Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition
The Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition strives to create permanency in foster children’s lives by recruiting and supporting foster and adoptive families in the metropolitan St. Louis region. Our vision is for a community that embraces its most vulnerable members, ensuring that each child in foster care has an opportunity for a healthy, successful life by providing: safe, nurturing homes, and; a support system for foster and adoptive families as they fulfill the physical, mental, and emotional needs of the children in their care.
30 Days to Family® is a short term intervention to expand efforts to find safe, appropriate relative supports for children entering foster care. One goal of the program is to assist in meeting the 2008 Fostering Connections to Success and Increasing Adoptions Act’s 30-day standard of notifying a child’s adult relatives of their option to participate in the care and placement of the child. Follow the link for more program details www.foster-adopt.org/employment/
The Coalition hires individuals:
- Passionate about serving foster/adopted youth and families
- Confident enough to work independently, while knowing when to reach out for help
- With the highest level of integrity when working both in the office and in the field
Candidates must have:
- a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Service or related field
- experience using a variety of investigative tools and interview techniques to locate and engage individuals
- knowledge of the child welfare system
- excellent written and verbal communication skills
- competence in working with the diverse cultures of the metropolitan population
- strong interview skills that establishes comfortable and confident engagement of individuals while gathering pertinent information
- skill in navigating various search sites including internet and public records
- working relationships with outside agencies, i.e. Police Departments, Courts, and Social Services
- confidence to be a self-starter and work successfully with little oversight
- ability to use various software packages, fax and copy machine, and cell phone
- valid driver’s license and insured vehicle
Please read the complete job description on-line before sending your resume and cover letter to Jo Anne Zarky at joannezarky@foster-adopt.org. Applications without a well-written, thoughtful cover letter stating your passion and qualification for serving our population will not be considered.
The Foster & Adoptive Care Coalition is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
