Foster Care Case Manager

BrightSpring Health Services • Atlanta, GA

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About The Position

StepStone Family & Youth Services provides trauma-informed, youth-centered services to children and families involved in foster care. The Foster Care Case Manager delivers individualized case management, advocacy, service coordination, counseling, and foster-family training and supervision to promote safety, stability, permanency, and well-being. The position collaborates with foster parents, biological families, schools, referral agencies, community providers, courts, and multidisciplinary teams to support each child’s needs and placement stability.

The Case Manager develops and monitors treatment plans, coordinates services and community resources, conducts home and child visits, tracks social and emotional progress, and maintains timely documentation and progress reports. The role also supports reunification when required, coordinates and supervises family visits as directed, and helps recruit, evaluate, and train prospective foster parents. The position works under the supervision of the Program Manager and requires flexible hours, including weekends or holidays as needed.

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 and determine when to act independently or seek advice.
• Willingness to maintain flexible working hours and work weekends or holidays as needed.

Responsibilities

• Review referrals and match children with appropriate foster families.
• Place children in state-licensed or state-certified foster homes.
• Obtain state- and agency-required documentation for children in care.
• Maintain weekly documented contact and conduct bi-weekly visits with 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.
• 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 and, when required by court, supervise visits with parents, siblings, and relatives.
• Serve as liaison with placing agencies, schools, and other community agencies.
• Attend court hearings, review hearings, staff meetings, and treatment-planning meetings as required.
• Complete interviews, training, and home studies for prospective foster parents as needed.
• Attend conferences and seminars required for annual training.
• Conduct or participate in two or more foster-parent support group meetings each year.
• Use standardized tools to measure social and emotional progress and outcomes.
• Develop individual treatment plans with the Program Manager and monitor child and family progress throughout placement.

What This Job Offers

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