Antioch Adoptions is actively seeking qualified candidates for three positions:
- Regional Director
- Program Manager
- Foster Care Adoption Case Manager
Send cover letter and resume to foreverfamily@antiochadoptions.org.
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Regional Director
Antioch Adoptions is a faith based non-profit foster to adopt ministry with the mission of placing infants and foster to adopt children into loving Christian adoptive homes. Antioch Adoptions also provides private adoption of children of unplanned pregnancies in support of birth mothers and fathers. The Regional Director (RD) reports to the Executive Director. The regional director oversees daily operations of the entire local agency team and program, supervises staff, and facilitates the provision of program development, training, and necessary departmental budgets. The RD also engages and builds the relationship between the agency and DCYF, other community groups, supporters (financial and logistical) of the agency, and most importantly the families we serve. This individual works closely with our program managers to assure a safe home placement for children which meet legal and agency standards, as well as assure timely and accurate communication between the families, DCYF and Antioch Adoptions.
Position Responsibilities (Team Supervision)
- Manage development of agency and regional operations through goals, progress tracking, performance and regular reviews of agency efficacy.
- Recruit and hire necessary staff with approval from Executive Director, as well as train and hold team accountable to consistent performance standards. Address performance concerns and give support as needed to raise performance levels.
- Report to Executive Director monthly activity of staff. Document and discuss team progress and review program goals. Ensure families are moving through the process effectively and children are being actively recruited for waiting families.
- Build and develop relationship between Antioch Adoptions and DCYF, primarily through the program management team.
- Lead weekly staff meetings, discuss progress, review goals, and staff complicated issues as needed.
- Ensure proper documentation based on state WAC requirements and agency procedures.
- Available & capable to conduct regular state mandated audits of the agency by DCYF.
Qualifications of a Regional Director or Administrator (Agency Leadership)
A director or administrator must be available telephonically during business (and after) hours and meets the qualification to:
- Manage the financial and administrative operations of the program
- Comply with the licensing rules by providing for the health and safety of the children in the agency's care
- Effectively communicate to the department the roles (or thru Executive Director), expectations, and purposes of the program
- Assume responsibility for safety of children in our agency; and
- Work with representatives of other agencies.
- An regional director or administrator must have:
- Appropriate education relevant to the specific program; and
- Four years of successful experience with similar duties and responsibilities for the administrative oversight, program and fiscal management of an agency.
Job Responsibilities (Per Executive Director Discretion)
- Responsible for regional strategic planning, ministry goals and visionary ideas
- Responsible for ministry growth, expansion plan and satellite churches
- Create relationships with churches, companies, foundations, grant funding providers, and more
- Oversee all regional staff including hiring and firing
- Available for regional board development, management, and Board/Employee partnerships
- Create Fundraising events to cultivate new donors and sponsors
- Marketing Antioch Adoptions both locally and nationally where required
- Networking with other organizations to support Antioch Adoptions’ goals
- Develop community awareness and support
- Create, implement and adhere to budget with annual Board approval
- Communicate with Antioch Bible Church through Adoption ministry pastor
- Follow all Antioch Adoptions Policies and Procedures as outlined
- Meet with regional Antioch Adoptions Board of Directors to review goals and progress
Essential Skills and Experience
- Minimum Degree Level: B.A. in related field (or M.B.A. added bonus), and 3-5 years of management experience and foster care adoption related experience. Ability to effectively manage a team and meet organization performance requirements. Must be able to prioritize work in order to meet deadlines while addressing day to day interruptions. Effective communicator with employees, families, and partners in the community. Must be able to develop and maintain positive working relationships with all employees of Antioch Adoptions.
- Personal and actively growing knowledge of Jesus Christ
- Computer literate in Microsoft Office software (MSWord, MSExcel, and MSOutlook)
Minimum Qualifications
- Minimum Degree Level: B.A. in Business Administration, or Human Services, Social Work, Psychology or other related field. A B.S. or B.A in related field and extensive (10 or more years) work experience may be substituted for required level education.
- 3-5 years of experience in management as well as adoption social work, family services or related field
- Computer literate in Microsoft Office software (MSWord, MSExcel, and MS Outlook)
Complexity
- Working with families in stress due to changes in their family make-up
- Manage personal safe care while working with families and children in grief and conflict. Maintain a conservative, professional appearance and carry yourself in a way (inside and outside of work) that reflects well on the ministry’s core Christian values.
