Adoption Services Supervisor

The Wisconsin Department of Children and Families (DCF), Division of Safety and Permanence, Bureau of Permanence and Out-of-Home Care is currently recruiting to fill a Adoption Services Supervisor position in Madison, WI. DCF offers great benefits, personal growth opportunities and work-life balance as a State of Wisconsin employee; and the intrinsic reward associated with serving the children and families of Wisconsin.

The Division of Safety and Permanence operates under the values and principles of the Wisconsin Child Welfare Model for Practice. The purpose of Wisconsin’s child welfare system, as articulated in the Wisconsin Child Welfare Model for Practice, is to keep children safe and to support families to provide sage, permanent, and nurturing homes for their children. The system strives to engage with children, youth, and families to expand healthy connections to supports in their community and tribes and bolster resiliency in families to help them thrive. The following core values guide the work of the child welfare system: Trust, Respect, Engagement, Accountability, Trauma-informed Practices, Culturally-responsible Practices, Workforce Support, and Family-centered Approaches.

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DCF is committed to the important work of helping children, youth and families become safer, more secure and progress down the road to true independence. For more information about DCF, visit our website at http://dcf.wi.gov/.

The position is responsible for overseeing the development, implementation, and monitoring of specialized adoption and permanency program initiatives advanced by the Bureau of Permanence and Out-of-Home Care (BPOHC) and to provide additional support, guidance and direction related to the use of child welfare data and information to evaluate and enhance program initiatives led by the Bureau. The position supervises seven professional staff within the BPOHC Adoption and Interstate Services Section and oversees specialized program initiative contracts for which Unit staff have program initiative responsibilities.

The position coordinates with and ensures alignment of related adoption and permanency activities and responsibilities within the Bureau and across the Division programs and with other DCF Program Divisions. This position works directly other DCF staff from Finance, Budget and IT to support the successful development, implementation and monitoring of identified adoption and permanency initiatives. Finally, this position will be responsible for ensuring appropriate and necessary collaboration with other key stakeholders, such as other state agencies, researchers, and other critical entities such as county and tribal agencies, as well as provider and advocacy agencies, integral to the development, implementation, evaluation and monitoring of the specialized adoption and permanency initiatives advanced by the Division.