Kinship Caseworker

The Children s Choice • West Goshen Township, PA

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

Join our team at Children's Choice, Inc. and make an impact in your community. We believe that social services is a ministry, and we stand behind our principles to help our Social Workers succeed. If you are willing to make the commitment to help our families thrive, we believe YOU can make a lasting difference!

Requirements

• Bachelor's or master's degree in social work or related field
• Experience working with families in social services context
• Valid driver's license with properly registered and insured vehicle
• Proficient in Microsoft Office

Responsibilities

• Maintain accurate, detailed and current case records on each client
• Engage family members and identified supports throughout the Family Finding efforts
• Assure positive engagement and communication between all team members
• Build relationships with families and service providers
• Assure both physical and emotional safety to children during the Family Finding process
• Provide support and guidance to the birth parents and children during the Family Finding process.
• Connect kin with resources and provide concrete needs or assistance when identified
• Ensure cultural competency while working with birth family and all team members
• Communicate to birth parents, foster parents, kinship parents and all other team members during the referral process for Family Finding Services
• Provide visitation in the community or family setting when authorized
• Conduct all meetings contained within Kevin Campbell’s Family Finding model to include Alignment meetings, Blended Perspective meetings, Decision Making meetings and Lifetime Network meetings.
• Provide support and training to families within the kinship process, as well as provide help with completing the Resource Home Study
• Relay summary information on each family to the Program Coordinator and his/her appointed designee at regularly scheduled supervisory meetings
• Attend all scheduled staff meetings, supervisory conferences and in-service training sessions and all staff training
• Undertake any appropriate assignment requested by the Program Coordinator
• Assist in transportation of children to family meetings as required
• Obtain at least forty hours of formal staff training per year, which will include CPR certification and American Red Cross First Aid
• Assess the home environment at every home visit, where the child is residing, for safety issues
• Assess each child for signs of abuse or neglect at every face-to-face contact and report as a mandated by the Child Protective Services Law all cases of suspected child abuse and/or neglect within 24 hours.
• Testify in court as requested and attend team meetings to report on family’s progress.

Benefits

• Warm and professional work environment
• 14 paid holidays per year
• PTO (paid time off) awarded on first day of hire and additional PTO awarded at two years of employment
• Group Health Insurance: Health, Dental, Vision
• Short- and Long-Term Disability
• Flexible Spending Account
• Professional Development
• 401-K

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees