FUNCTION:                To assess safety and well being, monitor service delivery, and support achievement of treatment and permanency goals. To act as a resource to the foster child and his/her foster family and to act as a liaison between the referring agency, the child and the community.
 
SUPERVISOR:           Program Director
 

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Master’s degree in social work, or a related field or--
• Bachelor’s degree in social work, or a related field and at least two years of working in human services field and/or out-of-home placement setting and--
• Comprehendible verbal and writing skills.
• Conflict management skills to discern the needs of people and apply available resources effectively to those needs.
• Organizational skills.
• An ability to assess the needs of the children and families and develop an appropriate service plan.
• Must demonstrate initiative and be able to work independently.
• Willing and able to capture the vision of the agency.
• An ability to utilize good judgment.
• An ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with individuals and community agencies/organizations
• An ability to testify clearly and concisely in court.

CATEGORY: Salaried exempt
 

DUTIES:

• To maintain confidentiality and other responsibilities listed in governmental laws and regulations, as well as Essential Foundation Inc. policies and procedures.
• To report immediately any suspected incident of abuse or neglect of a child in care to the facility’s administrator
• The case manager shall perform the following duties for a preferred caseload of youth as determined by ratios in the program description
  • Placing a child into a foster home, adoptive home, or any other substitute living arrangement;
  • Managing the case of a child in any substitute living arrangement, including:
    • Developing and updating of service plans
    • Stewarding direct contact with the child and the adoptive parents, foster parents, or other caregivers
    • Performing any additional case management activities;
  • Case management and service delivery to birth parents;
  • Orientation, assessment, and verification of foster parents;
  • Orientation, assessment, and approval of adoptive parents; and
  • Monitoring and providing support services to foster parents, including the initiation of development plans, corrective actions, or adverse actions.