Preservation Case Manager - Families First - Southeast Michigan

Samaritas•Detroit, MI

9h•Hybrid

About The Position

Southeast Michigan Families First is seeking dedicated individuals to make a positive impact on families. This vital role involves intensive, home-based, 28-day interventions with a two-family caseload, focusing on the family’s strengths and resilience to help them become self-sufficient. Our staff spend an average of 10 hours a week with these families, face-to-face, with the goal of keeping children with their families. The time spent will include both traditional and non-traditional work hours. Samaritas is a Michigan-based human service organization that connects people with families and communities, empowers them to live their fullest life possible, and creates a ripple effect of transformation. This is a FULL TIME ROLE with varied shifts including but not limited to weekends, holidays, and on call.

Requirements

Minimum of Bachelor’s degree in any human service field or education preferred, OR Two years' experience working with children and/or families and an associate degree or the equivalent in human services or education and be actively working towards a bachelor degree in human services or education (only when no viable degreed candidate is available).
Valid driver’s license with good driving record; reliable ongoing personal transportation suitable for safely transporting clients; current automobile registration and proof of automobile insurance.
Field experience working with multi-problem children and families with ability to relate to and engage with them families preferred.

Nice To Haves

Experience in strength-based, family-centered, solution focused approaches beneficial.

Responsibilities

Provides intensive, short term or long-term in-home crisis intervention and family education, based on program specification, to at-risk families.
Provide in-home crisis oriented treatment, education and support to family units where one or more family members may be placed outside the home in foster, group, or institutional care or, be at-risk of being removed from the home.
Provide a range of interventions to children, adults, and families, using acceptable treatment methodologies consistent with the Family Preservation best practice model.
Actively participate as a member of team meetings; keep all members informed of case status and progress; provide oral and written reports as needed and make recommendations about case goals, alternative service plans, action steps and activities for treatment plans.
Assist clients to clearly define presenting problems, devise methods and goals for resolution, assess their progress toward treatment goals and plan termination.
Present cases to supervisor for review of treatment plans and progress on a regularly scheduled basis.
Provide appropriate referrals for clients requiring additional or alternative services.
Assume therapeutic responsibility for all cases on assigned caseload; conduct intake, assessment and scheduling of all assigned clients.
Collaborate with referral sources, agencies, institutions and individuals who have important roles in the family’s life situation.
Provide advocacy and professional consultation work with the referring organization, schools, court, and other social service agencies as needed.
Complete client follow up at intervals as outlined.
Complete and maintain all reports, statistics and assignments as required.
Enter all required data in required systems in a timely manner.
Participate in all required training and effectively implement learned skills.