Child Welfare Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

4 Sisters is a family-centered, trauma-integrated, innovation Case Management Company and we are expanding to our new location in Dixie, Levy, Gilchrist, and Taylor counties.

Role

This position is intended to support the full-service case management model’s success in meeting safety, permanency, and well-being goals are met during periods of transition which include expansion, full-time employee leave (medical, PTO, bereavement, vacancy) by completing case management activities such as home visits with children, face to face contact with parents, home studies, supervised visits, safety planning, etc. Assignments can be task focused, or caseload coverage as agreed to by the employee and supervisor.

Essential Job Functions

The essential functions identified are intended to highlight those assignments that are task specific as well as those when a caseload is temporarily covered.

• Complete case management assignments with integrity, competency and adherence with statute, F.A.C, CFOP, and agency and system of care policy and procedure.
• Document case management activities completed in FSFN within 48 hours of activity.
• Documentation is fact-based, timely, and free of grammatical errors.
• Work in partnership with children, families, caregivers, and other stakeholders to achieve permanency, safety, and well-being.
• Coordinate and communicate regularly with Permanency Primers© and Hope & Healing team about court-ordered tasks and other activities required in meeting Conditions For Return and permanency goals (maintain and strengthen, reunification, permanency guardianship, adoption, independent living).
• Assess, develop, and monitor child safety plans in accordance with Safety Methodology.
• Develop, coordinate, and manage case plans that address underlying conditions that result in behavior change and conditions in the home that are supportive of reunification.
• Responsible for monthly face to face contact with parent to check status of case plan compliance and working relationship between parent and Permanency Primer© and Hope & Healing.
• Responsible for required face to face contacts with children at a frequency determined by risk.
• Write fact-based, timely reports to the court that are free of grammatical or spelling errors.
• Present fact-based information and recommendations to the court in a calm and concise manner.
• Meet with supervisor and be prepared for scheduled supervisions.
• Attend, participate, and be prepared for case staffings and huddles.
• Attend all required trainings.
• Participate and learn information presented during trainings to gain proficiency in all areas of responsibility.
• Use tools provided to maximize the effectiveness of the Case Manager role.
• Advocate and innovate for better ways of doing business.

Required Education / Training / Certifications

Required Skills

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Physical and Mental Requirements of the Job :

As with all employees of 4Sisters, employee must pass extensive background screening required of our license and organization. These include Level 2 clearance in child welfare, local law enforcement, social media review, and Diana Screen® (www.dianascreen.com).

It is the policy of 4-Sister's as an Equal Opportunity Employer, to recruit, hire and promote to all job classifications without regard to race, color, national or ethnic origin, religion, age, sex, disability, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status or any other protected class.

We are a drug-free workplace.

Job Type : Part-time

Schedule : Afternoons, evenings based on task assigned and availability of employee.