Supervision
Regional Management team and Staff responsible for the operation and clinical side of adoption work such as case managers, placement coordinators, family development coordinators, marketing, and others who will be working directly with fundraising & operations, families, social workers, and children in the adoption process.
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Program Manager
Job description
Antioch Adoptions is a faith based non-profit foster to adopt & private adoption ministry with the mission of placing infants and children into loving Christian adoptive homes. Antioch Adoptions also provides private adoption of children of unplanned pregnancies in support of birth mothers and fathers. The Program Manager (PM) reports to the Executive Director. The program manager oversees daily operations of the case management team and program, supervises staff, and provides program development, training, and necessary departmental budgets. The PM also engages and builds the relationship between the agency and DCYF. This individual works closely with our case managers to assure a safe home placement for children, write court report documents related to adoption that meet legal and agency standards, as well as assure timely and accurate communication between the families, DCYF and Antioch Adoptions. The PM also provides counseling to birth parents and adoptive families as needed.
Position Responsibilities:
Supervision:
- Manage development of program through goals, progress tracking, performance and regular reviews of program efficacy.
- Recruit and hire case management team members with approval from Executive Director, as well as train and hold team accountable to consistent performance standards. Address performance concerns and give support as needed to raise performance levels.
- Report to Executive Director monthly activity of case management team. Document and discuss team progress and review program goals. Ensure families are moving through the process effectively and children are being actively recruited for waiting families.
- Build and develop relationship between Antioch Adoptions and DCYF.
- Lead weekly case management staff meetings, discuss progress, review goals, and staff complicated issues as needed.
- Ensure proper documentation based on state WAC requirements and agency procedures.
- Manage selection of adoptive families, and counseling. Delegate as needed to case management team.
- Supervise and be able to personally perform all requirements of case managers as described below:
Pre-Placement Services: Case management
- Interviewing, evaluating and preparing applicant families for readiness to be adoptive families
- Counseling families as needed on issues pertinent to becoming inter-cultural or trans-racial families, special needs issues, motivation to adopt, and other pertinent issues as they arise. Topics should include the dynamics of change within the family unit, and other issues that arise when adding new members to existing families.
- Verifying and certifying that the following material has been discussed with each family:
- The concept of adoption as a lifelong developmental process and commitment;
- The potential for the child to have feelings of identity, confusion and loss regarding separation from the birth parents;
- Disclosure of the adoption to the child;
- The child's possible questions about birth parents and relatives; as well the relevance of the child's racial, ethnic and cultural heritage.
- Providing Antioch Adoptions with a completed home study containing all relevant information and a recommendation of the family as outlined in the policies and procedures. Format for home study record will be provided.
- Foster license families according to WAC standards.
- Attending scheduled staffing meetings, at which you must discuss any pre-placement adoption issues that present you with a cause for concern or require consultation.
- Reports to Executive Director and performs services according to the policies and procedures of Antioch Adoptions.
Post Placement Services: Case management
- Providing post-placement supervision of families as required, with monthly health and safety visits.
- Visits will continue as needed to support, assist and evaluate child and family integration, and incorporation. A minimum of one monthly visit is required through finalization.
- Written reports will be produced as needed and visits summarized in case notes.
- CPS referrals or incident reports will be reported immediately to Children Administration.
- Adoption support subsidy will be facilitated and application submitted.
- After the final visit, the social worker will prepare an appropriate post-placement report and facilitate the compilation of the documents needing to be submitted for use in court at adoption finalization.
- Attending scheduled staffing, at which you must discuss any post-placement pre-adoption issues that present you with a cause for concern or require consultation.
- Reports to Executive Director and performs services according to the policies and procedures of Antioch Adoptions.
- Performs all duties and responsibilities as required by Antioch Adoptions policies and procedures
- Perform all other duties as needed or requested.
Essential Skills and Experience:
- Minimum Degree Level: M.A. in related field or M.S.W., and 3-5 years of management experience and foster care adoption related experience. Ability to effectively manage a team and meet organization performance requirements. Must be able to prioritize work in order to meet deadlines while addressing day to day interruptions. Effective communicator with employees, families, and partners in the community. Must be able to develop and maintain positive working relationships with all employees of Antioch Adoptions.
- Personal knowledge of Jesus Christ
- Computer literate in Microsoft Office software (MSWord, MSExcel, and MSOutlook)
Minimum Qualifications:
- Minimum Degree Level: M.S.W. or M.A. in Human Services, Social Work, Psychology or other related field. A B.S. or B.A in related field and extensive (10 or more years) work experience may be substituted for master’s level education.
