New Life Adoptions

Job Description

Adoption Social Worker

            Reports to: CPAAL (Child Placing Agency Administrator)

General Responsibilities: The Adoption Social Worker will oversee the adoption process for each New Life Adoption client participating in an adoption plan. 

            Specific Responsibilities of Director of Adoption Services:

• Perform any case management activities, including the assessment of birth families’ needs and assist in connecting with necessary resources.
• Provide pre-placement and post-placement counseling with birth families and adoptive families.
• Guide birth parents through the legal process and placement paperwork.
• Facilitate quarterly support groups for birth parents.
• Develop and update service plans for infants and birth parents.
• Stay abreast of Minimum Standards for Child Placing Agencies in Texas and appropriately apply and fulfill the legal and necessary requirements.
• Provide orientation to, assess, and approve foster and adoptive families through home screenings.
• Conduct quarterly foster home visits with foster families.
• Serve as a liaison between birth families and adoptive families in communicating before placement, at the hospital, and after placement.
• Coordinate with hospital social worker and nursing staff about the hospital’s process in navigating adoptive placements.
• Administer monthly post-placement supervision visits with adoptive families.
• Facilitate adoptive family and birth mother visits.
• Consult with agency attorney when necessary.
• Assist in planning and presenting Adoptive Family Seminars.
• Provide counseling for adoptee search and reunion when necessary.
• Recruit, train, supervise, and evaluate social work employees, depending on qualifications.
• Serve as a representative of NLA through speaking engagements, trainings, and networking.
• Perform other reasonable tasks relating to the mission of New Life as assigned by the CPAAL, the Executive Director, or Board of Directors.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work or other Human Services field, required
• Master’s Degree in Social Work, preferred
• One year of child placement experience, preferred
• Willingness to pursue Child Placing Agency Administrator License, if not currently held
• Computer proficiency
• Excellent organizational skills
• Ability to handle multiple tasks
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Pro-life/Pro-adoption
• Active member of a Christ centered, Bible-based church

About New Life Adoptions

New Life Adoptions Job DescriptionAdoption Social WorkerReports to: CPAAL (Child Placing Agency Administrator)General Responsibilities: The Adoption Social Worker will oversee the adoption process for each New Life Adoptions client participating in an adoption plan.

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