Adoption Case Manager

Eckerd Kids

(Tampa, Florida)
Full Time Travel Required
Job Posting Details
About Eckerd Kids
Welcome to Eckerd Kids – one of the largest nonprofit child and family service organizations in the United States. We are an established national leader that has given much needed second chances to more than 168,000 children since 1968. Founded by Jack and Ruth Eckerd, our organization provides life-changing child welfare, juvenile justice, behavioral health, and workforce development programs to over 25,000 children and families annually.
Summary
Provide Adoption Support Services to direct case management in order to facilitate the successful adoption of eligible children in ECA/ DCF care.
Responsibilities
* Participate in staff development opportunities and maintains child welfare certification through on-going training. * Finalize a minimum requirement of adoptions set each fiscal year for children who are available for adoption. * Register eligible children on the Adoption Exchange within 30 days of termination of parental rights and update as necessary. * Provide information to the Revenue Maximization unit for Title IV-E and Medicaid Eligibility. * Coordinate fingerprinting and criminal and CSA/FAHIS background checks on potential adoptive families in accordance with the requirements and timeframes outlined in F.A.C. 65C-16. * Complete Preliminary and the final investigative adoptive home studies for non-relatives placements, relative placements, and foster home placements on jurisdictional and non-jurisdictional cases. * Complete and organize all documents required for the maintenance adoption subsidy file. * Perform a comprehensive child study within ninety 90 days of intake for each child referred. * Coordinate associated legal services necessary for the adoption of eligible children to occur. * Complete Adoption Assistance Agreement, Memo of Agreement and Consent for Adoption forms. * Monitor post-placement supervision provided by case manager, and assist in deciding whether to continue supervision period or issue consent to adopt. * Analyze demographic data of the waiting children and plans community awareness events to increase knowledge of the needs of children waiting for adoption. Works with community partners to locate forever families for children with unidentified families. * Plan activities designed for targeted recruitment of potential adoptive parents for identified children. * Assist in facilitating mandated informational/orientation meetings which must be held at a minimum of every three months and insure that videos and photos of the waiting children are presented. * Assist in the development of the annual recruitment plan mandated by law that must be representative of the needs of waiting children, Administrative Code 65C-16.004. * Assist in developing child-specific recruitment plans for waiting children with an emphasis on the children who have been waiting longer than 6 months post termination of parental rights. Facilitate staffing for the longest waiting children to identify permanency for children in care. * Assist in the preparation and presentation of unidentified children by facilitating bi-monthly staffing with each Adoptive Family Recruiter and Wendy’s Wonderful Kids. The staffing would include, but not limited to information regarding Independent Living staffing outcomes to assess appropriate goal status, monitor photo listings, videotaping and coordination of recruitment events. * Ensure videos and photos of all current waiting children are presented during Professional Parenting Training classes and during appropriate community events. * Monitor progress toward adoption for children registered on the statewide exchange. Add children to the regional and national exchanges. * Assist in adoption process overview training to ECA case managers, if needed. * Provide technical adoption assistance to ECA staff during the permanency planning process. * Communicate on at least a bi-monthly basis with the ECA case manager and/or case manager supervisor to assess progress towards adoption and provide status updates. * Attend Judicial Reviews, Case Management Conference Hearings and any other court hearings for children who have a goal of adoption when issues arise or as needed. * Staff cases at least quarterly with the supervisor or designee to satisfy Adoption Rule 65C-16. * Develop and complete any assessments/reports on the progress of the adoption process. * Accurately complete case notes on a continual basis which are factual, up to date and descriptive. All case notes are entered into FSFN according to Department Policy and Administrative Code. * Track the process of the termination of parental rights cases to determine children that are in identified placements. * Establish and maintain relationship with children and families including awareness of and attention to achievement of permanency, satisfaction with services, and overall safety of children. * Review and assess the adoptive family’s progress made toward achieving the case plan goal of adoption. * Attend individual staffings. * Complete enhanced subsidy requests, sibling separation staffing referrals and adoption applicant review referrals. * Negotiate subsidy agreements with adoptive parents.
Ideal Candidate
* Education – Bachelor’s Degree, from an accredited College or University, in a human services related field. * Experience – Two or more years of experience working in Case Management. Current Child Welfare Credentials, adoption and recruitment/experience, preferred. * Skills - Ability to work well with youth, families, staff and agencies. Ability to work independently and utilize initiative, ability to be organized and to meet deadlines. Ability to maintain confidentiality of sensitive data. Effective verbal and written communication skills. Good organizational skills. Computer experience in a Windows environment, Microsoft Office (Excel, WORD), ability to learn and utilize other software programs. * Physical Demands – Ability to sit at desk for long periods of time, and tolerate extended periods of data entry. Must be free of communicable diseases as required by the state and to the extent that knowledge is attainable under the law. Ability to work flexible hours. * Travel - Must be able to meet requirements for Eckerd’s Auto Insurance and be able to drive for business purposes. Must maintain an appropriate and valid state driver’s license.
Compensation and Working Conditions

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Job Type : Full-time (30+ hours) Schedule : Monday-Friday

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