Foster Care Case Manager

About This Role

This is a professional position providing case management for assigned caseloads, working with Agency consumers, their families, and foster families. The role involves instructive counseling activities, assisting with treatment goals, and placement planning and care.

Responsibilities

• Advocate for children and families with the goal of permanency (reunification, adoption, guardianship, permanent placement with a fit and willing relative, Another Planned Permanent Living Arrangement) by maintaining cases in various counties within the Ennis Center service area
• Ensure accurate, professional, and timely completion of all required reports, logs, notes, and other paperwork
• Coordinate or provide timely services and casework needs to all assigned Agency consumers, families, and foster families
• Monitor and provide necessary services to Agency consumers, families, and foster families
• Coordinate treatment services with appropriate local, state, or federal agencies and/or community resources
• Assist with Foster Care responsibilities across all agency offices as needed, including carrying caseloads outside the employee’s designated home office
• Attend, conduct, or participate in all case conferences, hearings, assessments, home visits, etc.
• Provide 24-hour crisis on call availability to clients and families on a rotating basis
• Provide case management of initial placements through the intake process
• Maintain a flexible work schedule

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in social work or other related field
• Excellent written and verbal communication/presentation skills
• Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills
• Reliable transportation
• Satisfactory completion of all employment eligibility and Agency hiring requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in social work or other related field as required by the State’s licensing guidelines

Nice to Have

• Experience in a child placing agency

Benefits