Nexus-Kindred Family Healing has an exciting opportunity for a Child Focused Adoption Recruiter to join our team in the Twin Cities area.

If you’re looking for a place to use your expertise to help make a positive impact on youth and their families, look no further! We offer competitive compensation and excellent benefits, along with a company culture that’s second to none!

Position Summary:

The Wendy’s Wonderful Kids Recruiter will connect youth who wait for permanent homes with families who wish to adopt 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.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Process child referrals, gathering and providing helpful information regarding the adoption process.
• Build a trusting relationship with child referrals in order to better assess their readiness for adoption, identify and address any special needs, and help them through the adoption process.
• Create and implement a marketing plan for Nexus-Kindred/Wendy’s Wonderful Kids to develop and nurture adoption referral sources and to promote the agency to surrounding communities and resources.
• Build a network of the child’s treatment team, significant adults, and family members to better inform recruitment activities and build a strong support system to assist with the successful adoption process.
• Develop a recruitment plan and conduct a diligent search for potential adoptive families.

Education, Credentials and Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work (or related field) required
• Minimum of 1 year of experience in related human services youth and family community-based case work required
• Minimum of 2 years of child welfare experience with an emphasis in foster care adoption preferred
• Valid driver’s license required. Must meet state regulating agency and Corporate driving requirements
• Proven proficiency with various computer applications, including Microsoft Office products

Physical Demands:

• Must be able to travel up to 6 hours/day in a car and at times stay overnight (duration and frequency vary by contract and referral)
• Bending, twisting, and reaching conducive to an office and travel environment
• Must be able to perform public speaking on a regular basis
• Very infrequent lifting of no more than 30 pounds.

Benefits:
We provide competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, including: four weeks paid time off in the first year of employment, multiple options for health insurance coverage, holiday pay, as well as no-cost life insurance and short/long-term disability insurance, Talkspace mental health services and Carrot Fertility.

At Nexus Family Healing, we not only support diversity – we celebrate it and rely on it for the betterment of our employees, our services, and our impact on the community. We strive to provide the best quality care for our youth and the best work environment for our employees through an inclusive team culture. Nexus Family Healing is proud to be an equal opportunity, affirmative action employer.

Our Workplace Values:
At Nexus Family Healing, our ICARE shared values (Innovation, Compassion, Agility, Responsiveness, and Excellence) are the
foundation for our actions in the workplace. They define how we behave with each other, our clients, our partners, and our communities. Every interaction we have with each other will be met with understanding, kindness, and helpful action.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)