Child Welfare Supervisor-Licensing/Waiting Child Adoption

Join a dynamic, fast-paced, inclusive and supportive workplace focused on high quality services to children and families in our community.
Salary: $56,160 per year
Supportive Workplace 

Excellent Benefits

• Among the highest compensation of any agency in the area
• All staff paid hourly/overtime work receives overtime pay
• Training hours paid
• Additional $40/day for on-call duties
• Flexible workplace, hybrid remote/in-office duties after successful orientation period
• Comprehensive medical/vision; employee pays 20% of the premium monthly plus additional for spouse/dependents
• Dental benefits with employer contribution
• 11 paid holidays plus an extra day for your birthday and a floating holiday
• 14 - 24 paid days off, depending on length of service
• Mileage reimbursed at .655 cents
• Monthly phone stipend of $40
• 403(b) retirement plan with profit sharing contributions
• Cost of living pay increases annually; merit increases at time of evaluation
• Annual bonuses to staff as finances allow
• Short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance premiums paid in full by employer
• Employee assistance program

Your Development

· Licensure supervision for social workers

· Opportunities for growth and professional development, including between $500 - $1,000 reimbursement for training/CEU’s/tuition costs related to position

· Employer-provided monthly reflective supervision to support the complex needs of social services staff and supervisors in their work with children and families

Our Values

· Commitment to staff and clients of all backgrounds and identities 

· Emphasis on positive workplace culture and teamwork

· Ethical, non-coercive practices in adoption· Vocal advocates for social and political change benefiting children and families

· Recognized since 2011 by the Human Rights Campaign Foundation’s All Children, All Families program for supporting LGBTQ+ youth and families

Job Details

Hands Across The Water is a licensed, non-profit child placing agency.  The Child Welfare Supervisor – Waiting Child Adoption/Licensing is responsible for the day-to-day operations of Hands Across The Water’s waiting child adoption, foster home certification, foster home recruitment, and kinship navigator programs as assigned and for ensuring compliance of said programs with the applicable provisions of all governing rules. This position may maintain a caseload of waiting child adoption and/or foster home licensing cases based on full-time status, number of staff supervised and program needs. The Child Welfare Supervisor – Waiting Child Adoption/Licensing is responsible for supervising the Waiting Adoption/Licensing Specialist, Licensing Specialists, Recruitment and Retention Specialist, and Kinship Navigator. This position manages any foster home complaints, special evaluations directly or as assigned. The Child Welfare Supervisor – Waiting Child Adoption/Licensing is also responsible to 

develop, alongside the Recruitment and Retention Specialist, a plan for the recruitment and retention of the agency’s foster families, including overseeing, and participating in agency recruitment/retention activities. This position requires in-office, in-home, and outside of office work. The Child Welfare Supervisor – Waiting Child Adoption/Licensing will follow and uphold the agency’s Mission and Vision Statements.  

Hands Across The Water does not discriminate against an employee or applicant for employment with respect to hire, tenure, terms, conditions, or privileges of employment, or a matter directly or indirectly related to employment, because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, height, weight, marital status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, political beliefs or mental or physical disability. 

The Child Welfare Supervisor shall hold a master's degree from an accredited college or university in a human behavioral science or education and 3 years of experience in a child welfare agency, a child caring institution, or in an agency performing a child welfare function OR a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in a human behavioral science or education and 3 years of experience in a child welfare agency, a child caring institution, or in an agency performing a child welfare function.

Appropriate candidate for this position must have the ability to handle stress well, have the ability to be an active listener with good clinical observation and assessment skills, be flexible and able to handle change, be a team player yet able to work independently, able to multi-task, and maintain case responsibility and follow-through. Appropriate candidate must be able to supervise a staff of up to 5 workers as well as act as their mentor and positive role model. The Child Welfare Supervisor must demonstrate strong leadership skills, the ability to mediate conflict, and simultaneously advocate and problem-solve with their staff, program, and agency priorities in mind. Appropriate candidate must have the ability, experience, education, and training to perform the duties assigned.