Case Manager - Foster Care

The Case Manager – Foster Care, a full-time position, is employed by and is directly accountable to the Foster Care Supervisor (Tucker) or Program Manager (Gainesville). Position is primarily responsible for the placement of children in foster homes; maintenance of children while in the foster home; dismissal and follow-up of children upon leaving the foster homes; supervision and training of the foster parents;

provision of casework services to birth families and/or children in foster homes, community outreach and training. In addition, this worker needs:

Responsibilities:

To be a viable team member by investing in all activities and functions of the agency’s services

To participate in conferences and other training opportunities when requested by the Foster Care Supervisor or Program Manager; and to make use of professional consultation by learning from the experience and knowledge of others

To operate in an organized manner consistent with reasonable economy and to keep the Foster Care Supervisor or Program Manager aware of the full range and expected needs of clients in order that priorities can be considered

To meet deadlines on compliance standards for foster youth as well as foster parents’ records including ORCC, DHS, and COA regulations

To meet monthly deadlines for preparing financial vouchers for the foster parents as well as RBWO per diems for DHSTo actively coordinate and participate in service and permanency planning for each family on his/her caseload

To be involved in the quarterly quality assurance peer monitoring of children’s and foster parents’records

To make the minimum monthly visits to the regular foster homes and to the available birth parents

To participate in outcome planning for foster care, and the keeping of data to support outcomes

To enter required data in the state’s GA Score systems, meeting the monthly deadlines

To enter and annually gather data used for the agency’s annual report

To understand and practice the use of appropriate confidentiality

To follow agency personnel and program policy

To be a positive factor in public relations by representing the agency well in contact with visitors and people from the community

To be involved in the activities of the agency’s quality assurance program

To perform other duties as delegated by the Foster Care Supervisor or Program Manager To participate in educating families on parenting skills/techniques, recruitment and coordinating

Preferred Attributes:

Understanding of complex trauma and ability to implement strategies to guide families to help children through trauma

Spirit of collaboration and teamwork that fosters positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders

Positive, uplifting, and inviting demeanor that opens the door for easy rapport building with families and children

Alignment and commitment to the agency’s strategic goals and objectives. Extraordinary attention tocase level details that incorporate strong case management skills

Requirements:

Have a minimum of a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university in a human service or behavioral science field

Have a minimum of two years’ experience of working with children and families

Own, drive, and maintain an automobile in good working condition, receiving a reimbursement for agency business mileage

Understand that this job will require some evening and weekend hours of employment, and some after-hour on call responsibilities

Be computer literate, including word processing and excel spread sheets

Be organized and detailed oriented

Possess good communication and writing skills