Community Connections YouThrive Specialist

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 young adults successfully transition out of foster care fostertoindependenceadulthood? By providing critical guidance and connections to community resources, this position plays a vital role in changing the trajectory of a young person'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 ofthe 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 people every day, we'd love to meet you.

• Be part of a passionate team committed to helping young adults build stability, confidence, and hope.
• Work for an innovative organization that values creativity, inclusion, and professional growth.
• Join a mission that changes lives—one child, one parent, and one family at a time.

The Community Connections You Thrive (CCYT)
Specialist providesone-on-one services in the community to young adults, ages 17-26,whoare currently or formerlyin the foster care system.

CCYT Specialistsassistyoung adultsindetermininggoals forasuccessfultransition from foster care to independent adulthood. Specialists then support young adults in reaching their goals via guidance and connections to community resources.

This isn't just a position—it's an opportunity to help young adults face a brighter future.

• Personal lived experience during childhood or adolescence in any of the following: foster care, informal kinship care, homelessness,and/or mandatory family centered systems of care services in the home.
• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Proven ability to write clearly, concisely, and effectively for a variety of audiences.
• Ability to quickly establish rapport and build trust.
• Travel required 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 member.