What are the responsibilities and job description for the Youth & Family Case Manager-Support Services position at Racine, County of (WI)?
This position seeks to preserve the family unit by providing comprehensive and family-focused intervention to increase the resilience of families, support parents as they help their children achieve their full potential, and strengthen family stability.
- Assess social health needs for children and families.
- Develop, implement, and support service plans that provide for a family’s overall wellbeing and success.
- Provide crisis intervention services. Emphasis is placed on responding to those crises that jeopardize a child’s placement and/or significantly impede a child/family’s progress.
- Work with families, service providers, and communities to promote and support the well-being of children and parents.
- Assist families to obtain services by making referrals, providing transportation, and accompanying them to appointments.
- Utilize assessments and screening instruments to measure risk, needs, and protective factors.
- Facilitate parent education to strengthen families and reduce risk of maltreatment.
- Support development and maintenance of client records and program documentation.
- Coordinate and facilitate the Family Teaming process. Engage the family in interventions through the use of formal, informal and natural supports.
- Other duties as assigned.
- Bachelor's Degree in Social Work or related field (Child Development, Criminal Justice, Educational Psychology, Vocational Rehabilitation, Guidance and Counseling, Psychology, Social Welfare, or Sociology)
- One (1) year of post-graduate experience working with high-risk youth and families
- Able to read, write and speak the English language
- Valid driver’s license. Personal automobile, if used for work-related travel, must be covered by an automobile insurance policy
- Prompt and regular attendance
- Ability to work four, ten-hour days each week (9am-7pm) on a rotating schedule
- Excellent oral and written communication skills.
- Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships within the agency, contracted partner agencies, other social service agencies, courts, schools, professionals, and the community.
- Ability to work with and understand the needs of a widely diverse client population including but not limited to people experiencing problems with abuse/neglect, AODA, mental illness, varied disabilities, parenting skills, self-esteem, problem solving skills, living arrangements, interpersonal relationships, economics and money management, self-care skills/limitations, mobility, education/training/employment.
- Ability to utilize motivational interviewing techniques.
- Ability to utilize effective time management and workload management techniques.
- Good understanding of child development.
- Knowledge of fundamental social work principles.
- Ability to work at a high level of efficiency with minimal direction.
- Punctual and possesses a great work ethic.
Salary : $26 - $37
