Child Welfare Services Case Manager 1

Georgia Department of Revenue•Gainesville, FL

About The Position

The Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS), Division of Family & Children Services (DFCS), Child Welfare, is hiring a Child Welfare Services Case Manager 1 in Gainesville, Hall County. The position reports to the Child Welfare Services Supervisor and supports children and families through assessment, safety planning, case management, and efforts to achieve child safety, permanency, and well-being. The case manager responds to screened-in reports of alleged child maltreatment, assesses safety concerns, partners with families to develop and carry out plans, coordinates services and community support, and works to maintain stable placements and family connections. The role requires work-related travel using a privately owned vehicle, including transportation of children, and routinely includes after-hours on-call duty. Employees may be called into the office as needed even if temporarily authorized to telework. Applicants must pass the agency’s standard testing protocol and have reliable transportation, proof of auto insurance, a valid state-issued driver’s license, and an acceptable driving history.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
Pass the agency’s standard testing protocol for the position to maintain employment in the position.
Reliable transportation, proof of auto insurance, a valid state-issued driver’s license, and an acceptable driving history record.

Responsibilities

Initiate timely, face-to-face responses to screened-in reports of alleged child maltreatment and conduct assessments to identify and address safety concerns.
Immediately develop and implement safety plans to address identified safety concerns.
Conduct diligent search efforts to locate children and families when unable to make contact.
Implement Solution Based Casework (SBC).
Partner with children and parents to develop and use the Family Functioning Agreement, Action Plan, and Family Plan to achieve individual and family outcomes.
Complete genograms to identify available family support networks.
Collaborate with community partners to create support systems for children and families.
Ensure the frequency and quality of visits with children and families are adequate to support safety, permanency, and well-being.
Identify children’s, parents’, and foster parents’ physical, educational, and mental or behavioral health needs and ensure those needs are addressed.
Establish permanency goals for children.
Ensure foster care placements and other living situations are stable, in the children’s best interests, and consistent with their permanency goals.
Make concerted efforts to achieve permanency for children in a timely manner and consistent with the Adoptions and Safe Families Act.
Ensure siblings in foster care are placed together unless separation is necessary to meet a sibling’s needs.
Maintain children’s connections to their neighborhood, community, faith, extended family, tribe, school, and friends.
Promote and support positive, nurturing relationships between children in care and their biological parents or caretakers, including by encouraging and facilitating activities and interactions beyond visitation.
Document case management activities within policy-established time frames.
Celebrate positive outcomes with children and families.
Use a privately owned vehicle for work-related travel and duties, including transporting children.
Routinely serve on after-hours on-call duty.
Participate in ongoing learning and professional development opportunities.