Preservation Case Manager - Families First - Southeast Michigan

Samaritas•Detroit, MI

17h•Hybrid

About The Position

This vital role involves intensive, home-based, 28-day interventions with a two-family-caseload that focuses on the family’s strengths, utilizing their own resilience, as they 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 be both traditional and non-traditional work hours. This FULL TIME ROLE has varied shifts including but not limited to weekends, holidays, and on call with a $43,888.00 to $47,008.00 annual salary. Provides intensive, short term or long-term in-home crisis intervention and family education, based on program specification, to at-risk families.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in SOCIAL WORK or comparable human service field
Two years field experience working with children and families in a family-centered, solution-focused environment
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

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

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