Open Adoption Counselor (lived experience)

Boys & Girls Aid is committed to recruiting, hiring, and retaining a diverse staff with diverse backgrounds. We will honor your unique experiences, perspectives, and identities. We are an inclusive community dedicated to investing in relationships and authentically valuing others.

Boys & Girls Aid is an anti-racist, LGBTQIA2S+ positive organization pro-choice organization.

This role serves multiple regions throughout Oregon and Washington. The ideal candidate would reside in either the Portland or Seattle area.

This position includes being on-call approximately one weekend each month, including possible travel in Oregon or Washington.

Open Adoption & Family Services, a program of Boys & Girls Aid, is seeking a full - time (32hrs) Counselor to join our team.

Are you a skilled professional who is committed to non-directive, all-options pregnancy counseling? Are you passionate about values-driven ethical adoption practice, including supporting openness in adoption? If so, you may be a great fit for this role!

Compensation & Benefits

• Pay: $27.00 - $29.00 per hour
• Medical, dental, life insurance, AD&D insurance
• Flexible time off and holiday pay
• Employee Assistance Program
• 403(b) retirement plan with 4% organization contribution after 6 months
• Agency qualifies for Student Loan Forgiveness

About Boys & Girls Aid and the Open Adoption & Family Services program

Founded in 1885, we are committed to ensuring children and youth are able to build lifelong stability through connections to loving families, supportive adults, and nurturing environments. The Open Adoption & Family Services program provides unbiased, all-options pregnancy counseling, and when the choice is adoption, we provide ethically-minded adoption services with a focus on openness. We also prepare prospective adoptive families for the complexities of parenting through adoption.

We value our employees through open communication, transparency, and honesty. In addition to competitive pay and benefits, we offer a healthy work-life balance.

What You'll Do

• Provide unbiased all-options pregnancy counseling and resource referrals to expectant parents
• Educate and guide prospective adoptive families through the steps of the adoption process, including training, home study interviews, and report writing, adoption planning, placement, and navigating open adoption relationships.
• Coordinate adoption plans, including working closely with clients and hospital staff, attorneys, and other community partners.
• Conduct outreach presentations and trainings that promote OA&FS services and the concept of open adoption to diverse populations, including prospective adoptive parents, service providers, and organizations.

What We're Looking For

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field plus two years of relevant experience in social work, child development, counseling or psychology, or equivalent combination of education and experience. Lived experience with infant adoption may substitute part or all of two-year work experience requirement.
• Master's Degree from an accredited program of social work, counseling, or closely related field is preferred.
• Valid driver's license and good driving record.

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Note: This job description represents major position requirements and is not intended to be all-inclusive.