- 3-5 years of experience in management as well as adoption social work, family services or related field
- Computer literate in Microsoft Office software (MSWord, MSExcel, and MS Outlook)
Complexity: of what
- Working with families in stress due to changes in their family make-up
- Manage personal safe care while working with families and children in grief and conflict. Maintain a conservative, professional appearance and carry yourself in a way (inside and outside of work) that reflects well on the ministry’s core Christian values.
Supervision: of whom
Case Management team responsible for the clinical side of adoption work such as case managers, placement coordinators, family development coordinators, and others who will be working directly with families, social workers, and children in the adoption process.
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: $60,000.00 - $80,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
8 hour shift; Monday to Friday
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Foster Care Adoption Case Manager
Job Description
Antioch Adoptions is a faith based non-profit foster to adopt ministry with the mission of placing infants and foster to adopt children into loving Christian adoptive homes. The Case Manager works closely with our program manager to assure a safe home placement for children, write court report documents related to adoption that meet legal and agency standards, as well as assure timely and accurate communication between the families, DCYF, and Antioch Adoptions. This position will ensure compliance with Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF) requirements, investigate licensing complaints and assist in the recruitment and retention of foster homes.
Position Responsibilities:
Pre-Placement Services:
- Counseling families as needed on issues pertinent to becoming inter-cultural or trans-racial families, special needs issues, motivation to adopt, and other pertinent issues as they arise. Topics should include the dynamics of change within the family unit, and other issues that arise when adding new members to existing families.
- Verifying and certifying that the following material has been discussed with each family.
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- The concept of adoption as a lifelong developmental process and commitment;
- The potential for the child to have feelings of identity, confusion and loss regarding separation from the birth parents
- Disclosure of the adoption to the child
- The child's possible questions about birth parents and relatives
- The relevance of the child's racial, ethnic and cultural heritage.
- Providing Antioch Adoptions with a completed home study containing all relevant information and a recommendation of the family as outlined in the policies and procedures. Format for home study record will be provided.
- Attending scheduled staffing meetings, at which you must discuss any pre-placement adoption issues that present you with a cause for concern or require consultation.
- Foster licensing of families according to the WACS
- Reports to Program Manager and performs services according to the policies and procedures of Antioch Adoptions.
Post Placements Case Management:
- Providing post-placement supervision of families as required, monthly health and safety visits until finalization.
- Visits will continue as needed to support, assist and evaluate child and family integration, and incorporation.
- Written reports will be produced as needed and visits summarized in case notes.
- CPS referrals or incident reports will be reported immediately to Children Administration.
- Adoption support subsidy will be facilitated and application submitted.
- After the final visit, prepare an appropriate post-placement report.
- Attending scheduled staffing, at which you must discuss any post-placement pre-adoption issues that present you with a cause for concern or require consultation.
- Reports to Program Manager and performs services according to the policies and procedures of Antioch Adoptions. Performs all duties and responsibilities as required by Antioch Adoptions policies and procedures. Perform all other duties as needed or requested.
Essential Skills and Experience:
- Minimum Degree Level: B.A. or B.S. in Human Services, Social Work, Psychology or other related field from an accredited college or university. MSW or MA preferred.
- Ability to successfully assess a family’s stability and ability to adopt through the use of assessment tools such as the homestudy process, interviews, home visits, etc.
- Personal knowledge of Jesus Christ
- Computer literate in Microsoft Office software (MSWord, MSExcel, MSOutlook)
Minimum Qualifications:
- Minimum Degree Level: B.A. or B.S. in Human Services, Social Work, Psychology or other related field from an accredited college or university. MSW or MA preferred.
- Two years of experience in foster care adoption and social work, family services or related field
- Knowledge and experience with foster care licensing
- Demonstrate ability to organize, plan and follow through with job responsibilities and assigned task in a professional manner.
- Drive to homes within assigned geographical area
- Willing to work evenings and weekends in order to meet the families who are unable to meet during regular working hours or attend recruitment events/presentations.
Complexity:
- Working with families in crisis and/or stress due to changes in their family make-up
- Manage personal safe care while working with families and children in grief and conflict
Physical Guidelines : physical requirements and exertion of job
- Able to provide own transportation
- Adequately mobile to enter and depart family homes regardless of accessibility
Job Type: Part-time
Job Types: Full-time, Part-time
Salary: $17.00 - $23.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Flexible schedule
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Parental leave
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
Education:
- Bachelor (Required)
Experience:
- Child welfare: 2 years (Required)
License/Certification:
- Driver License (Required)
Work Location: One location
