Case Manager: 90-day opportunity. DeKalb County, GA

Nitelines Usa•Decatur, GA

10d•Onsite

About The Position

Nite Lines USA is seeking a PRN Case Manager to join their team for a 90-day opportunity working for DFCS in the Foster Care unit with DeKalb County. 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 position requires developing and implementing safety plans, conducting diligent searches for clients, implementing Solution Based Casework (SBC), and partnering with families to achieve desired outcomes. The Case Manager will also complete genograms, collaborate with community partners, ensure adequate visits with children and families, identify and address physical, educational, and mental/behavioral health needs, establish permanency goals, and ensure stable foster care placements. Maintaining connections to the child's community, promoting positive relationships with biological parents, and documenting case management activities are also key responsibilities. The role involves utilizing a privately owned vehicle for work-related travel, including transporting children, and routinely serving on after-hours on-call duty. Embracing ongoing learning and professional development, and attending court hearings are also expected.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
Bachelor's Degree or higher in Social Work or related fields.
Must have child welfare experience and be very knowledgeable with working with children and families.
Must be very familiar with Foster Care.

Nice To Haves

Previous DFCS knowledge and experience preferred.

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.
Attend and testify in court hearings/appearances.