Permanency & Adoption Support Specialist

Auberle; McKeesport (Allegheny County); On-site; USD 23,000 - 32,000; Full time

Job summary

Auberle’s Foster Care program, located at the main McKeesport campus, serves Allegheny County and neighboring areas. The role involves gathering a child’s history in a single document, working with children to prepare for permanency, and creating scrapbooks to help process trauma and honor the past.

The position requires travel throughout the greater Pittsburgh area, may include evening hours, and requires Act 33/34 and FBI clearances.

Qualifications

• Act 33/34 and FBI Clearances.
• Bachelor's degree preferred; related experience “lived experience” may be accepted.
• Requires frequent travel throughout greater Pittsburgh Area, including transportation of young people, with use of all types of car seats.

Responsibilities

• Help children gather their history and maintain all the information possible about the child in one document.
• Engage with children to help them prepare for permanency.
• Create scrapbooks for the children to process trauma and honor the past.
• Provide extensive history and information to potential adoptive families.
• Educate families on ways to engage with their children and process the grief and loss as they get older.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Auberle’s Foster Care program, located at the main McKeesport campus, serves Allegheny County and neighboring areas. The role involves gathering a child’s history in a single document, working with children to prepare for permanency, and creating scrapbooks to help process trauma and honor the past.

The position requires travel throughout the greater Pittsburgh area, may include evening hours, and requires Act 33/34 and FBI clearances.