Clinical Case Manager II

Enhanced Foster Care Clinical Case Manager II

Job Summary and Job Description

Job Title: Clinical Case Manager II

Department: Enhanced Foster Care

Reports To: Clinical Treatment Coordinator

Beginning Pay Range: $49,920.00- $55,250.00

Classification: Full Time Salaried
- Exempt

D.A. Blodgett
- St. John's

D.A. Blodgett
- St. John's provides a continuum of care with comprehensive services, including counseling, foster care, adoption, mentoring and residential care. These programs are built on our core belief, backed by research, that as long as children can be safe, they do best when they are with their families. D.A. Blodgett
- St. John's primarily serves children, youth and families in the greater Grand Rapids area, and some programming throughout the State of Michigan. D.A. Blodgett
- St. John's is dedicated to providing an inclusive and welcoming experience for all children, all families and all individuals.

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To help children and empower families by providing safety, advocacy, and support.

: A safe, nurturing home for every child, a supportive community for every family.

• Exceptional Service:
  Client-focused and teaming at the center of our work.
• Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion:
  All are welcomed, valued, and belong.
• Excellence:
  Ongoing commitment to learning and improvement.
• Integrity:
  Responsibility and ownership of our actions and results.
• Creativity:
  Imagination, innovation, and intelligent risk taking.
• Passion:
  Relentless positive energy toward our mission and vision.

• Nonviolence:
  Maintaining safety for all members of the community.
• Emotional Intelligence:
  Managing emotions so we don't hurt ourselves or others.
• Social Learning:
  Together we accomplish more, we care for one another.
• Democracy:
  Everyone has a voice, not necessarily a vote.
• Open Communication:
  Respecting and sharing ideas of our team.
• Social Responsibility:
  Say what you mean, don't be mean when you say it.
• Growth & Change:
  Creating hope for ourselves and the people we serve.

The Clinical Case Manager II provides intensive targeted and coordinated planning, linking, training and advocacy support to youth ages 0-18 and foster families to preserve placement. The focus of services is to stabilize the child(ren) who is/are experiencing significant emotional and/or behavioral regulation issues leading to consideration of residential treatment OR to facilitate their discharge from residential treatment. The Clinical Case Manager is responsible for ensuring children and foster families are assessed, monitored, and engaged in a service plan designed to enhance stability, wellness, and growth.

This includes facilitated referrals for and monitoring of behavioral health or other therapies for the child, information, skill building and support for foster parents, and coordination with education and other community systems. As caseload permits, this level II position also assists with therapy and case management cases in the Behavioral Health Team. The EFC Clinical Case Manager II reports directly to the Clinical Treatment Coordinator.

• Provide services to a maximum caseload of eight EFC-authorized children, according to an Initial Service Agreement (ISA)
• Complete monthly face-to-face contact expectations with families based on level of care.
• Complete Clinical Pathways screening process for assigned children.
• Screen and assess for behavioral health or other service needs, facilitate referral for necessary services, and help to remove barriers to service access and engagement.
• Able to meet clients and their foster families in non-traditional settings, (i.e. client's home or public place that can accommodate privacy) during hours that meet the family's needs.
• Maintain weekly contact with the assigned Behavioral Supports Specialist (when applicable) to support his/her role in achieving the child's goals of improved and appropriate behavioral, emotional, social, and/or educational functioning.
• Work collaboratively with foster care staff, agencies, programs, services, and individuals who have important roles in the child's life situation. Communicate with each service provider to monitor a child's progress in treatment or other services and assure coordination of all services to the child. Coordinate and collaborate with the educational system, maintaining regular contact with the child's school.
• Provide information, skill building opportunities and support to Foster Parents to increase their confidence and capacity caring for the unique needs of the child(ren) in their home.
• Identify and analyze any identified issues in services, school and/or the foster home and develop a plan of response; engage foster care staff, service providers, foster parents, school personnel and others as necessary to facilitate successful resolution.
• Participate in weekly team/peer meetings and at minimum monthly individual supervision with demonstrated ability to implement feedback from supervisor.
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