IFP Case Worker

About the role

UCFS strives to use person-centered care to improve the health and well-being of everyone in our community. Share in our vision of being Eastern CT’s best choice for patient-centered healthcare! We are currently seeking an IFP Case Worker to provide intensive, home-based intervention services to DCF referred families for the purpose of preventing child’s out‑of‑home placement, improving parenting, safety, and case management interventions, and strengthening positive parent‑child relationships.

Responsibilities

• Provide outreach and engagement to client upon referral to the program by conducting an initial phone intake process with the family, collecting basic information and presenting information to the team to determine eligibility.
• Complete an assessment of the family including both strengths and areas of need through home visits and various assessments to develop a care plan.
• Provide weekly face‑to‑face direct service hours to client including support, advocacy, referrals and assistance with the development of positive parenting, safety planning, basic life skills and identified goals in collaboration with the Department of Children and Families regarding their involvement.
• Participate in monthly in‑person joint sessions with the Department of Families and the family regarding the Service Plan established and strengths and challenges within.
• Maintain up‑to‑date case records on each client family, including weekly contact reports, service agreements, evaluations, PIE records, EPIC system documentation and closing summaries.

Requirements

• Education and Experience: Bachelor’s in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling, or a closely related field; 3 years’ experience providing home‑based services to DCF families (including working with families with complex needs and various degrees of family functioning, working with child and family serving