Child Welfare Services Case Manager 1

Georgia Department of Revenue•Canton, OH

About The Position

The Georgia Department of Human Services’ Division of Family & Children Services is hiring a Child Welfare Services Case Manager 1 in Canton, Cherokee County. Reporting to the Child Welfare Services Supervisor, the case manager works with children and families to assess and address safety concerns, support family functioning, and promote children’s safety, permanency, and well-being. The role includes responding to reports of alleged child maltreatment, coordinating services and placements, maintaining family and community connections, and documenting case activities. The position requires work-related travel in a personally owned vehicle, including transportation of children, and routine after-hours on-call duty. Telework may be available depending on the position, but employees may be called into the office as needed.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
Pass the standard agency testing protocol for the position to maintain employment in the position.
Have 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 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 are adequate to support 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 child’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-established time frames.
Celebrate positive outcomes with children and families.
Use a privately owned vehicle for work-related travel and duties, including transportation of children.
Routinely serve on after-hours on-call duty.
Participate in ongoing learning and professional development.