Foster Care Case Manager

BrightSpring Health Services•Indianapolis, IN

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About The Position

The Foster Care Case Manager provides trauma-informed, youth-centered case management to children and families involved in foster care. The role supports safety, permanency, stability, and well-being through advocacy, service coordination, individualized case planning, counseling, and foster-family training and supervision. The Case Manager coordinates and monitors services, conducts regular visits, maintains documentation, and collaborates with foster parents, biological families, schools, healthcare providers, placing agencies, courts, and multidisciplinary teams. The position ensures children receive appropriate resources and services while maintaining compliance with agency policies, licensing standards, and state regulations. The Foster Care Case Manager works under the supervision of the Program Manager and assists in developing individual treatment plans for children and their families. The role includes reviewing referrals and matching children with foster families; placing children in licensed or certified foster homes; maintaining weekly contact and conducting required visits; preparing treatment plans and progress reports; providing reunification and independent-living services; coordinating and supervising family visits when required; and supporting foster-parent recruitment, training, and evaluation. The Case Manager also attends court hearings, staff and treatment-planning meetings, and required training events. Flexible working hours, including weekends or holidays as needed, are required.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in social work, sociology, psychology, counseling, or a related human services field.
Two years of experience working with children and families.
Good verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to work with children, parents, foster parents, client agencies, and courts.
Ability to make placement and treatment decisions involving neglected, abused, disturbed, and medically complex children.
Ability to work independently when appropriate and seek advice when needed.
Creative, pragmatic, and assertive approach to the work.

Nice To Haves

Five years of experience with a placing agency working with troubled children and families may be considered in lieu of a graduate degree.

Responsibilities

Review referrals and match children with appropriate foster families.
Place children in state-licensed or state-certified foster homes.
Obtain required state and agency documentation for children in care.
Provide weekly documented contact and biweekly visits to children and foster homes.
Visit each assigned child at least once per month away from the foster home.
Prepare a treatment plan within 21 days of placement and update it quarterly thereafter.
Prepare monthly progress reports for assigned children.
Provide Independent Living training and monthly ILP progress reports for assigned clients.
Provide reunification services to biological families when required by the treatment plan.
Coordinate visits with biological parents, siblings, and relatives.
Provide supervised visits with parents, siblings, and relatives when required by court.
Act as liaison with placing agencies, schools, and other community agencies.
Attend court hearings and review hearings.
Attend staff meetings and treatment-planning meetings as required.
Interview, train, and complete home studies for prospective foster parents as needed.
Attend conferences and seminars required for annual training.
Conduct or participate in at least two foster-parent support group meetings each year.
Deliver case management services, individual and family counseling, and foster-family training and supervision.
Assist the Program Manager in developing individual treatment plans for children and families.
Monitor the progress of children and families throughout placements using standardized tools to measure social and emotional progress and outcomes.
Maintain accurate documentation and prepare written treatment plans and progress reports.
Maintain flexible working hours and work weekends or holidays as needed.