Child Welfare Services Case Manager Supervisor
About The Position
Stronger Families for a Stronger Georgia. The Georgia Department of Human Services (DHS) is a dynamic state agency responsible for delivering a wide range of services to Georgia's most vulnerable populations. Our mission is to strengthen Georgia by providing individuals and families access to services that promote self-sufficiency, independence, and protect Georgia's vulnerable children and adults. Start your career in public service. The DHS Division of Family & Children Services (DFCS), Child Welfare, is seeking candidates to fill the position of Child Welfare Services Case Manager Supervisor, reporting to a Child Welfare Services Administrator. This position is in McDonough, Henry County.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree and three (3) years of job-related case management experience; or one (1) year of experience at lower level Child Welfare Svcs Case Mgr 3 (SSP072) or position equivalent.
- Must have reliable transportation, proof of auto insurance, a valid state-issued driver’s license, an acceptable driving history record and the ability to travel statewide.
- Reliable transportation and valid driver's license for work-related travel.
Nice To Haves
- Behavioral Science degrees include but are not limited to the following: social science, psychology, sociology, child development, family studies, criminal justice, education, public health, public administration, nursing.
- Case Management experience would include one or any combination of the following work responsibilities: assessments; home evaluations; staffing; work with individuals, families, groups organizations and/or communication of the goal of behavioral changes; work with child safety or child welfare; law enforcement experience in areas related to DFCS (e.g. family/domestic violence, investigations or interventions involving children, substance abuse or crimes against persons.
Responsibilities
- Supervise and plan work of assigned staff
- Serve as job expert or organization resource in assigned areas
- Access and record client and community resource information
- Collect evidence, interviews witnesses, and prepare necessary reports according to rules and regulations, state and federal laws
- Compile records and prepare reports; performs follow-up to determine the status of client's case
- Conduct home-visit evaluations for information gathering to be used in assessments
- Coordinate and monitor children in out-of-home placements and in-home interventions
- Coordinate and monitor services, including comprehensive tracking of client's activities
- Develop case plans that effectively utilize community resources to meet needs of individual custodial client
- Identify placement resources for children within the foster care system
- Initiate the legal process for guardianship, protective services, placement and/or adoption
- Maintain required documentation and completes reports
- Make immediate assessments regarding safety of clients and respond according to established protocol and policies
- Perform initial investigations of protective services referrals to determine the appropriateness of protective services intervention
- Work in collaboration with legal system to ensure safety and achieve desired outcomes
- Review, approve/disapprove, or render decisions on casework being performed by staff
Benefits
- unique training opportunities
- employee retirement plan: 401(k) plan and 457 plan
- 13 paid holidays
- vacation & sick leave
- medical
- dental
- vision
- long/short-term care
- life insurance
- employee discount programs
- telework opportunities depending upon the position(s)
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
