Full Time Community Home Based Case Manager Opening

Whitington Homes And Services•Fort Wayne, IN

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

This role involves providing family-centered casework services to families and children involved with DCS/Probation, including pre-adoption and post-adoption services. The Case Manager's primary goal is to help safely maintain children in their homes or foster homes, prevent initial placement or re-entry into foster care, preserve, support, and stabilize families, and promote the well-being of children, youth, and families. The position requires flexibility for evening and weekend availability to accommodate family schedules and demands. Whitington offers both full-time and part-time positions.

Requirements

Ability to meet a family in a non-biased strengths-based format either in the home, community, or office setting.
Ability to develop a goal-oriented plan of treatment.
Develop a consistent schedule of interaction.
A belief in the family preservation philosophy.
A Bachelor's degree is preferred, but Whitington will consider an Associate's degree, High School diploma or equivalent with at least 4 years of full-time employment experience providing direct services to children and families.
Experience must include service to families that have required assistance in the protection and care of children.
Must have a valid driver's license and proof of insurance.
Strong organizational skills.
Ability to work well as a team or independently.
Skillful use of evidence-based strategies.
A strong desire to recognize and strive for a strengths-based perspective of change.
Ability to maintain confidentiality of all appropriate information.
Ability to communicate effectively and efficiently, orally and in writing.
Be able to provide factual feedback to the Department of Child Services/Probation or the courts in person, telehealth and in writing.
Weekly staffing is mandatory and occurs on Monday mornings at 9:00 a.m.

Responsibilities

Provide family-centered casework services to families and children involved with DCS/Probation.
Offer pre-adoption and post-adoption services.
Safely maintain children in their homes or foster homes.
Prevent children's initial placement or reentry into foster care.
Preserve, support, and stabilize families.
Promote the well-being of children, youth, and families.
Provide services such as Tutoring, Truancy/Termination Home Based/Community Based case management, Parenting Education, Supervised parenting time, Case planning, initial assessment and ongoing treatment planning efforts.
Provide transportation using personal or company vehicles.
Participate in Team Meetings.
Facilitate family reunification/preservation efforts.
Assist families in the reunification process and/or referral process to improve identified life situations.
Provide education, role-modeling, consistent family planning for meals, time management, symptom management, and advocacy.