Case Manager for Aftercare

Saint Francis Ministries•Hays, KS

3d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Case Manager for Aftercare role involves comprehensive support for children and families, focusing on assessments, case planning, service coordination, and crisis intervention. This position requires close collaboration with families, community resources, and the court system to achieve permanency goals such as reunification or adoption. Responsibilities include detailed documentation, court appearances, and providing guidance to support staff. The role also includes an on-call rotation for urgent issues, requiring immediate response, problem resolution, and potential travel.

Requirements

Ability to work with the court system and follow court protocols including appropriate business attire.
Completes reports for court, participates in court proceedings, including testifying, and makes sure court orders are followed.
Completes and maintains written documentation in child/family's case record accurately and within established time frames.
If a child's permanency goal becomes adoption, complete necessary documents to assist in the adoption process.
Participates in supervisory and team meetings, sharing pertinent information about children/families' progress, critical trends, barriers, and solutions to achieving outcomes; and relationships with other agencies/communities.
Works collaboratively and provides guidance to family support workers assigned.
Supervises and transports children and families as needed.
On-call rotation duties including availability, rapid response, problem resolution, travel, and documentation.

Responsibilities

Completes initial and ongoing assessments by gathering information from children, their families, and collaterals.
May be responsible for initial contact of children and subsequent placement.
Research and recommend possible kinship placements, giving them priority, whenever viable.
Facilitates and coordinates family meetings.
Develops and implements case plans and permanency goals with children and families, ensuring that goals are reached within established time frames.
Determines and recommends which services are needed for the child and family, including mental health, drug and alcohol services, respite care and supervised or unsupervised visitations/interactions.
Assists families to establish a support network of family, kinship, and community.
Supports kinship and foster families to maintain placements and help children work toward permanency.
Preparing families and/or children for moves, reunification or other appropriate permanency goals.
Provides intervention for children and families in crisis situations.
Assesses ongoing case plan goals and recommends reunification, termination of parental rights or other permanency options.
Ability to work with the court system and follow court protocols including appropriate business attire.
Completes reports for court, participates in court proceedings, including testifying, and makes sure court orders are followed.
Completes and maintains written documentation in child/family's case record accurately and within established time frames.
If a child's permanency goal becomes adoption, complete necessary documents to assist in the adoption process.
Participates in supervisory and team meetings, sharing pertinent information about children/families' progress, critical trends, barriers, and solutions to achieving outcomes; and relationships with other agencies/communities.
Works collaboratively and provides guidance to family support workers assigned.
Supervises and transports children and families as needed.
Participates in group or individual supervision.
On-call rotation duties including availability, rapid response, problem resolution, travel, and documentation.