Foster Care Case Manager

Foster Care Case Manager

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in social work, sociology, psychology, counseling, or related human services field
• Two years’ experience working with children and families
• A bachelor’s degree in social work, sociology, psychology, counseling, or related human services field and five years’ experience with a placing agency working with troubled children and families may be considered in lieu of a graduate degree.

Responsibilities

• Delivery of case management services
• Individual and family counseling
• Training and supervision of foster families
• Assisting the Program Manager in developing individual treatment plans for troubled children and their families
• Maintaining weekly contact with the foster families, children, and bio-families
• Monitoring the progress of the child and family throughout the placement
• Assisting with training, home studies, and evaluation of foster parents
• Using standardized tools to measure social and emotional progress and outcomes
• Preparing written treatment plans and progress reports
• Reviews referrals and matches children with appropriate foster families
• Places children in state licensed or state certified foster homes
• Obtains all state and agency required documentation for child in care
• Provides weekly documented contact and at bi-weekly visits to child and foster home
• Visits each assigned child at least once each month away from the foster home
• Prepares a treatment plan for the child within 21 days of placement and quarterly thereafter
• Prepares monthly progress reports for assigned children
• Provides Independent Living training and monthly ILP progress reports for assigned clients
• Provides reunification services to the biological families when required by treatment plan
• Coordinates visitation of children with biological parents, siblings, and relatives
• Provides supervised visits with parents, siblings, and relative when required by court
• Acts as liaison person with placing agencies, schools, and other community agencies
• Attends court hearings and review hearings
• Attends staff meetings and treatment planning meetings as required
• Completes interviews, training and home studies on prospective foster parents as needed
• Attends conferences and seminars as required for annual training requirement
• Conducts/participates in two or more foster parent support group meetings each year
• Maintains flexible working hours and works weekends or holidays as needed.

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.