Responsibilities

• Conducts data and market analysis, interviews with key informants, determines needs and reports findings to the Senior Director of Out of Home Care and Chief of Operations.
• Identifies:
• Potential foster homes that can serve specific age ranges, special needs (behavioral, medical, etc.), large sibling groups, and special population groups.
• Potential foster homes that have one stay at home parent or retired caregivers.
• Potential homes in areas where children go to school.
• Potential foster parents with educational background with children who might be developmentally delayed, autistic or other mental health diagnosis.
• The Recruiter shall develop a Recruitment Plan for the purpose of recruiting individuals who have previously held public safety and services positions, such as former law enforcement officers, first responders, military service members, teachers, health care practitioners, and emergency management professionals.
• The Recruiter shall complete the recruitment plan and submit quarterly outlining efforts to target the population to the Department of Children and Families.
• The Recruiter will submit a recruitment plan monthly as to new contractual requirements to the Senior Director of OHC.
• The Recruiter will submit an Annual Recruitment Plan to the Senior Director per the contractual obligations with the Department of Children and Families.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in marketing, Communications Advertising, or related field and a minimum of 4 years’ experience.
• The Recruiter shall develop a Recruitment Plan for the purpose of recruiting individuals who have previously held public safety and services positions, such as former law enforcement officers, first responders, military service members, teachers, health care practitioners, and emergency management professionals.
• The Recruiter shall complete the recruitment plan and submit quarterly outlining efforts to target the population to the Department of Children and Families.
• The Recruiter will submit a recruitment plan monthly as to new contractual requirements to the Senior Director of OHC.
• The Recruiter will submit an Annual Recruitment Plan to the Senior Director per the contractual obligations with the Department of Children and Families.
• Conducts foster parent orientation monthly as a pre-requisite to interested parties participating in the PRIDE Training for foster and adoptive parents.
• The Recruiter Understands the qualities desired in a foster and adoptive parent and the expectations that Kids Central has for these parents. The Recruiter will accurately articulate needs and expectations of the population we serve.
• Conducts recruitment activities with community partners, to include foster parents.
• Develops tracking and reporting documents that demonstrate trends, patterns, and outcomes that are produced monthly.
• Creates, organizes, and completes speeches and presentations to community groups, businesses and churches discussing the need for foster and adoptive parents.

Preferred

• Member of Florida Public Relations Association (FPRA) preferred.
• Accredited in Public Relations by FPRA highly desired.
• Experience in Child Welfare is preferred as well.