Foster Care Specialist

Description

The Buckeye Ranch is seeking a Foster Care Specialist – Case Manager to join our Foster Care department. The Foster Care Specialist provides direct support and case management services to the foster parents, natural parents, and children in Foster Care and assures that all documentation and reports associated with this position are completed.

Learn about The Buckeye Ranch:

For decades, The Buckeye Ranch has been restoring hope and providing healing for children, youth, and families in Central Ohio. Our continuum of care addresses every stage and aspect of what children may be experiencing after traumas caused by mental illness, abuse, or neglect. With help from The Buckeye Ranch, they’re empowered to overcome obstacles, tap into their resilience, and move forward toward healthy, fulfilling lives.

What you’ll do:

• Assess prospective foster parent candidates and licensed foster parents to determine their ability to meet all legal requirements of ODJFS and accrediting bodies.
• Gauge the safety and stability of children in foster placement.
• Identify the child’s emotional, physical, social, and educational needs in collaboration with the child’s treatment team.
• Facilitate relationships between birth parents and foster families when appropriate.
• Adapt services, including evidence-based inter-professional team approaches, to the language, cultural norms, and individual preferences of healthcare consumers and family members.
• Empower, support, and mentor parents and children.
• Provide documentation in accordance with standards of practice and established policies and procedures of the Ranch and accrediting and regulatory standards.
• Deliver brief, trauma-informed, problem-oriented treatment for mental conditions or problematic health behaviors.

Our benefits:

Benefit effective date: First of the month following 30 days of employment.

• Wonderful medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Paid Time Off (Three weeks within the first year)
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• Company Paid Short Term Disability
• 401K Employer Contribution
• Non-Profit Student Loan Forgiveness Program
• Employee Assistance Program
• Tuition Assistance
• Employee Referral Program

Qualifications

Who you are:

• You have a bachelor’s degree in a human services related field.
• You have previous foster care working experience.
• You preferably have an active Ohio LSW or LPC.
• You have an active driver’s license and proof of auto insurance.

Applicants are considered for all positions in accordance with statutes and regulations concerning non-discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, age, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, non-disqualifying disability, veteran status, or other protected classification. The Buckeye Ranch is an equal opportunity employer, as well as a substance and tobacco free workplace. All offers of employment are contingent on satisfactory pre-employment drug screen, references, FBI/BCI background check, ARCS registries check, and SACWIS database checks. At this time, The Buckeye Ranch is unable to provide visa sponsorship. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without sponsorship now or in the future.

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Salary : $41,685 - $56,112