Case Manager (Foster Care)

Essential Responsibilities

• Completes required assessments and service plans for assigned clients.
• Implements and monitors service plans, reviews progress with supervisor and DCFS as required.
• Affirms client strengths and needs in service planning and assessment.
• Assesses and monitors the safety of clients in current living arrangements and makes recommendations and referrals for appropriate placement.
• Assesses permanency options, recommends permanency plans, and implements plans to achieve permanency for clients.

Organization and Service Delivery

• Develops a working knowledge of community resources and maintains relationships with these resources.
• Refers and links clients to appropriate resources; secures written agreements as required.
• Requests and obtains supervisor approval for limited financial assistance for client needs.
• Creates organized plans to ensure completion of casework tasks.
• Responds promptly to inquiries from clients, courts, DCFS, and other service providers.
• Contacts relevant parties to coordinate client services or make referrals.

Documentation and Reporting

• Makes frequent reports to supervisor on client service progress.
• Maintains accurate, complete, and timely client records and data.
• Sends clear written reports on client progress to court proceedings.
• Reports all critical and unusual incidents to supervisor, management, or DCFS as required.

Client Outreach and Engagement

• Maintains required face-to-face contact with clients through home and office visits.
• Engages resistant and/or mandated clients in services.
• Outreach to client, family members, and other significant people in the client's life to maintain contact and develop resources.
• Develops effective helping relationships with clients and their families.
• Affirms the safety of children living with clients and makes recommendations and referrals for appropriate placement and services.

Professionalism and Work Conduct

• Behaves with integrity, demonstrates high ethical standards, and displays a positive image of UCAN.
• Acts professionally and maintains appropriate boundaries with clients.
• Demonstrates accountability for results and keeps commitments to others.
• Reports to work, meetings, training, and job-related activities prepared and as scheduled.
• Respects cultural and socioeconomic characteristics of clients and coworkers.
• Responds to clients and their families, UCAN staff, DCFS, service providers, and other stakeholders in a timely manner and ensures follow-up to adequately address their needs.

Benefits

UCAN offers a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Voluntary Life Insurance
• Voluntary Short-Term Disability
• Voluntary Critical Illness Insurance
• Voluntary Accident Coverage
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Health Savings Accounts (HSA)
• Retirement Plan (401k)
• Tuition Reimbursement

Additional benefits include:

• Group Life and AD&D Insurance
• Group Long-Term Disability
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

About the Role

At UCAN, we prioritize the health and well-being of our team, as it is essential to our mission of serving the community. Our competitive benefits package is designed to help you and your family thrive.

Qualifications

• SW or BS/BA in Human Service field required.
• Licensed Child Welfare Services Employee or license eligible.
• 0-2 years of experience working in human services, child welfare, or crisis intervention.

Skills

Not specified.

Pay

N/A

Schedule

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