Therapeutic Foster Care Supervisor

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Position:Therapeutic Foster Care Supervisor

Location: Gurnee, IL

Job :1102

# of Openings:1

Under the assigned Director of Programs, provide oversight to therapeutic foster care staff and their caseload of ten treatment foster care children and families. Will ensure that the child’s needs for safety, permanency, wellbeing and placement stability are met within the context of an evidence-based model of treatment foster care using a trauma informed approach.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Review intake information of clients referred to the program and in conjunction with the Director Programs determine if the referral will be accepted.
• Oversee case responsibilities for the therapeutic foster care program and provide guidance in case planning.
• Ensure the development and implementation of clinically sound individualized crisis management plans.
• Work with team members to engage families in the treatment and planning.
• Staff all cases with appropriate staff weekly.
• Provide supervision to professional and para-professional staff on therapeutic approaches with clients.
• Review all written documents generated by staff.
• Attend court hearings, case reviews, staffing, and meetings as needed.
• Review funding source policies and procedures and train staff on the implementation of these procedures.
• Ensure that the required documents are in the case file.
• Participate in various collateral and community groups to promote agency programs and to network with the community.
• Complete various outcome reports as required.
• Participate in required meetings and trainings including with funding source.
• Provide staff with training, education, and ongoing supervision and support.
• Ensure adherence to contractual obligations with the funding source.
• Handle client, staff, caretaker, and/or collateral complaints and grievances.
• Conduct regular unit meetings with staff.
• Participate in agency management meetings and work groups.
• Assist CQI in the development of agency documentation to enhance programming and to meet the requirements of the funding source policies and procedures.
• Work to ensure quality of service and the achievement of program outcome goals.
• Provide direct service to children and families in the absence of assigned staff.
• Manage a 24-hour response system, which may be for referral intake and/or client emergencies.
• Manage case assignments to ensure an equal distribution of cases and to maintain the appropriate staff-to-client ratios as outlined by the funding source.
• Ensure adequate client contact is maintained in accordance with specific program guidelines and the minimum required contact hours are achieved each month.
• Ensure staff at all levels are closely monitoring child and client safety and are appropriately responsive to any situation posing a risk to, or by, a client.
• Complete and submit performance appraisals in a timely manner.
• Meet program outcomes and benchmarks as mutually established each fiscal year and reviewed in supervision on a minimum of a quarterly basis.
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