Child Welfare Services Case Manager 1

Georgia Department of Revenue•Savannah, GA

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 Savannah, Chatham County, Georgia. Reporting to the Child Welfare Services Supervisor, this position learns under supervision to provide investigative and comprehensive case management for a caseload involving child or adult abuse or neglect. The position requires passing the agency’s standard testing protocol to maintain employment. Although employees may be temporarily authorized to telework, they may be required to report to the office as needed. The role routinely includes after-hours on-call duty and work-related travel in a privately owned vehicle, including transporting children. DHS’s mission is to strengthen Georgia by connecting individuals and families with services that promote self-sufficiency and independence and protect vulnerable children and adults. The selected candidate may be subject to pre-employment drug screening, education verification, reference checks, motor vehicle records checks, and criminal background checks. In an identified emergency, DHS employees may be required to assist with the department’s emergency responsibilities.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
Pass the agency’s standard testing protocol for the position to maintain the position.
Use a privately owned vehicle for work-related travel and duties, including transportation of children.

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 searches 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 support systems for children and families.
Ensure the frequency and quality of visits with children and families support safety, permanency, and well-being.
Identify physical, educational, and mental or behavioral health needs of children, parents, and foster parents, and ensure identified needs are addressed effectively.
Establish permanency goals for children.
Ensure foster care placements and living situations are stable, in the children’s best interests, and consistent with established permanency goals.
Make concerted efforts to achieve timely permanency for children 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.
Engage in ongoing learning and professional development opportunities.