Case Manager – Foster Care Position Available In DeKalb, Georgia

Job Summary:

The Case Manager – Foster Care, a full-time position, is employed by and is directly accountable to the Foster Care Supervisor (Tucker). 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:

Responsibilities:

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
including ORCC, DHS, and COA regulations
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

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

Work Environment:

This position is located at a Wellroot assigned office, the work is conducted in an office setting and across the campus. Fast-paced, working with vulnerable clients. The ability to maintain a flexible work schedule which will include evenings and weekends is required. Must be able to lift up to 25 pounds. Usually sits in front of a computer 60% of the time.