The Adoption Support Counselor is a clinical position which supports Hillsborough County adoptive families through utilizing in-home family therapy, group therapy, and/or crisis intervention techniques. The Counselor will also help to maintain community support groups for the adoptive families. The Counselor will serve as an intricate member of the team; bringing a therapeutic, adoption competent perspective to the team. The position provides the opportunity to be trained in Adoption Competency, Trust Based Relational Intervention, and become a Certified Trauma Professional.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

The Adoption Support Counselor will provide oversight and clinical support to the program. Other duties may be assigned.

• Aid in reaching out to adoptive families in service area.
• Maintain peer support group and provide guidance for adoptive families/adoptive parents.
• Provide therapeutic services to adoptive families to address issues of past trauma, separation, identify confusion and the effects of these issues on the adoption family.
• Co-train during virtual support groups.
• Provide crisis response services to clinical families on caseload.
• Provide information, referrals and linkage to community services for adoptive families, including Medicaid, Education, and Social Security.
• Assist adoptive parents regarding loss and attachment issues, permanency planning and services.
• Aid in tracking of adoptive family information.
• Master's degree in a Human Service discipline from four-year accredited college or university and experience working with children/adolescents in a therapeutic treatment environment and in compliance with State or contractual requirements. One to two years of experience working with foster and adoptive families or supervisory experience, training or teaching preferred.