Foster Care Case Manager

Fostering Futures is a private, non-profit foster care and adoption agency in Ann Arbor, MI, and offers its staff many benefits beyond meaningful work!

Come enjoy: supportive staff, a warm and friendly office environment with cozy couches and colorful work spaces, FIVE weeks of paid time off per year plus twelve holidays, competitive child welfare salaries, very good health benefits (largely covered by the agency), clinical supervision for LMSW licensure, an agency committed to ongoing improvement and work in EDI, and a longstanding history as a Gold Seal Human Rights Campaign agency, known for its welcoming of the LGBTQ community, and a very flexible work environment.

The agency is currently accepting applications for a FOSTER CARE CASE MANAGER.

The Foster Care Case Manager is responsible for the provision of monthly foster home visits to children in foster care placements. The case manager is responsible for being aware of and monitoring: the child’s emotional stability in the foster home, the quality of the relationship between the child and the foster parents, and the child’s feelings regarding their family of origin and the current circumstances related to their placement.

The case manager is responsible for the development of treatment plans and coordinating the input of the child, the foster parents, the family of origin, family supports and the court into the treatment plans. This support will be implemented through regular discussions with the birth family during visitations, with the foster family through foster home visits and subsequent discussions, and through the implementation of the MiTeam model which includes at least quarterly Family Team Meetings. The case manager is to provide support and guidance to the parties involved in the treatment plan. The case manager is also responsible for meeting with biological families according to the treatment plan and for coordinating services to aid in re-unification. The case manager is expected to work with the child’s school and foster parents to ensure knowledge of progress or needs within the school system. In the event that the child is a permanent court ward, the foster care case manager is responsible for seeking a quality and permanent placement for the child. If the child is found to have needs above and beyond what can be met by this agency, it may be the case manager’s responsibility to seek an alternative placement outside of the agency. The case manager must remain in regular contact with the DHHS Worker, the child’s lawyer, any ancillary persons (i.e. service providers, ARC workers) and any other ancillary persons related to the quality care of the child. The case manager is expected to attend all court hearings and give all ISP and USP reports to the court system and DHHS in a timely manner monitor foster parent responsibilities and attend staff meetings. The case manager is responsible for the maintenance of filing and completing all documentation about cases in accordance with agency and state policies, in particular the expectations documented in the ISEP.

This is a full-time position requiring a BA/BS degree in social work, psychology, counseling, or a human service field. A working knowledge of systems therapy, structural family therapy and trauma-related therapy is also desired.

Please apply on our website, http://www.ffkids.org/career

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $52,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• On call

Education:

• Bachelor's (Preferred)

Experience:

• Child welfare: 1 year (Preferred)
• Adoption & Foster Care Specialists: 1 year (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $52,000