What are the responsibilities and job description for the Child Placing Agency Adoption Specialist position at DCCCA?
Essential Functions
- Tracks incoming adoption packets from the initial assignment to completion
- Follows up with CPA Specialists prior to the adoption assessment due date
- Attends home visits to help assess the family for adoption
- Helps collect and review documentation needed for adoptive family assessment
- Reviews and edits draft adoptive family assessments
- Completes adoptive family assessments for foster homes and adopt only families
- Invoices the adoptive family assessments when completed and submitted
- Researches websites for adopt only families to match children available for adoption
- Provides crisis/on call services and 24 hour, 7 days a week support to assigned families
- Maintains regular contact with supervisor
- Requires the ability to maintain strict confidentiality
- Job may require the employee to be able to regularly drive to various DCCCA locations and other business locations throughout the day including early morning or evening hours
- Other duties as assigned
- Requires a bachelor's degree in human services field
- Requires at least two years child welfare and/or family services experience with some adoption experience
- Requires a Class C driver's license, reliable personal transportation and current automobile insurance.
- Requires approval by DCCCA's auto insurance provider to drive company and personal vehicles on DCCCA business.