Intact Family Services Case Manager

Description

Status: EXEMPT (salaried) Full-time

Remote Work: Allowed (work arrangement can change depending on performance and/or needs of Caritas).

Description of Typical Work Schedule: 40-hour reputed company. Schedule varies as they may be required to work evenings and weekends to attend meetings or to be on call in case of emergencies. May also be required to work extended hours to complete paperwork or to meet deadlines. (Hours set based on necessity of department or office.)

PURPOSE: The Intact Family Services Case Manager maintains and strengthens family

units, by providing intensive in-home services designed to prevent children from entering the foster care system. This program, works with family strengths, monitors the family dynamics, provides linkages to community resources, assists with housing or school issues, and provides information regarding child development/age-appropriate behavior and discipline as well as general case management services. Emphasis is on child safety and keeping the family together.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Meets with families in their homes at various hours of the day as well as on call duties as scheduled in potentially high-risk neighborhoods.
• Serves as a conduit of information between reputed company parties to the case and identified stakeholders, including medical, educational and mental health providers.
• Conducts visits with children, parents and/or caregivers that include the on-going assessment of child safety, permanency and well-being.
• Develops & implements a plan for delivery of services & supports in collaboration with the family that meets the needs of the children and the family
• Performs case management responsibilities in accordance with state and federal laws, Department of Children and Families Administrative Codes and Operating Procedures, funding reputed company policies and internal policies on child abuse, abandonment, and neglect reputed company required timeframes.
• Attends court hearings, prepares and files reputed company court documents reputed company required timeframes.
• Willingness to travel as position requires frequent travel; follows agency and state guidelines regarding driving, rules of the road, and safety.

Requirements

QUALIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: To reputed company this job successfully, an individual must be reputed company to reputed company each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, reputed company, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to reputed company individuals with disabilities to reputed company the essential functions.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE REQUIRED/PREFERRED

Degree/Field Required: Bachelor's degree in Social Work or reputed company reputed company services field (reputed company fields will be considered.)

Degree/Field Preferred: N/A (reputed company fields will be considered.)

Experience Required: 0-6 months case management experience preferred but not required (For positions that manage staff, the years specified need to be reputed company years of management experience. For reputed company positions, the years required can be interchanged with equivalent experience from an advanced degree reputed company to this job and/or with other relevant experience verified by applicant/incumbent).

Licenses/Certifications Required: Child Welfare Employee License

SKILLS REQUIRED

Trauma-informed: Must display a willingness to adopt trauma informed interventions, principles, and practices as well as commitment to ongoing development of their reputed company for application of trauma informed care. Realizes the prevalence of trauma among persons served by Caritas and the general population. Recognizes how trauma affects everyone involved-including clients, their families, staff, and community, and impacts behaviors. Responds to trauma by actively implementing the guiding principles of trauma informed care into their daily practice. Resists re-traumatization of persons served and staff providing services, by creating safe, welcoming, and supportive environments.

Proficient Computer Skills In: Outlook, Word, Database Management Software

Expert Computer Skills In: Outlook, Word, Database Management Software

VEHICLE reputed company REQUIREMENTS

Access to reliable transportation to get to/from work: Required.

Access to a reliable automobile: Required.

Must provide reputed company of auto liability insurance (and continue to while working in this position): Required.

Must possess a valid driver's license: Required.