Placement Case Manager

Job Title: Placement Case Manager

Department/Program: Foster Care/Respite Program

Reports to: Foster Care Program Director

Work location: Sandy Admin Building/Hybrid

FLSA status: Non-Exempt, Full-time

Salary: $21.85/hr - $24.08/hr

We are a Joint Commission and Sanctuary accredited non‑profit organization that provides a comprehensive array of services to children, adolescents, and their families. As an agency, Morrison, its team members, and clients commit to the following values of trauma‑informed care:

• Nonviolence: being safe and doing the right thing
• Emotional Intelligence: managing our feelings so we don't hurt ourselves or others
• Social Learning: respecting and sharing ideas of our teams
• Democracy: shared decision making whenever possible
• Open Communication: saying what we mean and not being mean when we say it
• Social Responsibility: everyone makes a contribution to the organizational culture
• Growth and Change: creating hope for our clients and ourselves

The Placement Case Manager is responsible for ensuring clinical oversight for coordinating and scheduling respite placements for children ages 3 – 18 with our certified resource/respite homes providing respite care. The role participates as part of the team supporting children in care and their biological/foster placements. The position is responsible for assisting with respite parent supervision, respite home safety checks, and facilitate/attend program support and attends training meetings along with respite providers.

Responsible for collection, clinical review, and upload of respite reports to client files. Engaged with potential, new, and existing resource parents. Partner with client caregivers and clinical team coordinating respite intake process, ongoing eligibility, and respite matching. Participation required of resource home recruitment and after hours on‑call rotation.

• Schedule respite placements of client with appropriate and available respite homes
• Coordinate pre‑respite meetings and post‑placement debriefings, as needed
• Timely and effective communication to client’s caregivers and mental health therapists regarding access to respite services, and inquiries of program eligibility
• Understand client intake/referral paperwork for eligibility for respite services for those authorized for services
• Provide training for respite parents and support facilitation of PCRC monthly support nights
• Ensure respite placements and requests are entered in client electronic record
• Responsible for collection, clinical review, uploading of respite reports, and incident reports to client files
• Ensure accuracy of monthly billing reports for respite provider monthly invoices
• Assess respite provider’s capacity to be trauma‑informed in working with clients with severe mental health
• Conduct respite home visits to verify safety standards are maintained and submit written documentation of the visit.
• Participate in resource home recruitment events and program outreach for Morrison Respite programs
• Model safe language and demonstrate appropriate boundaries with peers, resource parents and clients
• Intervene and provide support when staff, families, or clients demonstrate unsafe language or behaviors
• Maintains confidentiality and appropriate professional boundaries
• Demonstrate a commitment to developing a thorough knowledge and application of the Sanctuary model and other organizational policies & practices.
• Participate in staff development, in‑services, and training related to workplace effectiveness; model professional behaviors and implement improvements to business practices with awareness of their impact in a trauma‑informed behavioral healthcare organization.
• Other duties as assigned to ensure successful operation of program/department

• Familiarity with Child Welfare system, specialized care and treatment needs of Foster children and youth
• Familiar with Oregon Administrative Rules pertaining to Licensed Child Caring Agencies and Behavioral Rehabilitation Services
• Familiarity with and ability to train/coach respite providers for compliance on Medicaid documentation standards for BRS programs…