Mississippi State Case Specialist

Provides direct casework services across Lifeline programs—including pregnancy counseling, adoption (domestic and international), foster care, and church-based programs—based on the current state programs and caseload needs.

Serves as a core member of the state team, partnering closely with the State Director and state staff to achieve assigned strategic objectives, annual goals, and key performance indicators (KPIs).

This position is designed to serve across multiple program areas—including pregnancy counseling, adoption casework, foster care services, and church partnerships—with the understanding that the primary focus of the role will vary by state based on community needs, program offerings, and current caseloads. While this job description reflects the full scope of responsibilities that may be assigned, each state role will emphasize certain areas more heavily than others.

Applicants should be comfortable with a flexible role structure and motivated to serve where the need is greatest within their assigned state. The immediate need for this specific role is Pregnancy Counseling and Harbor Families case work.

• To be a minister of the gospel of Jesus Christ to co-workers, clients and ministry partners
• Actively participates on the team in a manner aligned with scripture including, but not limited to, praying for and with other team members, sharing scripture in daily activities and leadership, modeling the character of Jesus Christ in interactions with team and any external clients, partners, vendors, etc.
• Disciples ministry partners and clients.
• Aligns team dynamics, internal & external processes, and final product of team’s work with Biblical principles and with Lifeline’s Core Values

Collaborate with the state office team to achieve annual family recruitment goals by:

• Conducting adoption information meetings (in person and virtual).
• Providing options counseling to prospective families across all state programs (international, domestic, foster care, harbor families, hosting, foster care adoption).
• Raising awareness of the need for families for waiting children.

Partner with the state team to meet annual pregnancy counseling networking goals by:

• Building and maintaining relational, in-person connections with community referral sources.
• Conducting trainings and outreach to equip partners to better support expectant parents.
• Developing and sustaining referral relationships by empowering partners to share adoption well and make relational referrals.
• Conduct intake and orientation interviews with clients using client-centered interviewing as the foundation for quality social casework.
• Provide comprehensive assessments of expectant mom’s dynamics, interpersonal relationships, environmental stressors, supports, and mental health status to determine client readiness and program eligibility.
• Provide ongoing case management throughout the expectant mom journey, assisting moms in navigating challenges, solving problems, and making informed decisions from application through placement, and post placement services and case completion.
• Maintain consistent communication and availability to clients before, during, and after placements, or services, including in-person visits, phone calls, email communication, and documentation of all case activity.
• Provide counseling and crisis intervention for clients including advocacy to appropriate medical, legal, community, and insurance resources as needed.

Work with the state office team to achieve annual church-based program goals by:

• Developing and cultivating partnerships with local churches using Lifeline’s church-based programs.
• Recruiting, coordinating, training, and providing follow-up support for church-based programs, including Families Count, Heritage Builders, Worthy, and Harbor Families.
• Providing ongoing support to churches actively engaged in church-based programs.
• Strengthening relationships between partner churches and community or state referral sources.
• Harbor Families:
  Implements Harbor Families family preservation program by serving as initial…