The Center for Adoption Support and Education (C.A.S.E.) is a national leader in mental health services for the adoption, foster, and kinship care community. We envision a world where every child and family connected to adoption, foster, and kinship care thrives, embracing our individual and collective diversity. We improve the well-being and permanence of children and their families by delivering adoption-competent mental health services, training a national network of professionals, and informing the field through research and advocacy. We work nationally to build the capacity of States,Tribesand territories to create competent systems and service arrays and improve access to those services.
For over 25 years, C.A.S.E. has combined best practices and innovation to provide specialized individual and family therapy, psychiatric services and support groups, education, and training. We have become a local, national, and international resource for adoptive, kinship, and foster families and the professionals who support them. C.A.S.E. set out in 2021 on a new strategic direction to grow our clinical and training programs into our Academy for Elevating Clinical Practice in Permanency. It is an exciting time as we grow ourevidenced-based adoption-competent clinical model and our accredited, award-winning training programs nationwide.
C.A.S.E has an annual budget of $14M and a staff of 70+ employees.
Human Services Technical Assistance Specialist (HS-IS)
The National Center for Adoption Competent Mental Health Services is a federally funded cooperative agreement with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Serviceshttps://bridges4mentalhealth.org/, Administration for Children and Families, Children's Bureau. The National Centeris a federal grant issued to C.A.S.E.Adoption Support Center & Services | C.A.S.E.andpartners with national system leaders, parents, caregivers, and young adults with livedexpertiseto strengthen systems, expand workforce capacity, and improve access to adoption competent mental health services for children, youth, and familiesimpactedby child welfare.This position requires a minimum of 10+years of National experience in child welfare and or mental health systems providing cross-system technicalassistanceor consultation scaling programs or initiatives.
TheHuman Services Technical Assistance Specialist (HS-IS) reports to theNationalCenterDirector of Technical Assistance and works closely with National Center staff, partner organizations, the National Adoption Competency Mental Health Training Initiative (NTI) team, and child welfare and behavioral health leaders in assigned states, tribes, and territories (STTs).
This position supports systems change, implementation, organizational capacity building, and cross-system collaboration efforts designed to advanceadoption ofcompetency and strengthen behavioral health and child welfare integration. The HS-ISpartners with STTsand National Center team membersto assess system readiness,identifybarriers and implementation drivers,supports developmentsustainable infrastructures, andprovides delivery of technicalassistanceto strengthen adoption competency.
The positionis responsible forfacilitatingintensive technicalassistance(TA), implementation planning, strategic alignment, workforce development, stakeholder engagement, sustainability planning, and systems integration efforts acrossassigned STT'schild-serving systems. The HS-IS also providesfacilitation, consultation, coaching, and implementation support to strengthen organizational and workforce capacity.
This is a full-time, home-based remote position requiring national travel.
TheHuman Services Technical Assistance Specialist (HS-IS)serves as a national subject matter expert and implementation partner supporting systems transformation efforts within child welfare, behavioral health, education, juvenile justice, and related child-serving systems.
This role requiresexpertisein systems change,implementation ofscience, workforce capacity building,and collaborativepartnerships. The HS-IS works alongside system leaders and multidisciplinary partners to strengthen infrastructure, improve cross-system coordination, and build sustainable implementation strategies that increase accesstocompetentservices andsupport.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
Systems Change & Capacity BuildingSupport
Partner with agency leadershipand National Center teamtoidentifyimplementation barriers,leveragesystem strengths, and develop sustainable solutions that supportembedding adoption competencies within cross collaborativesystems.
Assistsites in strengthening policies, procedures, workforce standards, and practice expectations that advanceadoption ofcompetency and trauma-responsive care.
Completeorganizational readiness and systems assessments toidentifyimplementation ofdrivers, workforce needs, infrastructure gaps, and opportunities for systems alignment.
Promote the integration of livedexpertisefrom youth, caregivers, families, and community partners into systems planning, implementation, and evaluation activities.
Technical Assistance Delivery & Implementation Support
Support cross-system planning and coordination efforts to improve service access, collaboration, referral pathways, and workforce alignment.
Identifyopportunities toleveragefunding streams, payer systems, higher education partnerships, community behavioral health clinics, and workforce initiatives to support systems sustainability.
Support sites inestablishingpolicies, training requirements, workforce competencies, and implementation expectations that reinforcethe adoptionofcompetent practice.
Serve as a site leadasassigned coordinating TA teams, implementation planning activities, deliverables, and communication with site leadership.
Assessment, Evaluation & Continuous Quality Improvement
Conduct systems landscape analyses, data reviews,toidentifyorganizational priorities,implementation ofreadiness, service delivery structures, and systems opportunities.
Analyze strategic plans, policies, workforce initiatives, and systems data to align TA strategies with site priorities and outcomes.
Contribute to development of assessment reports, implementation summaries, sustainability plans, and evaluation activities.
Trackproject activities, implementation milestones, outreach efforts, and systems outcomes using project management and data systems.
Disseminate implementation tools, resources, presentations, and informational materials that support systems change and workforce capacity building.
Represent the National Center and C.A.S.E. at state, regional, and national meetings, conferences, and professional events.
Administrative & Organizational Responsibilities
Enter and manage outreach, engagement, implementation, and project tracking information within designated systems and databases.
Participate in organizational meetings, supervision, professional development, and assigned activities.