Permanency Case Manager Jobs

****Average hourly rate is $26.30 (including wage, incentives, bonuses, overtime, shift differential, etc.)****

This position has remote capabilities for those that live in or around the Abilene area

Permanency Case Manager

Texas Family Initiative, LLC is a private nonprofit organization that provides experience, compassion, quality care, and services for children in foster care and foster/adopt families. We hold Foster Care Recruitment Contracts with the Texas Department of Human Services, Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS). As a partner with DFPS, we recruit and train families to become foster and/adoptive parents.

Qualifications:

An accredited bachelor's degree. Valid driver’s license and meet agency underwriting standards.

Benefits:

• Health Insurance
• Company paid Life insurance
• 11 paid holidays
• Flexible Schedule
• Flexible Spending Program
• 401(k) Match
• Vision Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Longevity bonus
• Competitive pay
• Referral program
• 20 days of personal leave in first year of employment; 25 days after completion of year one
• Employee Assistance Program

The Family Initiative, Inc. is the parent company providing services in Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. We provide service to these areas through our affiliates: TFI Family Connections in Oklahoma and Texas Family Initiative in Texas. Pathway Family Services is an affiliate in Kansas offering additional services to youth and families. Mainstream Nonprofit Solutions is an affiliate supporting the TFI Family of Companies and other Nonprofits.

As a Permanency Case Manager, you will promote the achievement of permanency for children in the Managing Conservatorship of DFPS by providing services to a caseload of children and families by working in partnership with the family. The focus is to assess children and family’s needs, safety issues, and services identified mutually with the family to allow the family to safely assume the role of parenting their children. For those families where that is not possible, the focus is on achieving permanency for the child in the most family like setting.

• Plans for and facilitates permanency and assists care providers and kinship caregivers in providing a safe, nurturing environment for children in their care.
• Performs other duties as assigned and required to maintain unit operations.
• Meets at least monthly with children and families on their caseload. Additional frequency based on the needs of the child and family.
• Promotes and demonstrates appropriate respect for cultural diversity among coworkers, clients, and all work-related contacts.
• Manages a caseload of Permanency placements including both children and their families.
• With the assistance of Care Management staff, ensures children are placed in appropriate placements in the timelines required.
• Works in concert with the Adoption Coordinator to facilitate and prepare children for adoptive placement.
• Provides 24 hour, on-call support to the children/families served. Provides crisis intervention, when required.
• Compiles monthly statistical data and reports and forwards to appropriate agencies.
• Continues to provide support services to the child and family once reunification has occurred until the court dismisses the case.
• Facilitates family preparation for permanency through training, family to family mentoring, family assessment, consultations, home visits, etc.
• Ensures the accuracy, content and completeness of child/family case records.
• Searches for potential Kinship placements throughout the life of a case.
• Participates in case planning conferences at required intervals.
• Completes Court Reports and presents testimony for all court hearings.
• Conducts and coordinates assessments.
• With the support of PAL staff, ensures older youth receive Transitional Living services as required.
• Coordinates Permanency Program and requirements with public and private agencies.
• Maintains a close working relationship with public and private agencies involved in providing Permanency services/support.
• Assess the need for placement, safety, family strengths and needs, and placement resources for the child and care provider/kinship caregivers.

If you want to make a difference in a child’s life, join our team today!

TFI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

To apply, please visit www.tfifamily.org/employment