KinConnect Specialist

Hope Children’s Home

Kin Connect Direct Care & Family/Kin Locator

Job Category:
Children & Youth Programs

Job Status:
Full-time, exempt position

Reports to:

Branch Director – Cape Girardeau

Advisory support provided by:
Recruitment Programs Manager

Make Your Work Matter Every Day

Are you ready to stop coming to work just to do a job?

What if you could come to work knowing that your time, energy, and passion are helping foster children find stability, connection, and a sense of belong? By providing critical support to children and youth while locating and engaging extended family members, you can play a vital role in finding lifelong connections and help children achieve the ultimate goal of adoption. This is more than a job- it’s an opportunity to change the trajectory of a child’s life.

At Foster Adopt Connect, we're building something bigger than ourselves. Every day, our team works alongside children, youth, and families navigating the challenges of the child welfare system. For more than 25 years, we've been leading innovative, family-centered solutions across Kansas and Missouri, helping create brighter futures for children and stronger communities for everyone. We believe meaningful work should also be inspiring work.

That's why we've built a culture that is collaborative, supportive, diverse, and mission-driven. Here, your ideas matter, your growth is encouraged, and your impact is visible.

If you're looking for a career where you can see the difference you make in the lives of families every day, we'd love to meet you.

• Make a direct and lasting impact on children and families.
• Be part of a passionate team committed to finding children permanency through adoption.
• Work for an innovative organization that values creativity, inclusion, and professional growth.
• Help families build stability, confidence, and hope.
• Join a mission that changes lives—one child, one parent, and one family at a time.

As a Kin Connect Specialist, you'll be a trusted partner in providing care for children at Hope Children’s Home while locating, engaging, and building connections with extended family members who may provide lifelong support, placement opportunities, and permanency. Through family-finding efforts, advocacy, and resource connection, you'll help strengthen family networks and create pathways to permanency. This positions plays a critical role in helping children achieve stable, lasting family connections, and whenever possible, exit the formal child welfare system through adoption finalization.

This isn't just a position—it's an opportunity to help children find their permanent family.

• Bachelor’s Degree in social work (preferred) or in a related human services field. Experience preferred.
• Collaborate effectively within diverse, multidisciplinary teams and demonstrate strong interpersonal skills.
• Proven ability to write clearly, concisely, and effectively for a variety of audiences.
• Flexible hybrid schedule including remote work opportunities and two evenings per week.
• Travel required within surrounding counties with or without accommodation.

Foster Adopt Connect does not and shall not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin (ancestry), disability, marital status, sexual orientation, or military status, in any of its programs or services. These activities include, but are not limited to, hiring and firing of staff, selection of volunteers and vendors, and provision of services.

We are committed to providing an inclusive and welcoming environment for all members of our staff, volunteers, subcontractors, vendors, and members.