What are the responsibilities and job description for the START Case Manager Kansas City position at DCCCA?
Full-Time
Essential Functions Include:
- Provides for the safety, stability and well-being of children and families
- Works as a dyad to coordinate and deliver timely access to intensive treatment and other intervention services for the family
- Delivers culturally competent, strengths-based case management services to children and families consistent with the evidence-based practice models
- Decisions are made on guidelines provided by the supervisor, family preservation standard procedures and policies, the evidence-based practice model and DCCCA organizational policies
- Meets DCF timelines to connect with the family and facilitate the initial family meeting
- Engages and works in partnership with families to complete assessments and develop the case plan
- Meets with the family in the home weekly, monitoring the family's progress towards their case plan goals and meets monthly with each child individually to assess child's safety
- Provides weekly home-based family skills training which may include: Nutrition, Hygiene, Household and Time Management, Home and Child Safety, Basic Parenting, Transportation, Problem Solving and Communication to assist parents in providing a safe, nurturing environment for children in their care
- Prioritizes identified problems that require resolution, utilizes available resources, and arrives at decisions appropriate to the family
- Completes and analyzes initial and on-going family assessments related to safety, stability and well-being, including mental health, substance abuse, education, emotional, social and physical well-being, parenting and parent-child relationships
- Completes and submits timely court reports; Appears and testifies in court as required
- Collects drug screens as necessary
- Documents case information, including court reports, emails, and activities weekly
- Responds promptly to family crisis situations, documents incidents and is available 24/7 to clients
- Job may require the employee to be able to regularly drive to various DCCCA locations and other business locations throughout the day or night as required
- Promotes and practices teamwork in all activities
- Fosters and maintains professional relationships with families, community partners and peers
Requirements Include:
- Bachelor's degree in human services is required
- Prior work in behavioral health or children/family services is required; experience working with substance use is preferred
- Valid driver's license with a good driving record
- Must pass pre-employment background checks, drug screen, reference checks, fingerprinting
EOE
