Child Welfare Services Case Manager 1

About This Role

The Child Welfare Services Case Manager 1 manages a caseload involving child abuse or neglect, conducting investigations and comprehensive case management for Georgia's vulnerable children and families. This role focuses on ensuring child safety, promoting self-sufficiency, and achieving permanency for children in care.

Responsibilities

• Initiate timely, face-to-face responses to screened-in reports of alleged child maltreatment and conduct assessments that identify and address safety concerns
• Address identified safety concerns by immediately developing and implementing safety plans
• Conduct diligent search efforts to locate the child/family when unable to make contact
• Implement Solution Based Casework (SBC)
• Partner with child(ren) and parents in the development and utilization of the Family Functioning Agreement, Action Plan, and Family Plan
• Complete genograms to identify available family support network
• Collaborate with community partners to create systems of support for children and families
• Ensure frequency and quality of visits with children and families are adequate to ensure safety, permanency, and well-being
• Identify physical, educational, and mental/behavioral health needs of children, parents, and foster parents and ensure identified needs were effectively addressed
• Establish permanency goals for the child(ren)
• Ensure foster care placements and/or living situations are stable and in the best interests of the child(ren)
• Make concerted efforts to achieve permanency for children in a timely manner and consistent with regulations contained in the Adoptions and Safe Families Act
• Ensure that siblings in foster care are placed together unless a separation is necessary
• Maintain child's connections to his or her neighborhood, community, faith, extended family, tribe, school, and friends
• Promote, support, and maintain positive and nurturing relationships between child(ren) in care and their biological parents/caretakers
• Document case management activities within time frames established by policy
• Celebrate positive outcomes with child(ren) and family
• Utilize privately owned vehicle for work-related travel and duties (including transportation of children)
• Routinely serve on after-hours on-call duty
• Embrace ongoing learning and professional development opportunities

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university
• Reliable transportation
• Proof of auto insurance
• Valid state-issued driver's license
• Acceptable driving history record

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university

Benefits