Case Manager - Foster Care

Responsibilities The Case Manager - Foster Care, a full-time position, is employed by and is directly accountable to the Foster Care Supervisor (Tucker) or Program Manager (Gainesville). Position is primarily responsible for the placement of children in foster homes; maintenance of children while in the foster home; dismissal and follow-up of children upon leaving the foster homes; supervision and training of the foster parents; provision of casework services to birth families and/or children in foster homes, community outreach and training. In addition, this worker needs: To be a viable team member by investing in all activities and functions of the agency’s services To participate in conferences and other training opportunities when requested by the Foster Care Supervisor or Program Manager; and to make use of professional consultation by learning from the experience and knowledge of others To operate in an organized manner consistent with reasonable economy and to keep the Foster Care Supervisor or Program Manager aware of the full range and expected needs of clients in order that priorities can be considered To meet deadlines on compliance standards for foster youth as well as foster parents' records To meet monthly deadlines for preparing financial vouchers for the foster parents as well as RBWO per diems for DHS To actively coordinate and participate in service and permanency planning for each family on his/her caseload To be involved in the quarterly quality assurance peer monitoring of children's and foster parents' records To make the minimum monthly visits to the regular foster homes and to the available birth parents To participate in outcome planning for foster care, and the keeping of data to support outcomes To enter required data in the state’s GA Score systems, meeting the monthly deadlines To enter and annually gather data used for the agency’s annual report To understand and practice the use of appropriate confidentiality To follow agency personnel and program policy To be a positive factor in public relations by representing the agency well in contact with visitors and people from the community To be involved in the activities of the agency’s quality assurance program To perform other duties as delegated by the Foster Care Supervisor or Program Manager To participate in educating families on parenting skills/techniques, recruitment and coordinating Qualifications Preferred Attributes: Understanding of complex trauma and ability to implement strategies to guide families to help children through trauma Spirit of collaboration and teamwork that fosters positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders Positive, uplifting, and inviting demeanor that opens the door for easy rapport building with families and children Alignment and commitment to the agency’s strategic goals and objectives. Extraordinary attention to case level details that incorporate strong case management skills Requirements Have a minimum of a Bachelor's degree from an accredited college/university in a human service or behavioral science field Have a minimum of two years’ experience of working with children and families Own, drive, and maintain an automobile in good working condition, receiving a reimbursement for agency business mileage Understand that this job will require some evening and weekend hours of employment, and some after-hour on call responsibilities Be computer literate, including word processing and excel spread sheets Be organized and detailed oriented Possess good communication and writing skills #J-18808-Ljbffr