Family Finding Resource Specialist
Company: Brightpoint
Location: Belleville
Posted on: April 1, 2026
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Job Description:
Brightpoint invites you to join our team of mission-driven staff
who share a common vision: an equitable world where all children
and families thrive in strong communities. As a leader in the human
services sector for 140 years, we aim to advance the well-being of
children by investing in families and strengthening communities
through data-informed, collaborative, and preventative solutions.
The Family Finding Resource Specialist is a critical member of the
region's child welfare team, persistently engaging in activities
that support life-long relationship preservation and permanency
achievement for youth in care. As a Family Finding Resource
Specialist, you will engage in research, investigation, and
outreach to locate relatives, community connections, and fictive
kin of youth in care, as well as support the caregiver recruitment
and licensing processes. The Family Finding Resource Specialist
reports to the Family Finding Program Supervisor. Candidate
qualifications: Highschool diploma or equivalent required.
Bachelor's degree or college coursework in Social Work,
Communications and/or a related field preferred. Prior experience
in investigation or person location preferred. Familiarity with the
child welfare system, specifically foster care, preferred. Ability
to communicate in both English and Spanish preferred. Ability to
attend in-person meetings and events as needed required. Valid
driver's license, insurance, and a reliable vehicle required. What
You'll Do: Engage in extensive research, investigation, and
outreach in locating parents/guardians with lost connections to
youth in care. Identify and locate potential extended family and
fictive kinship relationships. Utilize creative and/or
non-traditional search methods as needed to help ensure success in
locating familial supports and connections, including the use of
database and systems analysis, social media, web-based searches,
genogram reviews, ecomaps, and other tools and methods to map and
locate prospective supports and placement resources for the youth
and family. Compose and send written correspondence and make
announced and unannounced visits to homes of identified individuals
with the goal of establishing communication and fostering
engagement with the Child and Family Team. Engage with youth in an
age-appropriate manner as part of the research and assessment
process, utilizing a family-centered, trauma-informed,
strength-based lens, and with a focus on inclusive and equitable
practices. Serve as an active member of the Child and Family Team,
collaborating with foster care specialists, supervisors, relative
or nonrelative caregivers, biological families, and youth to
facilitate connections between newly found family/fictive kin
members, supports, and other collateral resources, and to resolve
complex and stalled cases in order to improve permanency outcomes.
Assist in developing and facilitating training and other resources
for relative and non-relative caregivers and families of youth in
care. Assist in the recruitment of caregivers, including attending
recruitment and networking events and engaging in social media
recruitment campaigns. Act as a support to prospective caregivers
during the licensing process. Engage in community collaboration
with other agencies, systems, and community providers to ensure
continuity of care and coordination of services for youth and
families. Work to mitigate risk and safety issues with the family
and reports any suspected abuse or neglect to the Department of
Children and Family Services per the Abused and Neglected child
Reporting Act. Job details: Compensation: Hourly: Range is between
$18.50- 20.35 per hour. The salary range provided represents our
current estimate for this role at the time of posting and is
subject to change. The final salary will be determined based on a
range of factors, including but not limited to, a candidate's
relevant experience, education, qualifications, skills,
certifications, and alignment with organizational needs. We are
dedicated to fair and equitable compensation practices and are
committed to fostering a diverse workforce while providing equal
opportunities for all candidates. Benefits: Medical/dental/vision
insurance, 3 weeks paid time off in the first year including the
week between Christmas and New Year’s Day (PTO increases with
tenure); 11 paid holidays, supplemental insurance options, 401(k)
with match ( more benefits details here). Location: Hybrid
(remote/in office), must be within reasonable driving distance to
Belleville, IL. Schedule: Full-time, hourly; general business hours
with some flexibility required for on-call responsibility and
special projects. We don’t just hire talent—we grow it: Emerging
Leaders will have access to leadership development opportunities
and one-on-one mentorship. Student Loan Forgiveness: Brightpoint is
an approved agency for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) .
Keywords: Brightpoint, Saint Charles , Family Finding Resource Specialist, Social Services , Belleville, Missouri
