Foster Care Case Manager - $1000 Sign On Bonus (5436)
Company: Children's Hope Alliance
Location: Raleigh
Posted on: June 24, 2022
Job Description:
Are you looking for an exciting opportunity to join a team
positively impacting at risk youth in the Raleigh Region?
Children's Hope Alliance is seeking a Foster Care Case Manager to
join our growing team. Along with the opportunity for growth, this
position will have the opportunity to have a lasting impact on the
lives of children and families. Children's Hope Alliance offers
competitive salaries, sign on bonuses, and a generous befits
package. .The Foster Care Case Manager is responsible for
coordinating services and resources for youth and families being
served. The Case Manager provides ongoing support and training to
foster parents as well as ensuring that foster parents maintains
compliance with established standards. The Case Manager is
responsible for documentation and files for all foster parents and
foster children assigned to their caseloads.Supervision
ResponsibilitiesPrincipal Duties and Responsibilities:
- Provide documented supervision and support to foster families
by completing a minimum weekly visits to Therapeutic foster parents
and 2 twice monthly to family Foster Care parents to continuously
evaluate strengths and needs and provide ongoing training and
support
- Will meet with the child individually and will provide
documentation of the visits on the child's contact log
- Return all emergency phone calls and text messages within 30
minutes of call; return all general phone calls and text messages
within four hours
- Ensure implementation of Teaching Family Model, by providing
consultation in accordance with specified service delivery
schedule
- Maintain contact with involved parents or relatives regarding
the child's life, progress in treatment, and treatment plan -
c0ntact to be maintained at weekly intervals or as determined by
the Admission Agreement
- Assess safety, family strength, and needs, as well as access
necessary community resources
- Assist foster family in providing a safe and nurturing
environment and be knowledgeable of mental health issues and
behavioral management supports
- Maintain contact with custodians, social workers, and other
involved professionals, including periodic updates of the residents
progress and treatment plan as set forth in the Admission
Agreement
- Represent the agency in activities occurring within the
ecosystem of the child (treatment review meetings, court hearings,
and other functions involving professionals external to the service
team
- Provide support during monthly in-service training, support
groups with the families and co-train in Teaching Family Model
(when needed)
- Provide crisis and on-call support for foster parents during
the weekend participate in the weekend/holiday on-call
- Monitor homes ongoing to ensure continued compliance with all
licensing standards and conduct quarterly review Core Competency
- Demonstrate cultural and age specific competency.
- At hire a staff member will attend at least one foster care
supervision meeting and one child and family team meeting to assess
staffs level of competency in these areas. This will be documented
on the staffs individual supervision note.
- Annually the supervisor will attend 2 foster parent supervision
meeting and two child and family team meeting to assess staff skill
level in these areas.
- Demonstrate competency in appropriately evaluating needs of
youth to assure best placement match with foster parent
- Staff will reviewing or creating the child's Person Centered
Plan or Service Plan at admission.
- Annually this plan will be reviewed at appropriate intervals
and the foster parents ability to assist the child improve on their
goals will be reviewed. Case Management
- Prepare reports and reviews in a timely, clear, and concise
manner per Service Manual guidelines, including individual
treatment plans or person-centered plans, contact logs, quarterly
reviews, supervision notes, discharge summaries, Child and Family,
and other assigned reports, utilizing computer-based clinical
management software and other network software
- Review medical administration records (MARs) and grids at twice
a month to ensure timeliness and accuracy.
- Complete all documentation within agency deadlines, according
to regulatory guidelines
- Participate in the planning and delivery of services regarding
admission, treatment, and discharge. This includes coordination and
facilitation of Child and Family Team Meetings as well as other
services as needed.
- Provide direct treatment services as needed, entering the
rotation in the event of staff crisis (illness, injury, other
absence) or team vacancy, when applicable
- Complete all pre-service training in required time frames.
Staff will annually complete 24 hours of training.
- Bachelor's degree in psychology, social work, or related field
from a four-year college or university required
- Two years of previous work experience in a related field
preferred
- Qualified Professional (QP) designation preferred Children's
Hope Alliance is an Equal Opportunity Employer
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