Foster Care Case Manager

Department & Division
:
Foster Care;
Child Welfare Division

Reports To
:
Foster Care Supervisor

Beginning Pay Range
: $43,888-$48,000

Classification
:
Full Time, Salaried, Exempt

Foster Care Case Managers play a critical role in supporting children and families within the child welfare system. They begin working with children following a court order that removes the child from their home and continue providing support throughout the child’s time in foster care.

In this role, case managers work directly with children, parents, and caregivers while also leading a collaborative, multidisciplinary team focused on ensuring the child’s ongoing safety, well‑being, and stability. Their ultimate goal is to help each child achieve permanency—whether through safe reunification with a parent, adoption, guardianship, or preparation for independent living.

This highly impactful position requires a unique combination of skills and personal strengths, including compassion, strong organizational abilities, effective communication, and perseverance. While foster care case managers receive regular supervisory support, they must also be confident in making independent decisions, conducting ongoing assessments, and adapting creatively to a wide range of complex and evolving situations.

Additionally, this role requires flexibility and a strong commitment to meeting the needs of children and families. Case managers often adjust their schedules to connect with clients in community settings at times that are most convenient and supportive for them.

• Monthly home visits with foster children; all foster children on your caseload must be visited at least monthly.
• Monthly visits with parents of foster children to engage them in treatment plans that support reunification.
• Timely report writing, including quarterly reports for judges and attorneys.
• Court testimony, typically quarterly, to update the court on progress.
• Commitment to learn and comply with MDHHS foster care policies and procedures as outlined in the Foster Care Online Manual ((Use the "Apply for this Job" box below).).
• Commitment to learn and comply with applicable rules and regulations from Department of Child Welfare Licensing (DCWL).
• Timely completion of computer‑based and paperwork reporting.
• Anticipation of a caseload of 13 children.
• Cooperate and assist other agency staff (i.e., licensing, medical, and adoption personnel) and partner agencies with necessary paperwork requirements.
• Comply with agency expectations related to general forms (e.g., expense vouchers, service area reports, etc.).
• Coordinate and monitor community resources available to clients (e.g., school conferences, psychological/psychiatric evaluations, parenting classes, substance‑use disorder, sexual abuse, mental health therapy, and medical services).
• Attend agency and team meetings, case conferences, adoption planning conferences, and in‑service training.
• Develop and implement initial and updated service plans, parent‑agency agreements, aftercare treatment plans, and counsel parents in the completion of these plans.
• Participate in required case‑related activities such as court hearings, pre‑hearing conferences, Family Team Meetings (FTM), and Foster Care Review Board meetings.
• Safely transport youth.
• Must be available at night and weekends, in addition to our on‑call team.
• Other responsibilities will include those set forth in agency personnel policies or as assigned by the supervisor, management, and leadership.
• Ability to work more than 40 hours per week to achieve agency objectives on a timely basis.

General Direction—plans and arranges own work; uses a wide range of procedures to accomplish assigned objectives.

No supervisory responsibilities.

• Educational requirements of a minimum of a Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work or a closely related Human Services field approved by the Bureau of Children and Adult Licensing (BCAL). Master’s degree is a bonus.
• Positive acceptance of supervision to learn and be trained in case management, assessment, and treatment skills.
• Commitment to providing excellent child welfare…