Foster Care Case Manager

Responsibilities

• Reviews referrals and matches children with appropriate foster families.
• Places children in state licensed or state certified foster homes.
• Obtains all state and agency required documentation for child in care.
• Provides weekly documented contact and at bi-weekly visits to child and foster home.
• Visits each assigned child at least once each month away from the foster home.
• Prepares a treatment plan for the child within 21 days of placement and quarterly thereafter.
• Prepares monthly progress reports for assigned children.
• Provides Independent Living training and monthly ILP progress reports for assigned clients.
• Provides reunification services to the biological families when required by treatment plan.
• Captures and coordinates visitation of children with biological parents, siblings, and relatives.
• Provides supervised visits with parents, siblings, and relatives when required by court.
• Acts as liaison person with placing agencies, schools, and other community agencies.
• Attends court hearings and review hearings.
• Attends staff meetings and treatment planning meetings as required.
• Completes interviews, training and home studies on prospective foster parents as needed.
• Attends conferences and seminars as required for annual training requirement.
• Conducts/participates in two or more foster parent support group meetings each year.
• Maintains flexible working hours and works weekends or holidays as needed.

Qualifications

• A bachelor’s degree in social work, sociology, psychology, counseling, or related human services field and two years’ experience working with children and families.
• A bachelor’s degree in social work, sociology, psychology, counseling, or related human services field and five years’ experience with a placing agency working with troubled children and families may be considered in lieu of a graduate degree.