CHILD FOCUSED RECRUITER (53428)

Children's Home Society of North Carolina; Morganton (NC); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Children's Home Society of North Carolina seeks a Child-Focused Recruiter to help youth in foster care achieve legal permanency through guardianship or adoption. You will work with birth families, social workers, and community partners to identify resources and support youth in planning for their future.

Responsibilities include outreach to solicit referrals, maintaining program documentation, and collaborating with CHS Permanency staff to meet case plan goals.

Qualifications

• Education includes a Bachelor’s in Social Work or equivalent human services degree.
• Minimum of 2 years in the human services field; adoption or foster care preferred.
• Strong communication, collaboration, and organizational skills to support permanency goals.
• Ability to work with diverse partners and families and to maintain timelines.

Responsibilities

• Serve youth in foster care and support permanency goals (guardianship or adoption).
• Coordinate with family, DSS staff, case managers, therapists, and CHS Permanency team.
• Engage resources, plan futures, and conduct outreach to solicit referrals.
• Maintain documentation, data collection, and reporting per program fidelity.

Skills

Communication skills

Presentation skills

Problem solving

Time management

Collaboration

Trauma-informed care

Interpersonal skills

Advocacy

Education

Bachelor’s in Social Work

Tools

Microsoft Office

Electronic data systems

Job description

Covers far western North Carolina counties and counties surrounding Buncombe County. Location preferences are Buncombe, Haywood or Henderson Counties.

Summary

The Child-Focused Recruiter is responsible for serving youth who are in the foster care system and at risk for long term foster care and aging out of care without supports. The overall goal of this position is to achieve legal permanency (guardianship or adoption) for youth. Permanency is achieved through communicating with family of origin, other known community connections, youth, and their professional team.

Primary Job Functions

• Duties
  • Demonstrate a commitment to identifying a permanent, safe, and loving home for youth through actively exploring their family and past/current network
  • Conduct various methods of diligent search including interviews with DSS staff and children, case record reviews, and internet-based searches to identify resources
  • Demonstrate a working knowledge of the local child welfare system including foster care and adoptions
  • Maintain collaborative relationships with social workers, case managers, therapists, CHS Permanency staff, and other members of case management teams
  • Contact identified resources to gather information and engage them in planning for the youth’s future
  • Conduct program outreach to share information and solicit referrals
  • Display trauma responsive skills when working with clients
  • Utilize youth friendly language that is developmentally and age appropriate.
  • Establish rapport with referred youth and support them in honoring the past, present and future through activities designed to support youth through their journey towards permanence
  • Provide recommendations for contacts, relationships, recruitment efforts, etc. related to findings
  • Partner with DSS staff to obtain referrals and support/advocate for youth case plan goals
  • Adhere to program fidelity requirements in terms of documentation, case activities, data collection, and reporting
  • Conduct aftercare follow-up contact with the client/client family as specified by the program service model
• General
  • Perform other duties related to department goals and projects as needed.
  • Coordinate with supervisor on the completion of any other assigned tasks
  • Network within CHS to share methods, techniques, etc. to support youth in their journey to permanency
• Contribute to a positive, engaging work environment.
  • Display sensitivity to the service population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics
  • Demonstrate the CHS Mission, Vision, and Values in the performance of all job duties.
  • Develop a strong knowledge base and stay current on job-related issues and trends.
  • Participate actively in departmental meetings, training, and education, as well as the quality process.
  • Comply with CHS’s code of conduct, policies, procedures, and other obligations.

Schedule Expectations

This position is a salary exempt job that will require some weekends, and evenings work. Along with working our standard scheduled week. The ability to work flexible hours is required to meet business needs. If working remotely, will be required to be available by telephone and email during specified hours as required. Frequent travel required to conduct business-related activities.

Physical Effort and Work Environment

• Sitting: Will remain in a seated position.
• Fingering/Grasping: Will perform repetitive tasks to include keyboarding, handwriting and equipment operation.
• Standing/Walking: Will move about from one area of the workplace to another.
• Climbing/Stooping/Reaching: Will bend, twist, squat, stoop, kneel, crouch and reach at or above shoulder level.
• Lifting: Will lift and carry objects up to 25 lbs.
• Pulling/Pushing: Will transport loads of up to 40 lbs.
• Work Environment: Will work in office/care facility/ home environment; with possible exposure to communicable diseases and/or uncontrolled situations.

Qualifications

• Education, Licenses & Certifications:
  • Bachelor’s in Social Work or other equivalent degree in human services
• Experience:
  • Minimum of 2 years’ experience in the human services field; preferably in adoption or foster care
• Competencies:
  • Strong working knowledge of human service systems for youth, young adults, and families and an ability to bring together and collaborate with diverse community partners
  • Presentation skills to include talking with small and large groups about the importance of permanency and the functions of the program
  • The ability to problem-solve barriers while being sensitive to maintaining professional relationships.
  • Excellent oral and written communication skills with proven effective organizational and time management skills
  • Intermediate computer skills (Microsoft Applications as well as electronic data systems, time sheets, expense reports, use of virtual platforms for meetings)
• Ability to:
  • Work independently from a home office and maintain adherence to deadlines.
  • Must be physically able to use standard office equipment such as computers, telephones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines
  • Availability for occasional evening and weekend hours
  • Use of personal vehicle required to transport clients to resources deemed appropriate for services
  • Maintain a valid North Carolina driver’s license, adequate auto insurance, and have access to an operating vehicle to attend to CHS business