Case Manager - 90 day opportunity

Nitelines Usa•McDonough, GA

12d•Hybrid

About The Position

Nite Lines USA is seeking a Case Manager for a 90-day assignment with DFCS in Henry County, working within their Foster Care unit or CPS investigations unit. This role involves providing investigative and comprehensive case management for clients involved in child/adult abuse or neglect cases. The position requires immediate and follow-up actions for at-risk clients needing protective services or placement, including timely face-to-face responses to alleged child maltreatment reports and conducting assessments to identify and address safety concerns. The Case Manager will develop and implement safety plans, conduct diligent searches for clients, implement Solution Based Casework (SBC), and partner with families to develop agreements and plans to achieve desired outcomes. Responsibilities also include completing genograms, collaborating with community partners, ensuring adequate client visits, identifying and addressing client needs (physical, educational, mental/behavioral health), establishing permanency goals, ensuring stable placements, and working towards timely permanency in accordance with the Adoptions and Safe Families Act. The role also involves maintaining child's connections to their community, promoting positive relationships between children and biological parents, documenting case management activities, celebrating positive outcomes, and utilizing a privately owned vehicle for work-related travel and duties. The position includes routine after-hours on-call duty and embracing ongoing learning and professional development. While typically office-based, some documentation can be done at home if reported promptly, but the expectation is more office work than teleworking. The workload will involve working with children and families in DeKalb County and surrounding metro Atlanta areas.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
At least 1 year of child welfare experience.
Previous DFCS case management experience.

Responsibilities

Provides investigative and comprehensive case management for a caseload involving child/adult abuse or neglect.
Makes immediate and follow-up actions for at risk clients in need of protective services and/or placement.
Initiates timely, face-to-face responses to screened-in reports of alleged child maltreatment and conducts assessments that identify and address safety concerns.
Addresses identified safety concerns by immediately developing and implementing safety plans.
Conducts diligent search efforts to locate the child/family when unable to make contact.
Implements Solution Based Casework (SBC).
Partners 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.
Completes genograms to identify available family support network.
Collaborates with community partners to create systems of support for children and families.
Ensures that frequency and quality of visits with children and families are adequate to ensure safety, permanency, and well-being.
Identifies the physical, educational, and mental/behavioral health needs of children, parents, and foster parents and ensures identified needs were effectively addressed.
Establishes permanency goals for the child(ren).
Ensures 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).
Makes concerted efforts to achieve permanency for children in a timely manner and consistent with regulations contained in the Adoptions and Safe Families Act.
Ensures that siblings in foster care are placed together unless a separation is necessary to meet the needs of one of the siblings.
Maintains child's connections to his or her neighborhood, community, faith, extended family, tribe, school, and friends.
Promotes, supports, and otherwise maintains 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.
Documents case management activities within time frames established by policy.
Celebrates positive outcomes with child(ren) and family.
Utilizes privately owned vehicle for work-related travel and duties (including transportation of children).
Routinely serves on after-hours on-call duty.
Embraces ongoing learning and professional development opportunities.