Annual Salary: $72,000/yr Position Summary: The Circuit 9 Director of Adoption and Guardianship Assistance Program (GAP) lead, guides and directs Adoption and GAP operations in Orange and Osceola Counties, ensuring strategic planning to achieve systematic improvement and efficiency. This position provides oversight and support to Family Partnerships of Central Florida’s Adoption Team to achieve performance improvement, ensure compliance with contractual and regulatory requirements, and monitors outcomes and targets and deliverables in timely permanency. This position directly supervises the GAP Specialist and participates in quality assurance and continuous quality improvement activities to ensure effective service provision and improved outcomes for children and families. This position ensures evidence-based, evidence-informed, promising, and innovative practices in providing pre and post-adoptive support and participates in the 3rd tier on call rotation. The Circuit 9 Director of Adoption and GAP reports to the Case Management and Permanency Administrator. Technical/Functional Expectations: Recruitment of Unmatched Children: Oversight of Family-Match to match children with adoptive families and bridge any gaps between recruitment and placement to improve unmatched children with prospective adoption families. Oversight of Recruitment of Special Needs Children and Wendy’s Wonderful Kids Team: Guides WWK Recruiters to increase adoptions from foster care with a focus primarily on older children, children with mental health needs, as well as children who are part of sibling groups, and children with special needs. Adoption Subsidy and Enhanced Subsidy Request: Reviews and approves adoption home studies and subsidy requests and submits to Information and Eligibility Team for approval. Reviews enhanced subsidy requests, submits to DCF for consideration following agency internal review. Adoption Assistance Review Committee (AARC): Leads AARC meetings to provide consultation and assistance to adoption staff on any child-specific adoptive home study recommended for denial, or adoptive situations which present challenges. Facilitate Pre and Post Adoption Review Meetings: Facilitate monthly pre and post adoption review meetings to identify any challenges/ barriers in the adoption finalization process and devise a plan of action through cadence of accountability. Annual Adoption Activities: Ensure agency’s annual adoption targets are met/exceeded and complete Maintenance Adoption Subsidy (MAS) projections. Support inquiries on Extended MAS, MAS or any AFCAR errors and devise a plan for corrections accordingly. Participate and help guide and support efforts in agency Annual Adoption Celebration. GAP Initial and Re-determination: Ensures f amilies meet eligibility criteria for GAP, access benefits initially and ongoing without any lapses. Revi ews and approves all GAP and EGAP eligibility to include enhanced requests. Reviews and approves all bi-annual and annual redetermination for GAP and EGAP families. Data Collection/Analysis -Collects and aggregates data to evaluate trends, gaps, system performance, and diagnose areas where improvement is indicated. Recommends courses of action to improve processes, systems, and results. Non-concur Staffing : Participate in the Non-Concur staffing’s. Other duties as required: Job performance requires fulfilling other incidental or related duties as assigned, assisting, and training others, and performing duties of higher rated positions from time to time for developmental purposes. Behavioral Competencies: Influence: Able to positively change opinions and actions of others in a desired direction; present information in a persuasive manner; clarify information to gain understanding and buy-in. Develop Relationships: Able to relate with others while building credibility and rapport; give personal support and reassurance; put others at ease; build cooperative relationships. Responsiveness: Able to take action to meet the needs of others; respond to solve problems; minimize delays or problems with little or no supervision. Trust and Respect: Able to demonstrate respect and treat others in an honest and straightforward manner; keep dealings with others confidential; keep word and follow through on commitments. Customer Service: Able to anticipate and respond to customer's needs, concerns, or questions to meet or exceed their expectations; help evaluate needs and options; show care and concern to demonstrate customer importance and value. Innovation: Able to generate new processes, or solutions; create unique solutions to problems. Express fresh insights or innovations regularly; think outside of existing paradigms. Sensitivity: Work effectively with and show sensitivity to cultural differences and various socio-economic backgrounds of others. Ethics: Adhere to and model principles and values of Agency and System of Care by being strength-based, solution-focused, maintains the highest level of integrity and ethical standards and collaborate with employees, partners, stakeholders, and clients in all interactions. Business Experience: Collaborative and solution-focused style: A collaborative and solution-focused approach is essential to effectively communicate and address family needs and adherence to the model. Strong verbal and written communication skills: Demonstrated communication skills are essential to provide effective feedback and coaching on the process and to provide technical assistance to other organizations and communities. Superior organizational skills: Strong organizational skills are required to prioritize and adjust schedule to meet the needs of families and/or other organizations or communities. Valid Driver's License - Essential: A valid driver's license is required. Strong Computer Skills: Strong computer skills are required to create reports, presentations, graphs, spreadsheets, and other documentation. Project Management: Project management is required to meet and sustain performance goals. Educational and Experience Requirements: MA/MS – master’s degree or equivalent required in human services related field. LMHC/ LCSW preferred 5 years Management/Leadership experience required. 8 years’ Child Welfare experience required. Physical Requirements: 1. Lifting 20 pounds 2. Carrying 20 pounds 3. Grasping 4. Reaching 5. Sitting 6. Standing 7. Stooping / Crouching 8. Bending 9. Near Acuity 10. Reading 11. Speaking 12. Listening 13. Typing 14. Writing Family Partnerships of Central Florida is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. These employers also maintain Drug-Free Workplaces. Requests for Auxiliary Aids for Hearing Impaired or Limited English Proficiency Candidates may be made with a minimum of five (5) days notice to C. Hernandez at (321) 752-4650.