Case Manager Level IV-Unit 015

Position Summary

To identify and assess child and family needs and evaluate, coordinate and ensure necessary services are provided; provide in-home services to clients; assist and counsel individuals and families by using such activities as delineating alternatives, helping to articulate goals and providing needed information.

Principal Duties And Responsibilities

• Case Manager Level 4 - Criteria/Special functions
• Ability to lead and facilitate staff meetings
• Provide mentoring for Level 2 and 3 Case Managers
• Act as Unit Supervisor in his/her absence or during a vacancy
• Have successfully demonstrated the ability to critique and provide corrective feedback to other staff for Judicial Reviews and Case Plans
• Be able to attend staffings for reunification/unsupervised visits
• Act as team leader for special projects as requested

Essential Functions

• Provide case management services (information, plan referrals and linkages)
• Develop and maintain case records and service documentation according to contract and Community Partnership for Children standards (family assessments, case plans, chrons, JRSSR’s, etc.)
• Complete all required court reports and submit within established deadlines
• Testify in court as necessary
• Monitor quality of care by conducting face-to-face home/residential visits of the child every 30 days
• Cookordinate services with other professionals and paraprofessionals
• Conduct community outreach as needed
• Provide and/or arrange for transportation of clients to appointments, community agencies, etc., as needed
• Conduct monthly face-to-face visits with parents of children in Out of Home Care (OHC) to discuss case plan progress
• Provide and/or refer families to services, understand and use information from service providers, psychological reports and psychosocial evaluations
• Conduct child safety assessments
• Serve as on-call case manager after hours as assigned and determine and respond to immediate risk and needs of child
• Arrange for emergency placement for children at risk
• Explain rights and responsibilities to children and family members
• Provide/coordinate support to foster homes and relative/non-relative placements
• Provide post placement planning and services
• Participate in the quality improvement

Experience/Performance Requirements

• Excellent assessment skills and intervention strategies
• Ability to identify environmental stressors
• Ability to observe and report accurately on the functioning of individuals and families
• Ability to handle confidential information appropriately
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Knowledge and respect of socio-cultural characteristics of service population
• Ability to make home visits and to travel
• Ability to set appropriate limits and boundaries with clients
• Knowledge of community resources
• Ability to work flexible hours as required
• Knowledge of professional ethics relating to child protection and counseling
• Skill in employing family-centered practice
• Ability to use and proficiency in computer software applications
• Ability to act decisively when necessary to protect clients
• Will demonstrate ability to initiate and carry out teamwork functions
• Will have attained full credentials from the Florida Certification Board
• Will have successfully demonstrated the ability to use creative thinking to solve complex problems
• Two years case management experience, preferred
• No written counseling statements within the last 2 years, preferred
• Willing to provide mentoring to level 2 and 3 CM’s with a positive team approach attitude
• Must attend SFE (Supervising for Excellence) Training within one year of position start date, preferred

Education Requirements

• Required: Bachelors degree from an accredited college or university in human services related field
• Attainment: Child Welfare Credentials

Licenses and Certifications

• Possess a current Background Clearance Screening Letter as required by DCF; and successfully complete the background screening requirements for Community Partnership for Children
• If local travel is required, a Valid Florida driver’s license and documentation of current automobile insurance, with $100,000/$300,000 bodily injury liability limit, is required

Physical Demands and Work Environment

• Employee will work in an office/clerical environment
• The employee will work predominantly seated with recurrent need to walk, stand, and bend from the waist
• Occasional light lifting, stooping, and climbing may be required

General Information

• This job description should not be construed to constitute contractual obligations of any kind or a contract of employment between Community Partnership for Children and any employee
• Employment at Community Partnership for Children is “at-will” and either party can terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without just cause