Foster Care Case Manager

Presbyterian Childrens Homes and Services • Springfield, MO

2h • $22 - $23 • Hybrid

About The Position

We are committed to supporting at-risk children and families, providing them with tools and resources to help prevent children from experiencing child abuse, neglect, and abandonment. As a Christian agency, we believe in living our mission by providing Christ-centered care and support to children and families in need. Presbyterian Children’s Homes and Services (PCHAS) operates 12 programs in 39 locations, serving nearly 4,500 children and families annually. Our agency is committed to "The PCHAS Way," which inspires us to be strength-focused, family-centered, and goal-driven with every client. This role is responsible for safety and services to children and families in foster care, including facilitating Family Support Team meetings, developing individualized care plans, coordinating services across settings, and documenting support activities. The goal is to promote effective utilization of support services to achieve permanency for children and families.

Requirements

• Must possess a bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology, counseling, education, criminal justice, or a related human services field.
• Minimum of two (2) years of relevant case management experience.
• Must hold a valid driver’s license, have and maintain a risk-free driving record.
• Must be willing to undergo initial and periodic child abuse/neglect, criminal history, sexual offender, and childcare/elder care disqualification list screenings as conducted by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services utilizing the Family Care Safety Registry.
• As requested, must submit fingerprints for review by the Missouri State Highway Patrol and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).
• Must undergo a pre-employment drug screen and a pre-employment physical with the results showing no evidence of communicable disease.
• Must be American Red Cross first aid and CPR certified at all times.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Follows all contractual and agency policies, procedures, and seamless delivery of services to children and their families.
• Maintains a caseload of 12 to 15 children depending on program capacity and the needs of the agency. Caseload size may be temporarily increased due to a CM’s extended absence and/or position vacancy.
• Provide full case management services to children and their families in the MO foster and adoptive care system from the time of assignment until case closure or transfer.
• Documents all activities and maintain data entry in FACES (state online database system) and CSWIS (consortium online database system) in a timely and accurate manner.
• Has face-to-face contact with each assigned child and his/her family at least monthly (may require extensive travel based on the individual needs of the child and family).
• Has telephone contact with each child and family support provider regularly to review provider activities and to receive reports regarding case progress.
• Evaluate and factually report the impact of services to team members and judiciary; attend all court hearings; schedule, coordinate and facilitate FST meetings within prescribed time frames.
• Participates in FCCM consortium on-call schedule as EOC (employee on-call) for PCHAS on a rotating basis.

Benefits

• $1,000 hiring bonus!
• Competitive salaries
• Flex work schedules
• Paid time off
• Medical, dental and vision insurance options
• Voluntary life insurance options
• Paid holidays
• Generous retirement plan (after one year of service and working 1,000 hours the agency matches an employee 200% up to a 3% retirement contribution).

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level