What are the responsibilities and job description for the FULL/PART TIME Community/Home-Based Case Manager Openings position at WHITINGTON HOMES AND SERVICES?
Benefits:
Job Summary
Works under the supervision and direction of the Home-based supervisor for the purpose of providing family centered casework services to families and children involved with DCS/Probation. Includes pre-adoption and post-adoption services. Case Manager should help to safely maintain children in their homes (or foster home); prevent children’s initial placement or reentry into foster care; preserve, support, and stabilize families; and promote the well-being of children, youth, and families.
Full and part-time positions are available. Whitington allows for Monday-Sunday availability to provide direct care services and hours can flex with schedules of families demands and will include a need for evening and weekend availability.
Responsibilities
Case Managers work under the direct supervision of a home-based case manager supervisor and Chief Clinical Officer. Families served come as a direct referral from the Department of Child Services or probation and reflect the following service options:
Tutoring
Truancy/Termination
Home Based/Community Based case management services
Parenting Education
Supervised parenting time
Case planning, initial assessment and ongoing treatment planning efforts
Transportation using personal or company vehicles
Team Meetings
Family reunification/preservation efforts
This position is an interactive role in assisting families in the reunification process and/or referral process to improve a situation identified in their lives that requires education, role-modeling, consistent family planning for meals, time management, symptom management, advocacy and much more.
Skills Required
Qualifications
Benefits
Health coverage, Dental, Vision, Life, 403b, Mileage, Sign-on bonus, Vacation, Sick, and Holiday pay.
Contact Shelley Emerick, CFO semerick@whitington.org
- Paid time off
- Dental insurance
- Health insurance
- Profit sharing
- Company car
- Opportunity for advancement
Job Summary
Works under the supervision and direction of the Home-based supervisor for the purpose of providing family centered casework services to families and children involved with DCS/Probation. Includes pre-adoption and post-adoption services. Case Manager should help to safely maintain children in their homes (or foster home); prevent children’s initial placement or reentry into foster care; preserve, support, and stabilize families; and promote the well-being of children, youth, and families.
Full and part-time positions are available. Whitington allows for Monday-Sunday availability to provide direct care services and hours can flex with schedules of families demands and will include a need for evening and weekend availability.
Responsibilities
Case Managers work under the direct supervision of a home-based case manager supervisor and Chief Clinical Officer. Families served come as a direct referral from the Department of Child Services or probation and reflect the following service options:
Tutoring
Truancy/Termination
Home Based/Community Based case management services
Parenting Education
Supervised parenting time
Case planning, initial assessment and ongoing treatment planning efforts
Transportation using personal or company vehicles
Team Meetings
Family reunification/preservation efforts
This position is an interactive role in assisting families in the reunification process and/or referral process to improve a situation identified in their lives that requires education, role-modeling, consistent family planning for meals, time management, symptom management, advocacy and much more.
Skills Required
- Ability to meet a family in a non-biased strengths-based format either in the home, community, or office setting.
- Ability to develop a goal-oriented plan of treatment
- Devleop a consistent schedule of interaction
- A belief in the family preservation philosophy
Qualifications
- A Bachelor's degree preferred position, Whitington will consider an Associate's degree, High School diploma or equivalent with at least 4 years of full-time employment experience providing direct services to children and families.
- Experience must include service to families that have required assistance in the protection and care of children.
- Must have a valid driver's license and proof of insurance.
- Have strong organizational skills
- Work well as a team or independently
- Skillful use of evidence-based strategies
- Have a strong desire to recognize and strive for a strengths-based perspective of change.
- Ability to maintain confidentiality of all appropriate information.
- Ability to communicate effectively and efficiently, orally and in writing.
- Be able to provide factual feedback to the Department of Child Services/Probation or the courts in person, telehealth and in writing.
- Weekly staffing is mandatory and occurs on Monday mornings at 9:00 a.m.
Benefits
Health coverage, Dental, Vision, Life, 403b, Mileage, Sign-on bonus, Vacation, Sick, and Holiday pay.
Contact Shelley Emerick, CFO semerick@whitington.org
