Wendy’s Wonderful Kids (WWK) Recruiter

Arms Wide • Houston, TX

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Wendy’s Wonderful Kids (WWK) Recruiter at Arms Wide is responsible for maintaining a caseload of a minimum of 12 active youth and engaging in child-center focused recruitment on their behalf. This role involves building relationships with youth and actively pursuing the location of a permanent family for each child. A key strategy is to explore the child’s history and contact people with whom the child has a preexisting relationship (such as relatives, neighbors, mentors, teachers, pastors, etc.) who may become potential adoptive parents or sources of information to find a permanent home for that child. The goal is to find a family who the child already knows to increase their comfort and openness to adoption, thereby finding the right adoptive parents for a child.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, in related Human Services field preferred.
• Flexibility to work evenings and occasional weekends.
• Commitment to work from a strengths based and/or youth development perspective.
• Belief that all children deserve legal permanency.
• Highly motivated self-starter.
• Knowledgeable regarding impact of trauma and trauma-informed practices.
• Demonstrated ability to organize and manage multiple projects and cultivate relationships.
• Demonstrated ability to cultivate strong working relationships with diverse populations, including public agency staff.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Reliable transportation required.

Nice To Haves

• Degree in social work or 2 years post graduate direct experience with youth preferred.
• Experience in the foster care and adoption field.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a caseload of a minimum of 12 active youth.
• Engage in child-center focused recruitment on behalf of the youth.
• Build relationships with the youth on their caseload.
• Actively pursue locating a permanent family for the youth.
• Explore the child’s history and contact people with whom the child has a preexisting relationship (such as relatives, neighbors, mentors, teachers, pastors, etc.) who may become potential adoptive parents or sources of information to find a permanent home for that child.
• Engage in cold calling people identified as current and previous connections of the youth.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision plans for employees and eligible dependents.
• 401k retirement plan with match.
• Paid life insurance.
• Generous vacation plan.
• 8 paid holidays each year (10 days).
• 2 paid "Employee Choice" days each year.
• Convenient central location with free parking.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Employee Discount (Perks) Program.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level