Director of Permanency & Family Services

Depelchin; Texas; On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

The role emphasizes trauma-informed, culturally responsive practices and data-driven decision-making. You will oversee performance, ensure quality services, and coach supervisors to build leadership capacity across the organization.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Minimum five years of progressive child welfare, permanency, or related experience.
• Minimum three years’ supervisory or management experience.

Responsibilities

• Oversee Texas Adoption Resource Exchange (TARE) recruitment activities to ensure timely registration, effective recruitment, matching, and increased permanency opportunities for children awaiting adoption.
• Monitor TARE recruitment outcomes, inquiries, matching activities, exchange participation, and child-specific recruitment efforts.
• Ensure recruitment practices are trauma-informed, culturally responsive, youth-centered, and aligned with each child’s strengths, preferences, and permanency goals.
• Provide oversight of CANS assessment services to ensure timely, high-quality assessments that inform permanency planning and service recommendations.
• Coordinate across permanency, adoption preparation, clinical, and placement support teams to strengthen family engagement, placement stability, child well-being, and permanency outcomes.
• Monitor key performance indicators related to family engagement, permanency, placement stability, service timeliness, assessment completion, recruitment, and child well-being.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Organization

Critical thinking

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Tools

Windows

Web-based systems

Job description

The role emphasizes trauma-informed, culturally responsive practices and data-driven decision-making. You will oversee performance, ensure quality services, and coach supervisors to build leadership capacity across the organization.