Adoption Recruiter Chicago and Northern Region

Hybrid Position | Staff Meetings and Agency Meetings | Chicago and Northern Region of Illinois

Let It Be Us is an Illinois Licensed Child Welfare Agency and 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to developing collaborative and innovative solutions that improve recruitment, matching, placement, and permanency outcomes for children and youth in foster care. Through statewide programs, strategic partnerships, and technology-driven solutions, Let It Be Us works with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS), private child welfare agencies, foster families, adoptive families, and community partners to help children find safe, stable, and permanent families.

Our team is mission-driven, highly collaborative, entrepreneurial, and committed to excellence. We utilize advanced technology, proprietary databases, digital marketing, and innovative recruitment strategies to improve outcomes for children and families throughout Illinois.

The Adoption Recruiter plays a critical role in engaging with children and youth in foster care throughout Illinois who are in need of an adoptive family and collaborating with case management teams to identify what type of family can best meet their needs. The Adoption Recruiter is responsible for identifying, recruiting, engaging, and referring adoptive families for. Working closely with the Adoption Listing Service of Illinois, DCFS, private child welfare agencies, and prospective adoptive families, the Adoption Recruiter serves as a connector between waiting children and families seeking to provide permanency.

This position is responsible for managing recruitment efforts, maintaining strong relationships with youth and prospective licensed families, supporting child-specific recruitment initiatives, and ensuring timely communication and referrals to child welfare professionals.

The ideal candidate is passionate about permanency, highly organized, relationship-oriented, technologically proficient, and committed to exceptional customer service.

• Conduct an in-depth review ofchild’s registration forms and other related documents to identify the child’s needs, strengths, and growth
• Meet with youth in person on a monthly basis to understand their needs and have an understanding of what they are looking for in a potential adoptive family
• Work in conjunction with permanency workers to determine each child’s strengths, challenges, desires, preparedness for adoption, and whether the child has needs that should be addressed before moving forward with the adoption process.
• Develop recruitment plan tailored to child’s strengths and needs
• Create child profile with strengths-based narrative to post on the Illinois Heart Gallery and AdoptUSKids Photolisting

• Recruit prospective adoptive families through webinars, virtual events, community outreach,digital marketing initiatives, and in-person recruitment events.
• Serve as a primary point of contact for prospective adoptive families.
• Provide information, guidance, and support to families exploring adoption from foster care.
• Build and maintain relationships with both prospective and licensed adoptive families.
• Conduct follow-up communications and nurture prospective families through the recruitment process.
• Assist families in identifying adoption opportunities that align with their interests, strengths, and capacity.

• Conduct individualized matching services by comparing characteristics of waiting children with characteristics of licensed families
• Review child-specific recruitment opportunities and identify potential family matches.
• Refer qualified adoptive resources to DCFS staff and private child welfare agency professionals.
• Collaborate with caseworkers, supervisors, adoption specialists, and agency partners regarding potential family referrals.
• Coordinate full disclosure meetings between case management teams and potential families
• Support the goals of the Adoption Listing Service of Illinois and other permanency initiatives.
• Participate in child-specific recruitment efforts,…