Case Manager - Reintegration

Saint Francis Ministries • Hutchinson, KS

9d

About The Position

The Case Manager - Reintegration completes assessments and coordinates services and permanency planning for children and families. The role may include making initial contact with children and arranging placement, with viable kinship placements prioritized. The Case Manager facilitates family meetings, develops and implements case plans, recommends services, builds family and community support networks, and supports kinship and foster families in maintaining placements and working toward permanency.

The Case Manager prepares children and families for moves, reunification, or other permanency goals; responds to crises; and assesses progress toward case plan goals to recommend reunification, termination of parental rights, adoption, or other appropriate outcomes. The position involves working with the court system, preparing reports, participating in proceedings and testifying, following court orders, and maintaining accurate and timely case records. If adoption becomes a child's permanency goal, the Case Manager completes required adoption documents.

The role collaborates with family support workers, participates in team and supervisory meetings, and supervises and transports children and families as needed. It includes an on-call rotation outside regular working hours, requiring availability, prompt response and issue resolution or escalation, short-notice travel within the state, incident documentation, and clear handovers. The Case Manager also participates in individual or group supervision.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in social work or a human service field from an accredited college or university.
• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Must pass a drug screen, MVR, KBI check, Child Abuse & Neglect Central Registry Clearance check, Adult Registry Check, and FBI fingerprint check.
• Must be able to meet a lifting requirement of 50 pounds.
• Must have a valid driver’s license, an acceptable driving record, and reliable transportation.

Nice To Haves

• License to practice in the State of Kansas is preferred.
• Two years of experience working with children/youth and families is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Complete initial and ongoing assessments by gathering information from children, families, and collaterals.
• Make initial contact with children and arrange placement when responsible for doing so.
• Research and recommend possible kinship placements, prioritizing them whenever viable.
• Facilitate and coordinate family meetings.
• Develop and implement case plans and permanency goals with children and families, ensuring goals are pursued within established time frames.
• Determine and recommend needed services for children and families, including mental health, drug and alcohol services, respite care, and supervised or unsupervised visitations and interactions.
• Help families establish support networks of family, kinship, and community.
• Support kinship and foster families in maintaining placements and helping children work toward permanency.
• Prepare families and children for moves, reunification, or other appropriate permanency goals.
• Provide interventions for children and families in crisis situations.
• Assess ongoing case plan goals and recommend reunification, termination of parental rights, or other permanency options.
• Work with the court system and follow court protocols, including appropriate business attire.
• Prepare court reports, participate in court proceedings including testifying, and ensure court orders are followed.
• Complete and maintain accurate written documentation in child and family case records within established time frames.
• Complete necessary documents to assist with adoption when adoption becomes a child's permanency goal.
• Participate in supervisory and team meetings, sharing pertinent information about progress, trends, barriers, solutions, and relationships with other agencies and communities.
• Collaborate with and provide guidance to assigned family support workers.
• Supervise and transport children and families as needed.
• Participate in an on-call rotation, remain reachable, respond promptly to calls or notifications, resolve or escalate issues, travel on short notice when required, document incidents and actions, and provide clear handovers.
• Participate in group or individual supervision.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level