Position Description:

This part time position is responsible to recruit and build supportive and nurturing relationships with adoptive families. This position also provides case management for residents of Madonna House. This person will be responsible for processing and maintaining aspects of pregnancy and adoption files. Schedule will be primarily evenings and some weekends up to 29 hours weekly.

Key Tasks

Adoptive Family tasks:
- Recruit adoptive families, accept incoming calls and internet inquiries, and screen adoptive couples
- Provide training for new adoptive and current adoptive and foster care families
- Able to conduct Adoption and Foster Care Home Studies
- Input client information into ETO, client information database
- Work with the Social Worker that will complete the Adoption Home Study and or Post Placement Reports
- Complete and distribute monthly census and reports
- Maintain adoptive family files, record all interactions
- Meet standards to conduct an Adoption Home Study to comply with licensing and state laws
- Coordinate, train and provide follow up services for volunteers. Coordinate volunteer activities
- Maintain adoptive family support group
- Maintain any certification or licensing standards
- Assist with or provide transportation of clients
- Participate in in-service training and staff meetings
- Maintain compliance with all of CC policies, procedures and requirements, state and federal laws, and agency guidelines and regulatory guidelines

Madonna House Tasks:
- Accept incoming calls, walk-ins and conduct intake screening
- Works cooperatively with other agency staff, referral sources and community resources to obtain and coordinate client care
- Provide case management and evaluations of residents
- Promote positive life skills and nutrition
- Assist in the development of training for residents, volunteers and staff
- Develop long and short term care goals and plans with the residents
- Documents and maintains resident files, records all interactions
- Attends treatment team staffing; invites collaborative caseworkers and others to attend staff meetings meetings
- Provide crisis management and demonstrates ability to intervene with resident conflict- Meet with support system of resident
- Refer to family and individual counseling, community and educational resources
- Input information into ETO database, client information system
- Consult with supervisor on specific needs of resident
- Coordinate, train and provide follow up services for volunteers

Key Skills

- Able to articulate Catholic teaching
- Bachelor’s degree required; involves ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts and draw conclusions dealing with abstract variables. Experience preferred, not required
- Able to recognize differences in sound such as noises/voices that are loud and playful instead of angry and combative; able to differentiate and intervene as needed
- Able to work with moderate supervision with awareness that error may have serious consequences. Exercises patience, prayer, initiative and confidentiality
- Ability to drive assigned vehicle with appropriate state license, following all laws; must be able to be insured under Catholic Charities fleet insurance policy
- Excellent written and verbal communication
- Problem solving and decision making abilities
- Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks and responsibilities and meet deadlines
- Able to prepare and read data and figures, client records, reports, visual inspection involving small details - Computer literate including knowledge of PowerPoint, Word and Excel
- Sufficient health to properly discharge duties; employees shall not be permitted to work who have infectious disease or skin lesion, for the duration of the communicability

Key Attributes
- Commitment to the mission and vision of Catholic Charities
- Detailed and organized
- Self-motivated and self starter
- Attuned to meeting the client needs and ability to establish and maintain effective working relationship with other employees and the public
- Team player, and able to work on own initiative
- Professional and positive approach