variety of individuals, and be able to work as part of a team. The Foster Care and Adoption
Specialists must be able to follow, enforce, and implement program descriptions as outlined in the state
contracts. The Foster Care and Adoption Specialist must be able to provide one-to-one interaction with a
designated child/adolescent and their family; act as liaison and advocate for the client with other agencies
as needed, complete required paperwork, and perform other related duties as required. The CHRIS
Foster Care and Adoption Specialists must be flexible in working hours, be able to respond to crises effectively, and meet regularly with the Director of Foster Care and Adoptions.
Roles and ResponsibilitiesThis position provides support to consumers/residents/partnering agencies/foster-adoptive families and the
primary duties include but are not limited to the following:
o Additional months leading up to finalization will be seen up to twice per month
o Post-finalization support will be once per month for an additional 6 months post-adoption
adoption.
adoption.
needs of child(ren) placed in the home.
o Plans events every quarter to provide adoption recruitment and/or support
policy and the requirements of various contracts, DFCS, DHR, or Superior Court.
foster home and/or adoption-to-adoption follow-up
home staff, the prospective adoptive parents, and community resources and the child.
o Promote self-esteem
o Promote healthy boundaries
o Promote good hygiene and appropriate personal appearance among youth and young
adults
o Reinforce socially acceptable behaviors (ex: manners, eating habits, safety)
o Teach and reinforce thoughtful decision making
o Model effective and consistent communication
o Administer Parenting Stress Index (PSI)
o Aware of ACE score and implications on service planning
o Develop and monitor Individualized Service Plan/IRRPs
o Assist family and/or Gateway foster parents to make necessary referrals to meet youth's
health, well-being, education, mental health, and employment needs (i.e. Department of
Public Health, Department of Family & Children Services, Georgia Department of Labor,
employment staffing agencies, local colleges and tech schools, etc.)
o Facilitate and/or participate in Team Meetings for all
consumers/members/residents/young adults.
o Collaborate and communicate with other programs in the CHRIS 180 continuum in the provision of services to consumers
o Collaborate and consult with other providers and entities in the provision of best care
services to youth and families
o Monitor the provision of services provided
Additional Requirements:
o Maintain detailed files, documentation, and billing requirements promptly in
accordance with CHRIS 180 policy and compliance standards
o Attend and participate in all meetings and supervision as required and by
CHRIS 180 policy and procedures.
o Adhere to CHRIS 180 Code of Conduct, Code of Ethics, and GA Code
o Maintain consumers' confidentiality
o Support and maintain an environment of emotional and physical safety for consumers,
staff, and other stakeholders at all times
Qualifications/Competencies:
years related field experience in child welfare or at least 4 years experience in foster care and
adoption required.
professional agencies, and state-level professionals, as well as the ability to interact with various
client populations.
liability.
services, etc.
Preferred qualification:
certified and experienced in delivering IMPACT training for foster care
and adoption, as well as, having a firm understanding of Trauma Informed Care.
Other:
The ideal candidate will possess the following:
and training to execute job responsibilities
as needed
proper usage of grammar and spelling)
timelines and goals
Benefits we offer:
Schedule:
This is a full-time position and typically works Monday – Friday 8:00am – 5:00pm hours may vary.
Physical Demands:
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to
successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to
enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions. While performing the duties of this
job, the employee is frequently required to sit, stand, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is
occasionally required to lift and/or move up to 20 pounds.
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