Child Welfare Services Case Manager

Child Welfare Services Case Manager 1

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The Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS) is a dynamic state agency responsible for delivering a wide range of services to Georgia's most vulnerable populations. Our mission is to strengthen Georgia by providing individuals and families access to services that promote self-sufficiency, independence, and protect Georgia's vulnerable children and adults.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Initiate timely, face-to-face responses to screened-in reports of alleged child maltreatment and conduct assessments that identify and address safety concerns.
• Address identified safety concerns by immediately developing and implementing safety plans.
• Conduct diligent search efforts to locate the child/family when unable to make contact.
• Implement Solution Based Casework (SBC).
• Partner with children and parents in the development and utilization of the Family Functioning Agreement, Action Plan, and Family Plan to achieve desired individual and family-level outcomes.
• Complete genograms to identify available family support network.
• Collaborate with community partners to create systems of support for children and families.
• Ensure that frequency and quality of visits with children and families are adequate to ensure safety, permanency, and well-being.
• Identify the physical, educational, and mental/behavioral health needs of children, parents, and foster parents and ensure identified needs are effectively addressed.
• Establish permanency goals for the child(ren).
• Ensure foster care placements and/or living situations are stable and in the best interests of the child(ren) and are consistent with achieving established permanency goal(s).
• Make concerted efforts to achieve permanency for children in a timely manner and consistent with regulations contained in the Adoptions and Safe Families Act.
• Ensure that siblings in foster care are placed together unless a separation is necessary to meet the needs of one of the siblings.
• Maintain child's connections to his or her neighborhood, community, faith, extended family, tribe, school, and friends.
• Promote, support, and otherwise maintain a positive and nurturing relationship between the child(ren) in care and their biological parents/caretakers by encouraging and facilitating activities and interactions beyond visitation.
• Document case management activities within time frames established by policy.
• Celebrate positive outcomes with children and family.
• Utilize privately owned vehicle for work-related travel and duties (including transportation of children).
• Routinely serve on after-hours on-call duty.
• Embrace ongoing learning and professional development opportunities.

Note:

• Applicants must pass the standard agency testing protocol for the position in which they are hired to maintain the position.
• Although agency employees are authorized to telework temporarily, employees are subject to being called into the office as needed.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

The State of Georgia does not discriminate based on race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, or other protected categories in employment or the provision of services. Qualified applicants may request reasonable accommodation when needed during the application and/or screening process by contacting the appropriate agency Human Resources department.

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.