Responsible for conducting assessments, writing case plans, and providing case-management services according to departmental needs, guidelines, and procedures. Meet with clients in schools, hospitals, home visits, and other locations as deemed necessary. Refer families in need of supportive services and complete appropriate paperwork. Position requires travel in Allen and surrounding counties.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in social work or a related field is required.
• Two years of case-management experience is preferred.
• Valid driver’s license, in-force auto insurance coverage, and vehicle required.
• Access to the Internet and experience with computers.

Submit a cover letter and résumé by mail to Lutheran Social Services of Indiana, Attn: Human Resources, 330 Madison Street, Fort Wayne, IN 46802, or by email to lssinmailbox@lssin.org.

EOE

Provide administrative assistance to the president and CEO and the board of directors, and provide assistance with and facilitate the human resources process for all employees. This is a full-time position with excellent benefits.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, human resources, or a related field is preferred, or equivalent experience.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office programs.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, and strong organizational skills.

Submit a cover letter and résumé by mail to Lutheran Social Services of Indiana, Attn: Human Resources, 330 Madison Street, Fort Wayne, IN 46802, or by email to lssinmailbox@lssin.org.

EOE

Provide a warm, safe, and loving environment in which children can grow physically, emotionally, spiritually, socially, and intellectually; where faith is nurtured, self-concepts are enhanced, independence is encouraged, and individuality is respected. Responsible for assigned children and total classroom activity, operation, and performance. Perform duties according to agency program and guidelines. M-F 3-5:30pm.

Requirements

• Must be at least 18 years of age for licensing purposes.
• Graduate of an accredited high school or GED program.
• Child development associate (CDA) preferred.
• Early-childhood education and experience preferred.

Submit a cover letter and résumé by mail to Lutheran Social Services of Indiana, Attn: Human Resources, 330 Madison St., Fort Wayne, IN 46802, or by email to lssinmailbox@lssin.org.

EOE

(Part-time, 15-20 hours per week)

Responsible for providing general accounting services such as accounts payable/accounts receivable and reporting. Position will provide backup duties to the full time Staff Accountant when needed.

Requirements

• Associate degree in accounting or related field required, bachelor’s degree preferred.
• Two years of accounting experience.
• Medicaid and Financial Edge software experience preferred.

Submit a cover letter and résumé by mail to Lutheran Social Services of Indiana, Attn: Human Resources, 330 Madison St. Fort Wayne, IN 46802, or by email to lssinmailbox@lssin.org.

EOE

Children’s Village

(Full-time benefited)

Responsible for assigned children and total classroom activity in the early-learning center, operation, and performance. Perform duties according to agency program and guidelines.

Requirements

• 21 years of age for licensing purposes.
• High school diploma or GED.
• CDA or degree in early-childhood education, and experience preferred.

Submit a cover letter and résumé by mail to Lutheran Social Services of Indiana, Attn: Human Resources, 330 Madison St. Fort Wayne, IN 46802, or by email to lssinmailbox@lssin.org.

EOE

Thank you for taking a moment to allow us to introduce ourselves and share some perspectives with you about our family and our passion for adopting a child.  We are Russell and Stephanie – a loving Christian couple with a strong faith and family base.  We have been married for eight years now and have a dog named Maggie.  We always have known that we are destined to be parents.  We appreciate you taking the time to read through our profile and hope it calls to your heart and mind as you consider all the choices involved in the adoption process.

We thought you may want to know a little bit about how the decision to adopt a child became a defining moment in our lives.  Our adoption journey has been a lengthy one, full of excitement and also challenges.  We have learned from others about their experiences, some of whom are close members of our family; others are close friends; and still others are people we have met as we have become extremely dedicated to reaching our dream of adopting a child.  A great deal of prayer, thought, planning, and soul searching helped us not only to decide but to know with the utmost confidence, that adopting a child is the answer to our prayers.  It would be unfair of us to pretend that we fully understand how difficult it must be for you to go through this experience because we want so much to become parents, but we do have something in common in that we all want is what is best for this child.

After we made the decision to adopt, another very important aspect of the adoption process for us has been the preparation.  Planning for a child’s arrival is an amazing process, and one in which we have been fully engaged for quite some time.  When we purchased our home, we did so with a family in mind.   Our house is located in a family-friendly neighborhood.  We have a three bedroom home with both a family room and living room, and a large fenced-in backyard.  In the summer we enjoy our beautiful shade trees and thriving vegetable garden.  Most importantly, we lovingly have prepared a special room in our home for a child.  Family and friends have been blessing us with gifts to make this child feel at home. We have been making it a safe, warm and happy place for our future family.

In addition to decision making and preparation, we felt it would be important to share the makeup of our core values.  God and family are the centers of our lives.  Our faith in God gives us a sense of strength, joy and comfort.  We have close relationships with all of our family members who could not be more in agreement with and supportive of us pursuing the adoption of a child.  We have very excited grandmothers, siblings, aunts and uncles, cousins, and close friends who are ready to meet and love a child.  We are just waiting for our opportunity to share our whole lives with a child, as a member of our family.

We are people who like to plan, and we began planning a while ago for this blessed opportunity.  For instance, we met in nursing school and on our first date we talked about how many children we each wanted to have – our discussions and excitement only grew in positive ways from that point!  We both graduated with nursing degrees and work in our chosen fields.  We enjoy that we have the good fortune to meet and work with many people, and that we are able to help them through their illnesses and pains.  We also strive to help them overcome the apprehensions they experience.  Encouraging our patients to find their inner strength as they are recovering while also supporting them is something we both focus on in our daily work.  This is something we do with our personal lives as well.  We will be so richly and deeply blessed to have a child to share these and other lessons with as he/she grows up within our family.

Thank you for taking the time to read our profile.  We hope that you will consider us as you make this critical decision – we promise to raise this child through faith and love as our foundation.  Choosing us to raise this child would be the most selfless act from you, and for us the most tremendous gift we ever could receive.  We want you to know that we value the role you could have in this child’s life (if you choose to have one).  We also would share with this child any information that you would want him/her to have in the future.  Thank you again for your consideration, and we wish you all the best with this choice and any other future decisions.

Most sincerely,

Russell and Stephanie

Children’s Village

Provide a warm, nurturing, safe and loving environment in which children can grow physically, emotionally, spiritually, socially, and intellectually where faith is nurtured, self-concepts are enhanced, independence is encouraged and individuality is respected. Responsible for assigned children and classroom activity, operation and performance in accordance with the co-teacher. Perform duties according to agency program and guidelines.

Requirements

• At least 21 years of age for licensing purposes.
• High School diploma or GED.
• CDA or degree in early-childhood or elementary education preferred.
• Experience in early-childhood education preferred.

Submit a cover letter and résumé by mail to Lutheran Social Services of Indiana, Attn: Human Resources, 330 Madison St. Fort Wayne, IN 46802, or by email to lssinmailbox@lssin.org.

EOE

This month we had Impact 52 come out to Children’s Village to volunteer with one of our classes.  Aaron joined the class for a few hours in the morning and the kids really loved interacting with him.  First they walked down to exercise class with the seniors.  Everyone loved seeing him there and the kids were facinanated by how tall he was.  One little boy was very concerned that he might not fit into the elevator to ride down to the class.  Then after exercise, the  kids got to have some creative hands on play time.  Aaron joined several kids making clay.  They made a snake named “brain”.  The kids really loved having     Aaron there.

For more information, visit the Bank on Fort Wayne website, www.bankonfortwayne.org, or call Bethany, our financial literacy coordinator, at (260) 426-3347.

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