Remote Implementation Specialist Jobs in Baltimore, MD

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION

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)

ABOUT THE POSITION

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.

POSITION OVERVIEW

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.