Foster Care Case Manager

About the role

Oakland Family Services (OFS) is a private, non‑profit service organization serving the community for over 100 years, offering a continuum of prevention, education, and treatment services across the human life cycle. OFS’s mission is to provide individuals and families the opportunity to build brighter futures, and its vision is communities of thriving individuals and families. The organization has been named a Top Workplace for over ten consecutive years, as voted by its own staff, and prides itself on a warm, engaging, equitable, supportive, and inclusive work environment where team members are treated like family. OFS actively develops the talent and experience employees bring, emphasizing flexibility, work/life balance, and a culture that values feedback, recognition, and fun—including staff lunches, townhalls, suggestion and recognition programs, seasonal celebrations, road rallies, food truck lunches, ice cream days, surprise giveaways, spirit weeks, Bring Your Child to Work Day, and cook‑off/bake‑off contests. The CEO maintains an open‑door policy, hosts regular staff gatherings, and encourages transparent communication and the benefit of the doubt.

Responsibilities

• Assist in intake, placement and replacement of children referred to the Agency by the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS).
• Develop, implement, document and review behavioral goals, methodology of service delivery and objectives as listed in a Parent Agency Agreement.
• Monitor and document all progress related to behavioral goals and objectives as listed in the service plan.
• Maintain responsibility for children at an individual caseload ratio of 13:1.
• Attend case review meetings, staff meetings, and conferences for professional development.
• Provide referrals for family and individual counseling in coordination with the service plan.
• Consult regularly with other community services and interagency programs to serve the client more effectively and make referrals as appropriate.
• Provide crisis intervention and case management services to the child, the family and the foster parents.
• Link and advocate with other agencies to ensure that the client receives needed services and arrange for transportation as necessary.
• Document that all efforts have been made to work toward a speedy permanency plan for the child.
• Prepare all necessary reports as required by MDHHS and the legal system according to prescribed guidelines.
• Active and ongoing exploration of appropriate alternative placements with family members or kinship care to ensure the least restrictive environment and best interest placement for the child.
• Facilitate aftercare services when a child has returned to family care or becomes a Permanent Ward to ensure that the placement is stable and timely.
• Assist in support groups for foster parents, birth parents and kinship or sibling groups.
• Represent the agency in a positive manner.
• Participate in outreach and recruitment efforts.
• Responsible for incorporating principles of diversity, equity and inclusion in work processes and in job functions.
• Responsible for promoting a feeling of welcoming, belonging, and acceptance to all clients and staff.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Master’s or bachelor’s degree in social work or related field.