Family Preservation Services (FPS) Case Manager

About the Role

Family Preservation Services (FPS) provides intensive in-home services and case management services to families who have one or more children at risk of out-of-home placement or who will be at risk of out-of-home placement at birth.

Responsibilities

• Provides for the safety, stability, and well-being of children and families during the referral period.
• Delivers culturally competent, strengths-based case management services to children and families consistent with evidence-based practice models.
• Makes decisions based on guidelines provided by the supervisor, family preservation standard procedures and policies, evidence-based practice models, and DCCCA organizational policies.
• Meets DCF timelines: connect with the family within 24 hours of referral, facilitate initial family meeting within 48 hours, complete assessment-based case plan within 20 days, and case closure within 3-6 months of referral.
• Engages and works in partnership with families to complete assessments and develop case plan goals and objectives.
• Meets with the family in the home weekly, monitors progress toward case plan goals, and meets monthly with each child individually to assess child’s safety.
• Assesses each child’s safety with every family contact and reports all suspected child abuse or neglect.
• Monitors family progress and service provision using assessment tools and updates the family case plan based on those assessments.
• Provides weekly home-based family skills training, which may include: nutrition, hygiene, household and time management, home and child safety, basic parenting, transportation, problem-solving, and communication to assist parents in providing a safe, nurturing environment.
• Works closely with the Family Support Worker to provide services for the family and make decisions about child well-being.
• Prioritizes identified problems, establishes goals and objectives, utilizes available resources, and arrives at decisions appropriate to the family.
• Completes and analyzes initial and ongoing family assessments related to safety, stability, and well-being, including mental health, substance abuse, education, emotional, social, and physical well-being, parenting, and parent-child relationships.
• Utilizes assessments to develop the case plan in partnership with the Family Support Worker/Family Mentor, child/ren, and family; makes community referrals as necessary.
• Completes and submits timely court reports; appears and testifies in court as required.
• Collects drug screens as necessary.
• Documents case information, including court reports, emails, and activities weekly.
• Responds promptly to family crisis situations, documents incidents, and is available 24/7 to clients.
• Regularly drives to various DCCCA locations and other business locations throughout the day or night as required.
• Promotes and practices teamwork in all activities.
• Fosters and maintains professional relationships with families, community partners, and peers.
• Participates in relevant professional development.