Indian Child Welfare Case Manager

Location: Nett Lake

POSITION PURPOSE

Indian Child Welfare (ICW) Case Manager will coordinate and provide comprehensive services regarding Child Protection, Family Preservation, Foster Care, and Juvenile services. ICW Case Manager provides services through intake referrals, assessment, investigation, case management, and service referrals. ICW Case Manager is responsible for case plan assessment and development for low to high-risk child specific situations, coordinates referrals, maintaining case files, billing, and data entry.

Assist with program resources to best serve Indian families to maintain child safely in the home and/or family stabilization. ICW Case Manager works on behalf of the tribe, for families involved in tribal, state and county child welfare system.

essential Duties, functions, & Responsibilities

1. Provide services to children and adolescents with low to high complex needs. Children with these needs include those who are, or who have experienced a combination of mental illness, the abuse of drugs/ alcohol, domestic and family violence, child sexual assault and other issues.

2. Meet with parents, children, family members, kinship, and foster care providers to develop affiliation, and support all levels of the family dynamic with an emphasis on preservation and reunification.

3. Accept intake referrals, assessment of needs, assist with forensic interview, gather information, collaborates with other professionals.

4. Develop an intake safety case plan, provide crises intervention in emergency situations, which supports family preservation and natural support.

5. Develop, complete, and regularly review a written individual case plan based on the assessment of direct services needed by children and family.

6. Follow the Child Welfare Target Case Management guidelines for assessment, visitation, family preservation, foster care, and clinical documentation all correspondence.

7. Create and participate with in-home visitation to monitor the client/family safety case plan, and other family centered work that supports native family presentation.

8. Enter daily clinical documentation and all required billing practices in accordance with Child Welfare Targeted Case Management and reimbursement activities under Title IV-E (Training will be provided).

9. Complete all forms and data entry for case management: weekly progress/encounter notes, billing encounters, monthly progress reports, and file reviews records (paper and electronic).

10. Provide and/or arrange transportation as needed for clients/family.

11. Maintain effective professional public relations within the community and services agencies.

12. Present ongoing communication with clients and make referrals to other agencies when needed.

13. Positively interact with clients, families, individuals, organizations, and system partners to further develop cooperative and collaborative efforts in responding to client/family needs.

14. Monitor and assess progress with chemical substances, mental health services, parenting sessions, medical requirements, and education.

15. Coordinate (supervise when needed) a family visitation plan; assists in making parents feel comfortable during parenting time for family.

16. Coordinate referral for the provision of services for the client/family with appropriate services providers.

12. Work collaboratively with court and utilize the authority of the courts and law enforcement to provide protective service to clients/family through the interpretation, planning, implementation, and monitoring of court orders issued.

13. Prepare court petitions and clinical documentation court reports.

14. Testify in tribal and district court hearings, and if qualified provide Expert Testimony.

15. Provide family and kinship service to identify relative placements for children, supports family preservation, including foster care placement and permanent planning placement when necessary.

16. Adhere to active efforts include but are not limited to supportive services, program financial support, transportation, client/family visitation plan, communication support, scheduling, arranging services, gathering release of information, home visiting, and childcare.

17. Maintain professionalism when attending meetings and training.

18. Perform clerical and administrative functions such as drafting correspondence, organizing and maintaining paper files, providing information to callers or visitors, arranging scheduling for meetings and training, including making reservations for meeting rooms, scheduling participants, and notifying staff; maintains meeting minutes and prepares agendas.

19. Maintain a minimum of 20 hours per year of training pertaining to job duties.

20. Communicate and work closely with the Indian Child Welfare Manager, other agencies, relaying critical information, case consulting and coordinating duties.

21. Write letters, memos, enter daily information into databases, retrieves information as needed, and other correspondences.

22. Organize and maintain files, records,…