Foster Care Family Consultant
Intercept Health•Roanoke, VA
About The Position
Intercept Health is hiring a full-time Treatment Foster Care Family Consultant to provide casework services to children and families. The position reports to the TFC Program Supervisor. The role involves supporting children in treatment foster care through assessment, service planning, coordination, monitoring, education, and counseling. Intercept Health is a family-owned agency serving mental and behavioral health, substance use, and foster care needs in Virginia.
Requirements
- A bachelor's degree in any field and two years of experience providing casework services to children and families; or a bachelor's degree in social work or a related field (including sociology, psychology, special education, or counseling) and one year of such experience; or a doctorate or master's degree in social work or a related field, with a student placement in casework services to children and families or one year of such experience.
Responsibilities
- Interview children and families.
- Conduct and write home studies.
- Develop individualized treatment and service plans.
- Counsel children and families in preparation for placement or discharge.
- Supervise children in resource, foster, and adoptive homes, as well as in independent living arrangements.
- Prepare and maintain case records.
- Coordinate services to minimize fragmentation of care, reduce barriers, and connect children with appropriate services for comprehensive and continuous access to needed medical, social, educational, and other services.
- Periodically assess children's psychosocial, nutritional, medical, and educational service needs.
- Coordinate referrals and help children arrange and access appropriate services and supports specified in their individualized treatment and service plans.
- Assist children in locating or obtaining needed services and resources, and coordinate service planning with agencies and providers, including arranging medical, remedial, and dental services as needed.
- Monitor cases, assess ongoing progress, ensure services are delivered, and continually evaluate and review each child's plan of care.
- Collaborate with family assessment and planning teams and other involved parties to review and coordinate services and prepare case plans.
- Guide and counsel children, developing supportive relationships that promote their service plans.
Benefits
- Comprehensive health insurance options
- Dental and vision insurance
- Health and child care flexible spending accounts
- Comprehensive employee assistance program
- Employer group life insurance and optional buy-up insurance
- Voluntary long-term and short-term disability insurance
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Optional pet insurance
- Paid time off
- Eight observed holidays
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