Child Welfare Services Case Manager 1

Family and Children Services, Division of•Dalton, GA

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 Dalton, Whitfield County. The position reports to the Child Welfare Services Supervisor and supports child safety, permanency, and well-being through case management and partnership with children, families, and community organizations. The case manager responds to screened-in reports of alleged child maltreatment, assesses safety, develops and implements safety plans, and works with families to achieve individual and family outcomes. The role includes maintaining appropriate placements and family connections, identifying and addressing service needs, documenting activities within policy time frames, and participating in after-hours on-call duty. Work-related travel, including transporting children, uses a privately owned vehicle. Employees may be called into the office as needed even when temporarily authorized to telework. The position requires a bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university. 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. The selected candidate may be subject to pre-employment screening and background checks.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
Pass the agency’s standard 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 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 outcomes.
Complete genograms to identify available family support networks.
Collaborate with community partners to create systems of support for children and families.
Ensure the frequency and quality of visits with children and families adequately address safety, permanency, and well-being.
Identify the physical, educational, and mental or behavioral health needs of children, parents, and foster parents, and ensure identified 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 permanency goals.
Make concerted efforts to achieve timely permanency 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 activities and interactions beyond visitation.
Document case management activities within policy 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.