Case Manager 90 Day Opportunity

NiteLines USA is looking for a Case Manager to join our team!

This position will be working for DFCS in Rockdale County. The position will be PRN - Duration of assignment 90 days.

Social Services Specialist 1 :

Under general supervision, the Social Services Specialist 1 provides investigative and comprehensive case management for a caseload involving child/adult abuse or neglect. Makes immediate and follow-up actions for at risk clients in need of protective services and/or placement.

• Addresses identified safety concerns by immediately developing and implementing safety plans.
• Completes genograms to identify available family support network.
• Identifies the physical, educational, and mental/behavioral health needs of children, parents, and foster parents and ensures identified needs were effectively addressed.
• Ensures that frequency and quality of visits with children and families are adequate to ensure safety, permanency, and well-being.
• Conducts diligent search efforts to locate the child/family when unable to make contact.
• Routinely serves on after-hours on-call duty.
• Collaborates with community partners to create systems of support for children and families.
• Ensures that siblings in foster care are placed together unless a separation is necessary to meet the needs of one of the siblings.
• Embraces ongoing learning and professional development opportunities.
• Celebrates positive outcomes with child(ren) and family.
• Maintains child's connections to his or her neighborhood, community, faith, extended family, tribe, school, and friends.
• Documents case management activities within time frames established by policy.
• Utilizes privately owned vehicle for work-related travel and duties (including transportation of children).
• Makes concerted efforts to achieve permanency for children in a timely manner and consistent with regulations contained in the Adoptions and Safe Families Act.
• Implements Solution Based Casework (SBC).
• Establishes permanency goals for the child(ren).
• Promotes, supports, and otherwise maintains a positive and nurturing relationship between the child(ren) in care and their biological parents/caretakers by encouraging and facilitating activities and interactions beyond visitation.
• Initiates timely, face-to-face responses to screened-in reports of alleged child maltreatment and conducts assessments that identify and address safety concerns.
• Partners with child(ren) and parents in the development and utilization of the Family Functioning Agreement, Action Plan, and Family Plan to achieve desired individual and family-level outcomes.
• Ensures foster care placements and/or living situations are stable and in the best interests of the child(ren) and are consistent with achieving established permanency goal(s).

Our PRN's typically work in the office, but documentation can be done at home as long as it's reported in a timely manner. PRN's should expect that they will be working in the office more than teleworking. The workload would consist of working with children and families in Rockdale County and surrounding areas.

COMPENSATION: $32.00hr

Mileage will be reimbursed