Adoption Specialist

Job description

Buckner Children and Family Services Community: Foster Care & Adoption Location: Dallas TX - Hybrid Address: 5310 S. Buckner Blvd. Dallas, TX, 75227 Job Schedule: Full-Time We are seeking an Adoption Specialist to join our Foster Care & Adoption team in Dallas, TX. The Adoption Specialist serves in a strategic function at Buckner Children and Family Services is responsible for facilitating the placement and adoption of children in the care of TDFPS statewide (Waiting Texas Children) as well as Domestic Infant Adoption. Establish and build supportive and nurturing relationships with clients; Provide therapeutic services to the child and adoptive parents, before, during and after the adoption; provides services as prescribed by licensing standards and Texas law. Join our team and shine hope in the lives of others! What you'll do: - Accept inquiry calls, provide information and complete an initial screening on prospective adoptive parents for both the DIA and WTC programs. - Obtain, review, screen and update pertinent information about Buckner WTC families desiring to adopt children in the guardianship of TDFPS. - Obtain, review, screen and update pertinent information about Buckner D...