Permanency Supervisor (Denton County)

Our Community Our Kids•Denton, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Permanency Supervisor is responsible for supervising a unit of caseworkers and clerical staff, performing complex consultative services, technical assistance, and supervisory work. This role involves planning, developing, and implementing agency programs in a fast-paced, high-energy environment. The supervisor must daily assess and make decisions regarding child safety and permanency, ensuring documentation is thorough and concise. Key duties include ensuring individualized safety plans are linked to immediate child safety and service plans are tied to treatment services that enhance protective capacities. The position requires routine interaction with clients, judges, attorneys, children, school personnel, and the community. The role also involves interaction with parents, guardians, conservators, and youth with behavioral problems, potentially including physical aggression. A personal vehicle is required for travel, and the position is sensitive to the cultural and socioeconomic characteristics of the service population. The supervisor will have access to confidential information, including youth files, foster care and adoption records, and foster parent information, and must maintain strict confidentiality.

Requirements

A Master’s degree in a human services field is required.
A minimum of two years working with Foster Care, Adoption, Kinship, Conservatorship, or a related field is required.
Knowledge of program planning and implementation.
Knowledge of agency policies, procedures, and regulations.
Knowledge of laws and regulations pertaining to child care, abuse, and neglect.
Skills in establishing and maintaining effective working relationships.
Skills in effective verbal and written communication.
Ability to articulate an understanding of the intersection between race and poverty and the different outcomes and conditions that exist among specific groups as compared to other groups due to unequal treatment of services.
Ability to negotiate available services.
Ability to gather, assemble, correlate, and analyze facts.
Ability to prepare clear and concise reports.
Ability to develop and analyze special projects.
Ability to supervise the work of others.
Ability to travel locally and within the region.

Nice To Haves

A professional licensure in a human services related field is preferred.

Responsibilities

Maintain high ethical standards as outlined in the ACH Child and Family Services Code of Ethics.
Empower others to solve their problems.
Value a nurturing family as the ideal environment for a person.
Demonstrate a conviction about the capacity of people to grow and change.
Lead and manage staff effectively.
Develop goals for the program and implement strategies for achieving them.
Establish respectful relationships with persons served to help them gain skills and confidence.
Work collaboratively with other personnel, service providers, and professionals.
Maintain a helping role and intervene appropriately to meet service goals.
Set appropriate limits.
Perform other duties as assigned and required to maintain unit operations.
Promote, monitor, and ensure respect for cultural diversity.
Attend work regularly in accordance with agency leave policy.
Conduct regular group and individual supervision meetings.
Participate in meetings with collaborating partners and agencies.
Participate in ACH Leadership meetings.
Provide leadership in QCC process and planning meetings as needed to facilitate quality care.
Evaluate unit performance through case readings, computer reports, and observations of unit operations to ensure compliance with policies, procedures, and service control requirements.
Assist in preparing management reports, analyses, and correspondence on the effectiveness of program activities.
Assist in the preparation of program budget requests.
Prepare and conduct presentations for citizens, clients, staff, management, or elected officials.
Interpret program policy and procedures to unit staff, other agency staff, parents, children, youth, caregivers, the courts, CASA, other stakeholders, and the general public.
Make casework decisions regarding the reunification and placement of children.
Work with county and district attorneys on legal measures to initiate cases.
Review and approve child placement casework decisions.
Select, manage, and develop staff through performance review, conferences, training, and performance appraisal.
Plan, promote, and encourage the professional growth and development of management and service delivery personnel.
Integrate the agency philosophy and values in service delivery.
Empower and support unit staff to make informed case decisions on assigned cases.
Attend continuing education necessary to expand knowledge and maintain certifications or licenses.
Communicate regularly with supervisor and seek supervision when appropriate.
Participate in and sometimes conduct in-service training.