Child Specific Recruiter - (Asheville, NC)

DESCRIPTION PURPOSE Responsible for outreach, education, and recruitment efforts regarding a specific, identified caseload of children awaiting adoption and potential adoptive families. DUTIES AREA OF RESPONSIBILITY Demonstrate a working expertise of the local child welfare system including adoptions Establish personal relationships with referred children and assist them in honoring the past, present and future through child readiness activities Maintain collaborative relationships with social workers, case managers, therapists, CHS Permanency staff and other members of case management teams Articulate Child Focused Recruitment and understand the difference between General Recruitment, Child Specific Recruitment, and Targeted Recruitment as demonstrated in the implementation of Recruitment Services Develop and implement a child-focused (custom) adoption recruitment plan for each child Demonstrate advocacy through recruitment efforts; responds to barriers as opportunities