Ampersand Families

We have another open position! We are seeking a great applicant for a Youth Permanency Specialist position. Find info on our Careers Page here: https://lnkd.in/gxx2M3Wi This position will remain open until filled, however an initial review of resumes will begin on February 21, 2025. Come work with us!

We have another open position! We seek a great applicant for a Family Permanency Specialist position. Find info on our Careers Page: https://lnkd.in/gxx2M3Wi This position will remain open until filled, however an initial review of resumes will begin on February 17, 2025. Come work with us!

We're hiring! We seek a great applicant for a new part time position at our agency: Community Engagement Specialist. Find info on our Careers Page: https://lnkd.in/gxx2M3Wi. Positions will remain open until filled; however, an initial review of resumes will begin on February 7, 2025. Come work with us!

Sonja Swanson is a friend of ours here at Ampersand Families. We're honored that our partnership is among her top 5 accomplishments for 2024!

We're hiring! We seek great applicants for two new positions at our agency: Youth Program Supervisor and Family Program Supervisor. Find info on our Careers Page: https://lnkd.in/gxx2M3Wi. Positions will remain open until filled; however, an initial review of resumes will begin on January 10, 2025. Come work with us!

We're hiring! We seek a strategic and visionary Development Director to help us achieve our mission and growth goals. If you're an experienced professional curious to understand the profound impact that child welfare intervention has on the lives of children, youth and families, please consider applying! Check out the job posting here: https://lnkd.in/gUZMYz5b

It's Give to the Max Day! On Minnesota's biggest giving holiday, we ask you to consider a gift to Ampersand Families. At Ampersand Families, we're working upstream and downstream to get kids out of foster care and into safe, loving, permanent families. More than 11,000 kids experience out-of-home placement each year in Minnesota. Most will be able to return home when their parents get the help they need. But some kids will linger in foster care for years. Some will age out of foster care with no legal family or permanent support system. Many of these precious young people will end up unsheltered, incarcerated, experience poverty and poor mental health, and face many other challenges. Ampersand Families was formed to keep kids from aging out of foster care and entering adulthood alone and unsupported. Over the years, our work has expanded to embrace more preventive, upstream work - keeping kids connected to relatives and kin as soon as they enter the child welfare system, which research shows leads to better outcomes for kids in care. Our vision is that every young person whose life has been impacted by trauma and subsequent child welfare intervention will be restored to a safe, permanent family - with an urgency that honors the brevity of childhood. It takes resources to do this work. With your support, we can help more kids impacted by the child welfare system maintain or rebuild connections to family, stability, and permanency. Thank you for considering a gift! https://lnkd.in/g8c9amum

We're hiring! We seek a passionate, energetic Youth-Focused Permanency Specialist to join our awesome team. Youth-Permanency Specialists provide child-specific recruitment, adoption preparation, and support services for Minnesota foster youth, primarily ages 10-18. Initial review of resumes will begin Oct. 25. View the job description and how to apply here: https://lnkd.in/g5jxzZ_b

QPI is a national movement to implement system change within foster care. Ampersand Families recently became a fully trained QPI site! This will ensure that quality parenting and lasting relationships are practiced within every part of our agency. Learn more by reading our latest blog post: https://lnkd.in/gV3fiwwa

Check out this great-looking team from Pharos Employee Benefits at our Bridge to Belonging Gala last month! Pharos has been providing Ampersand Families with excellent employee benefit services for many years. As a Platinum Sponsor of the Gala, they helped make it a success. Thank you Pharos!