Case Manager: 90 Day Opportunity Savannah, GA

Nitelines Usa•Savannah, GA

19d•$30•Onsite

About The Position

Nite Lines USA is seeking a PRN Case Manager to join our team. This position will be working for DFCS in the CPS investigations unit with Chatham County. The position will be PRN with a duration of 90 days. The role involves providing investigative and comprehensive case management for a caseload involving child/adult abuse or neglect, making immediate and follow-up actions for at-risk clients, and conducting assessments to identify and address safety concerns. The Case Manager will develop and implement safety plans, conduct diligent search efforts, implement Solution Based Casework (SBC), and partner with families to achieve desired outcomes. Responsibilities also include completing genograms, collaborating with community partners, ensuring adequate visits with children and families, identifying and addressing needs, establishing permanency goals, ensuring stable placements, maintaining child's connections, promoting positive relationships between children and parents, documenting case management activities, celebrating positive outcomes, utilizing a privately owned vehicle for work-related travel, serving on after-hours on-call duty, and attending court hearings.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
HIPPA Certification required (company can provide if not already obtained).
Must have experience and be very knowledgeable with working with children and families in CPS.

Nice To Haves

Previous CPS knowledge and experience preferable with DFCS.
Applicants who live in the area or nearby Chatham County.

Responsibilities

Provide investigative and comprehensive case management for a caseload involving child/adult abuse or neglect.
Make immediate and follow-up actions for at-risk clients in need of protective services and/or placement.
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 to achieve desired individual and family-level outcomes.
Complete genograms to identify available family support network.
Collaborate with community partners to create systems of support for children and families.
Ensure that frequency and quality of visits with children and families are adequate to ensure safety, permanency, and well-being.
Identify the 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) and are consistent with achieving established permanency goal(s).
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 to meet the needs of one of the siblings.
Maintain child's connections to his or her neighborhood, community, faith, extended family, tribe, school, and friends.
Promote, support, and otherwise maintain a positive and nurturing relationship between the child(ren) in care and their biological parents/caretakers by encouraging and facilitating activities and interactions beyond visitation.
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.
Attend and testify in court hearings/appearances.