Child Welfare Services Case Manager 1

Family and Children Services, Division of•Canton, MI

About The Position

The Georgia Department of Human Services’ Division of Family & Children Services (DFCS), Child Welfare, is hiring a Child Welfare Services Case Manager 1 in Canton, Cherokee County. The role works to strengthen families and protect children by responding to reports of alleged maltreatment, assessing and addressing safety concerns, and supporting children and families toward safety, permanency, and well-being. The position reports to the Child Welfare Services Supervisor. The Case Manager partners with children, parents, foster parents, and community organizations; develops and implements safety and family plans; identifies needed supports and services; and works toward stable placements and timely permanency for children. The position requires work-related travel using a privately owned vehicle, including transporting children, and routinely includes after-hours on-call duty. Employees may telework temporarily, but may be called into the office as needed. Applicants must pass the agency’s standard testing protocol for the position. Candidates must have reliable transportation, proof of auto insurance, a valid state-issued driver’s license, and an acceptable driving history. The selected candidate may be subject to pre-employment drug screening, education verification, reference checks, motor vehicle records checks, and criminal background checks.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
Pass the standard agency testing protocol for 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 contact cannot be made.
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-level outcomes.
Complete genograms to identify available family support networks.
Collaborate with community partners to create systems of support for children and families.
Ensure visits with children and families are sufficiently frequent and high-quality to promote safety, permanency, and well-being.
Identify the physical, educational, and mental or behavioral health needs of children, parents, and foster parents, and ensure those needs are addressed.
Establish permanency goals for children.
Ensure foster care placements and living situations are stable, in the children’s best interests, and consistent with their permanency goals.
Make concerted efforts to achieve timely permanency in accordance 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 neighborhoods, communities, faith, extended families, tribes, schools, and friends.
Promote and support positive, nurturing relationships between children in care and their biological parents or caretakers, including by encouraging 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.