Multisystem Youth and Family Case Manager (Human Services Clinician II)

About the role

The Child & Family Services Division (CFSD) of the Department of Human Services (DHS) is seeking a Multisystem Youth and Family Case Manager to support children and families who are at-risk of out-of-home placement and multi-system involved, or in need of multi-system collaboration. The primary goal is to maintain youth safely in the community at home or with kin.

This employee will be part of a multi-disciplinary treatment team responsible for acting as a court liaison, including consultation with judges, Guardian Ad Litem (GALs), and court services staff. Responsibilities also include facilitating cross-divisional and multi-agency staffings for youth who are multi-system (court, behavioral health, child welfare) involved or at risk of becoming multi-system involved, responding to court notices and requests to the Department, and providing short-term case management.

Short-term case management services may include visits to the home, detention center, residential placements, or other community settings.

Responsibilities

• Act as a court liaison, consulting with judges, Guardian Ad Litem (GALs), and court services staff.
• Facilitate cross-divisional and multi-agency staffings for youth who are multi-system involved or at risk of becoming multi-system involved.
• Respond to court notices and requests to the Department.
• Provide short-term case management, including home visits, detention center visits, residential placement visits, and community setting visits.

About the team

Arlington County DHS is committed to delivering client services in an effective, equitable, respectful, and trauma-informed manner. Our staff is dedicated to ensuring clients are approached, engaged, and cared for in ways that demonstrate competency, sensitivity, and awareness of factors impacting the client experience, including but not limited to: cultural identity, gender, racial and ethnic diversity, religious/spiritual ascription, physical capability, cognitive and literacy levels, sexual orientation, and linguistic needs.