Foster Care Coordinator - CA
About the role
The Foster Care Coordinator is responsible for providing foster care services to children in state custody. As a Care Coordinator, you will work closely with our children in care, their biological parents, Childhelp resource parents and other involved stakeholders (e.g. DCFS workers, court staff, attorneys, therapists) to help these children and families reach their goals and achieve permanency. Childhelp Care Coordinators help ensure that the children we serve receive all needed services, including medical, educational, developmental, behavioral health, and psychiatric, as well as safe, caring and structured, foster home environments. Care Coordinators provide crisis intervention when/as needed and advocate for the best interest of children and families in the hope that we can achieve permanency. This position does not have direct reports.
Responsibilities
- Attends and participates in all court hearings, CFTMs, treatment team meetings and other child-related meetings
- Conducts home visits, face-to-face visits and family visits in accordance with DCFS state policies and COA standards
- Ensures accurate and timely completion of assessments, Service Plans, daily case notes, Significant Incident Reports, quarterly home inspections, updated home studies, and other required documentation as well as ensuring that documents required for the youth and foster parent charts are up to date and in the Electronic Health Record.
- Develops timely, individualized and comprehensive service plans for all assigned cases in partnership