Wendys Wonderful Kids child welfare recruiter

About the

Organization:

The Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.) is a national leader in mental health services for the adoption, foster, and kinship care community. We envision a world where every child and family connected to adoption, foster, and kinship care thrives, embracing our individual and collective diversity. We improve the well-being and permanence of children and their families by delivering adoption-competent mental health services, training a national network of professionals, and informing the field through research and advocacy. We work nationally to build the capacity of States, Tribes, and territories to create competent systems and service arrays and improve access to those services. For over 25 years, C.A.S.E. has combined best practices and innovation to provide specialized individual and family therapy, psychiatric services and support groups, education, and training. We have become a local, national, and international resource for adoptive, kinship, and foster families and the professionals who support them. C.A.S.E. set out in 2021 on a new strategic direction to grow our clinical and training programs into our Academy for Elevating Clinical Practice in Permanency. It is an exciting time as we grow our evidence-based, adoption-competent clinical model and our accredited, award-winning training programs nationwide. C.A.S.E has an annual budget of $14M and a staff of 70+ employees. About the

Position:

The Wendy's Wonderful Kids (WWK) Recruiter position is supported through a signature program of the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption. Using a child-focused recruitment model, the WWK Recruiter will connect youth in foster care in Virginia to permanency by implementing and coordinating effective recruitment, matching and support services for a caseload of 12-15 youth in active recruitment status. The recruiter will use the evidence-based, child-focused recruitment model to identify legally permanent resources for youth in the county's permanent custody or APPLA status. This position requires willingness and ability to work outside normal business hours with considerable flexibility with scheduling and travel. To perform the essential functions of the job, the WWK Recruiter must be able to use their personal automobile, have a valid driver's license and registration in Virginia, and automobile liability insurance. This position requires the candidate to reside in the Northern region of Virginia, to include Frederick/Winchester, Clark County, Loudoun County, Warren County, Shenandoah County, Falls Church/Arlington/Fairfax/Alexandria, Fairfax County, Fauquier County, Manassas/Manassas Park, Prince William County, Page County, Rappahannock County, Culpeper County, Stafford County, King George County, Spotsylvania County, Fredericksburg, Rockingham/Harrisonburg, Greene County, Orange County, or Louisa County.

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Virginia The position requires the recruiter to: 1. Utilize internet search tools to identify resources within the youth's network 2. Commit to being highly responsive to communications from county agencies and families regarding a wide array of inquiries. 3. Maintain accurate files and ensure all documentation is completed in a timely and accurate manner. This includes a thorough review of the case record and development and maintenance of a child-focused recruitment plan. 4. Ensure all contact notes are complete, up to date, and accurate. 5. Meet with youth monthly face-to-face. 6. Maintain monthly contact with county case workers assigned to cases. 7. Meet with family members and supportive connections to discuss the progress of locating permanent resources for the youth 8. Attend case coordination and treatment team meetings regularly. 9. Work with child welfare and other professionals involved with the child's case for informational and planning purposes and to support recruitment efforts. 10. Conduct diligent search for biological family members, friends, and other previous connections who may be resources for the youth using internet search tools. 11. Once matched, work with the caseworker, youth and the permanency resource to ensure pre-placement visits are implemented 12. Assist with the development and coordination of the transition plan with the youth and matched family. Work with the youth and family during the transition process to assist with placement support 13. Work in conjunction with the case worker to ensure progress toward legal permanency. 14. Attend educational opportunities provided by the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption including but not limited to: WWK classroom training virtually and in Ohio, database training, webinars, and the annual Wendy's Wonderful Kids Summit hosted by the Dave Thomas Foundation for Adoption in Ohio. 15. Submit monthly data in the WWK database 16. Meet annual match and adoption goals set by the Dave Thomas Foundation. 17. Support children and families once matched to help ensure stability of placement and finalization. 18. Refer children and families as appropriate to services in the community and within

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Attend and actively participate in a variety of internal and/or external meetings, committees and/or events which may not be job related, but are related to the agency's clients, mission, and/or its employees, such as but not limited to, participation on staff committees, All Staff Meetings, the KAN conference for families, annual employee meetings and retreats, ad-hoc benefits meetings, or any other agency-wide effort. 20. Perform other related duties as may be required.