Child Placing Agency Adoption Specialist

Child Placing Agency Adoption Specialist

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

Education/Experience

- 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.

EOE