Therapeutic Foster Care; TFC Case Manager & Recruitment

Therapeutic Foster Care (TFC) Case Manager & Recruitment

Full Time
• Norwalk, CT, US

Responsible for ensuring continuity of placement and providing support and case management for youth in foster care, working with DCF and recruiting foster parents.

• Provide minimum monthly visits with child and foster family.
• Provide a variety of services and interventions needed to stabilize and maintain placements.
• Demonstrate appreciation of cultural diversity, heritage and knowledge of cultural issues and patterns.
• Assess needs of children and families.
• Develop and update treatment plans for each child on a quarterly basis.
• Assist with permanency plans as appropriate.
• Complete required documentation in the electronic health record in an accurate and timely manner.
• Recruit and retain families for foster care services to ensure placement of all children referred by DCF.
• Facilitate public relations efforts to recruit and match potential families and children.
• Cultivate and maintain relationships through face to face engagement with a variety of community organizations, groups and entities (e.g., faith‑based organizations, civic groups, grassroots organizations, hospitals and the community at large) to aid with the recruitment of a sufficient number of qualified and licensed homes to achieve the minimum annual contract capacity.
• Participate in statewide recruitment meetings as scheduled.
• Participate in regular meetings with DCF regarding referred youth, potential foster home matches, and disruption management.
• Develop and implement a written child‐specific recruitment plan, with monthly updates provided to the CPS team, for each child in the FFT FC program who does not have a placement resource.
• Provide pre and post‑licensing training and support groups to prospective foster and adoptive parents on evenings and weekends as needed.
• Develop and implement the Contractor's annual recruitment and retention plan.
• Ensure recruitment and retention goals are met through collaboration and participation in community events to present therapeutic foster care to the greater Bridgeport, Norwalk & Stamford communities.
• Network meetings in person with DCF and local community agencies in the greater Bridgeport, Norwalk & Stamford communities.
• Perform additional duties as assigned to provide consistent, seamless services to children and families.
• Support licensing process for foster parents including completion of background check documentation.
• Participate in on‑call coverage on a rotating basis among program staff.

• Maintain a caseload of 8 - 10 clients and foster families under TFC.
• Pre‑licensure training classes offered at least 4× per year.
• Participation in at least 2 community events per quarter to present Foster Care to potential foster parents.
• Perform all other assignments as assigned.

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, Human Services, or related discipline.
• Ability to work well with families, children and collaterals.
• Ability to write clear and concise reports.
• Skilled in public speaking and/or marketing.
• Must have awareness of the cultural and socioeconomic characteristics of clients served.
• Knowledge of an electronic health record system.
• Knowledge and expertise of the child welfare system, attachment issues, and family systems.
• Bi‑lingual is not required but preferred.

• Valid driver's license and access to a personal vehicle for regional and statewide travel.