Care Coordinator - Foster Care

About the Role

Coordinate and supervise care coordination, case planning, individual service activity, and required documentation for assigned foster families and children. This is a full-time position that will require a significant amount of telecommuting/remote working from locations such as foster family homes, home office, family court, hospitals, or DSS. Individuals will be obligated to travel to their physical office for meetings, supervision, paperwork, or as scheduled.

Responsibilities

• Conduct intake and discharge procedures for foster children.
• Monitor adjustment, well-being, and progress of children in placement on your caseload.
• Meet with children and foster parents at least once face-to-face each month and contact regularly as needed to advocate for and assist children with placement issues, behaviors, plan of care goals, and progress.
• Ensure foster parents are meeting all licensing and contract regulations.
• Conduct staffing with participating agencies, staff, youth, and families as required for service delivery.
• Ensure family involvement and visitation with the child/youth's family of origin, unless prohibited by the court.
• Serve as Miracle Hill agency liaison with referring agencies, local schools, community resources, and providers, including SCDSS caseworkers, Guardian ad Litems, therapists, mentors, biological families, and relatives.
• Complete documentation and updates before deadlines, including care plans, progress information, and maintaining child files as required by agency and state standards (e.g., safety plans, individual service plans, progress notes).
• Adhere to all regulatory standards and Miracle Hill Ministries policies.
• Prepare critical incident reports and submit them to DSS staff.
• Participate in an on-call rotation and respond to crises or emergency situations, which may require face-to-face home visits.
• Advocate for children and assist children and foster parents with behavior interventions, placement stability, and success for youth.
• Assist with investigating allegations of abuse/neglect relating to Miracle Hill foster parents as requested by the Director.
• Assist in goal achievement for individual service plans.
• Share the good news of Jesus Christ, give a personal testimony, and pray with/for those served by the ministry.
• Other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Supervisory Responsibilities

This position has responsibility for supervising foster parents and their license.

Requirements

• Master's degree in social work or other related areas of study and one year of experience working with the population served; or a Bachelor's degree in social work or other related areas of study and two years of experience working with the population served. Closely related fields include social work, counseling, psychology, sociology, criminal justice, and recreational therapy.
• Specialized training required: CPR/First Aid, behavior intervention, medication administration training, trauma-informed training, prudent parenting training. Provided by Miracle Hill upon hire if not current.
• Ability to deal with highly stressful situations and persons who may be stressed.
• Ability to exercise judgment and discretion in interpreting and applying various procedures and guidelines.
• Training in providing services to children/youth exhibiting medical, developmental, and/or behavior problems and in a supervisory role of those caring for children.
• Must become a Certified Adoptions Specialist within 6 months.
• As an evangelical Christian ministry, Miracle Hill requires all applicants to read and agree with its Doctrinal Statement and Employment Qualifications.