Child Welfare Services Case Manager 1

Georgia Department of Revenue•McRae–Helena, GA

13d•Onsite

About The Position

The Georgia Department of Human Services’ Division of Family & Children Services is hiring a Child Welfare Services Case Manager 1 in McRae-Helena, Telfair County, Georgia. Reporting to the Child Welfare Services Supervisor, this position works under supervision and learns to provide investigative and comprehensive case management for a caseload involving child or adult abuse or neglect. The role includes responding to screened-in reports of alleged child maltreatment, assessing and addressing safety concerns, and supporting children and families toward safety, permanency, and well-being. The position uses a privately owned vehicle for work-related travel, including transporting children, and routinely serves on after-hours on-call duty. Although employees may be authorized to telework temporarily, they may be required to report to the office as needed. The selected applicant may be subject to pre-employment screening and background checks and must pass the agency’s standard testing protocol for the position.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
Pass the standard agency testing protocol for the position.
Use a privately owned vehicle for work-related travel and duties, including transporting children.
Be available to routinely serve on after-hours on-call duty.

Responsibilities

Initiate timely, face-to-face responses to screened-in reports of alleged child maltreatment and conduct assessments to identify and address safety concerns.
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 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 living situations are stable, in the children’s best interests, and consistent with their 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 neighborhoods, communities, faith, extended family, tribe, schools, and friends.
Promote and support positive, nurturing relationships between children in care and their biological parents or caretakers, including facilitating 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.
Participate in ongoing learning and professional development.