Position Case Manager, Foster Care

Foster Care Case Manager

We're Hiring: Foster Care Case Manager – Grand Rapids, MI!

Salary: $47,008

Make a real impact in the lives of children and families. We're looking for a compassionate Case Manager to provide support, advocacy, and stability for youth in foster care.

• Manage and support your own caseload
• Coordinate placements & attend court hearings
• Work closely with children, families, and community partners
• Bachelor's in Social Work or related field (license preferred)
• Experience in child welfare a plus
• Valid driver's license & reliable transportation required

If you're driven to help others and ready to make a difference, we'd love to meet you.

Apply today and help change a child's story.

Duties and Responsibilities

Provides social work and case management services for assigned cases, in accordance with all applicable contractual and regulatory requirements and accreditation standards.

• Assume primary responsibility for all cases on assigned caseload. Provide a range of case management, including social casework, engagement, mentoring, and community referral.
• Collect, assess and document appropriate data and client progress. Assume responsibility for and complete documentation, reports, statistics, and assignments within required time frames and as required.
• Work collaboratively with referral sources, agencies, institutions and individuals who have pertinent roles in client's life situation.
• Prepare for and attend all scheduled court hearings on assigned caseload.
• Take primary responsibility for intake and initial placement services for all newly referred cases.
• Coordinate placement arrangements with caregivers, including transportation of children as needed.
• Provide more intensive supportive casework services to child, birth family, and caregiver during initial placement and replacement.

Job Qualifications

Education, Training, and Licensure/Certification

• Bachelor's degree in Social Work or related human service field.
• Licensed by the State of Michigan preferred.

Experience

• One year experience in child welfare, preferred.

Additional Work Requirements

• Participate in a system of 24 hour availability to clients, foster and adoptive parents, as required.
• Unrestricted valid driver's license with good driving record. Reliable personal transportation suitable for safely transporting persons served; proof of current automobile insurance.