Foster Care Case Manager

StepStone Family & Youth Services • Greenville, NC

2d • Onsite

About The Position

StepStone Family & Youth Services is seeking a Foster Care Case Manager to provide case management services, individual and family counseling, and training and supervision of foster families. This role involves assisting in the development of treatment plans for children and families, maintaining regular contact with all parties involved, and monitoring progress throughout placements. The Case Manager will also assist with foster parent training, home studies, and evaluations, utilizing standardized tools to measure progress and outcomes, and preparing written treatment plans and progress reports.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in social work, sociology, psychology, counseling, or related human services field.
• Two years’ experience working with children and families.
• Good verbal and writing skills.
• Capable of working with children, parents, foster parents, client agencies and the courts.
• Creative, pragmatic, and assertive.
• Knows when to act independently and when to seek the advice of others.

Nice To Haves

• A bachelor’s degree in social work, sociology, psychology, counseling, or related human services field and five years’ experience with a placing agency working with troubled children and families may be considered in lieu of a graduate degree.

Responsibilities

• Reviews referrals and matches children with appropriate foster families.
• Places children in state licensed or state certified foster homes.
• Obtains all state and agency required documentation for child in care.
• Provides weekly documented contact and bi-weekly visits to child and foster home.
• Visits each assigned child at least once each month away from the foster home.
• Prepares a treatment plan for the child within 21 days of placement and quarterly thereafter.
• Prepares monthly progress reports for assigned children.
• Provides Independent Living training and monthly ILP progress reports for assigned clients.
• Provides reunification services to the biological families when required by treatment plan.
• Coordinates visitation of children with biological parents, siblings, and relatives.
• Provides supervised visits with parents, siblings, and relatives when required by court.
• Acts as liaison person with placing agencies, schools, and other community agencies.
• Attends court hearings and review hearings.
• Attends staff meetings and treatment planning meetings as required.
• Completes interviews, training and home studies on prospective foster parents as needed.
• Attends conferences and seminars as required for annual training requirement.
• Conducts/participates in two or more foster parent support group meetings each year.

Benefits

• Flexible working hours
• Works weekends or holidays as needed

What This Job Offers

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