Employment at Lifetime Adoption

Available Position – Adoption Coordinator

• Are you passionate about making a difference in the lives of others?
• Have you previously worked in the field of adoption, foster care or social work?
• Are you ready to embrace a position working for an established adoption agency?

If you answered yes, we would love to learn more about you! Our mission is to provide compassionate adoption help reflecting Christian values, building families through modern open adoption, and supporting women as they consider their pregnancy options, navigating their personal adoption choices.

We have an open position for an Adoption Coordinator, responsible for providing service and support to potential Birth Families and contracted Adoptive families, coordinating adoption matches through placement.

The job duties include:

• Assist in ensuring continuity of service to both birth mothers and families.
• Serve as a prospective birth mother’s first point of contact and continue as the contracted adoptive families’ primary contact person after matching and through the adoption process.
• Facilitate and process initial intakes, review applications, and conduct phone conferences.
• Ensure all adoption qualification documentation is current and available.
• Ensure all training and educational resources are completed and available.
• Maintain files and database (document all conversations & contacts) following Lifetime’s procedures and state guidelines.
• Maintain regular contact, oversee & manage the adoption process (ensuring successful selection), facilitate needs during the match period such as providing referrals for counseling, obtaining medical records and other necessary documentation, and ensuring disclosure is understood and that all parties are informed.
• Meet in person with potential clients, hospital social workers, medical professionals, and attorneys as needed.
• Stay abreast of trends, technologies, and methods in adoption process management through training and review of literature.
• Complete 24 hours of adoption education per year per Lifetime’s procedures and state guidelines.

Qualifications include:

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Counseling, Social Work, or related human service field.
• A minimum of 2 years related experience.
• Ability to assist with after-hours on-call phone rotation.
• Able to respond to change productively and effectively perform other essential tasks as assigned.
• Optional: Bi-lingual in Spanish

Lifetime Adoption was founded in 1986 and we are excited to meet potential candidates. We have a solid staff, many of whom have been with us for decades, and we are eager to grow our team as we grow our services.

Our core values are:

TEAMWORK:

We support each other. As a team, we bring unique strengths that together create seamless support for the families we have the blessing to serve. We share encouragement, experience and guidance to work together toward our mission, with confidence and trust in each other’s capabilities and intentions.

EXCELLENCE:

We pursue excellence in everything. We strive to do our best with what matters most, asking for help when needed, and ensuring that our clients are always the highest priority. We accept personal accountability to meet our responsibilities, improve our systems and help each other improve our effectiveness.

SERVANT’S HEART:

We are compassionate and kind to everyone we come in contact with. We work to serve others faithfully with a servant’s heart. We strive to build personal relationships, respecting each other as well as our clients, and treat them as we want to be treated.

EMPOWERMENT:

We believe that people make the best decisions when they are empowered and educated to do so. While we constantly work to grow our own knowledge and experience, we are also committed to ensuring that pregnant women today fully understand their choices in modern adoption.

If this aligns with what you are seeking, please provide your resume along with a cover letter, explaining your relevant experience and what drew you to apply. We look forward to hearing from you!

Please submit resume and letter of interest to be considered.

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