Job Description
This position is responsible for protecting the health, safety, and well-being of the children on their caseload and provides clinical and technical support to foster and adoptive parents through case management services, crisis management, home visits, weekly contact, monitoring of service compliance, documentation, ongoing training and advocacy. The main objective for this position is to effectively work towards achieving permanency for children while actively assessing the needs of the child and the foster/adopt parent, and coordinating interventions when necessary.
Qualifications
A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university in social work or other human service field; and a minimum of (1) year of documented full time work experience in a child-placing agency providing individualized therapeutic services to children and adolescents with special needs and their foster/adoptive families.
Job Summary:
As the Child Placement Management Staff (CPMS) the primary responsibility of the Child is to provide support and technical assistance to the Program Director, Case Managers, and Clinicians as required by Residential Child Care Licensing, ()FPS §749.669 and in accordance with HOH and ORR policies and procedures, Cooperative Agreement, licensing minimum standards, and all other applicable state and federal law, rules, and guidelines. The CPMS is under the supervision of the Director of Foster Care Services. This is a full-time position, subject to work after hours, weekends, holidays and be on call; travel required.
Success in this position calls for this person to have a welcoming attitude and pleasant personality with excellent communication and multitasking skills and a strong work ethic. The Child Placement Management Staff is required to work at the facility under the supervision of the Program Director, Assistant Program Director or Designee.
Essential Functions:
- Assist in the oversight of the Agency’s foster home recruitment efforts.
- Work closely with foster families experiencing issues with children in their care in order to avoid a disruption of placement.
- Work in conjunction with Program Director or Child Placement Administrator to ensure that persons whose behavior or health status presents a danger to children or staff are not allowed at the agency or foster homes.
- Work closely with licensing and recruitment staff to ensure licensing of new foster families.
- Review potential foster parent documentation with disqualifying issues reported to Director of Foster Care Services.
- Assist with review of all home studies submitted for licensure.
- Ensure all Foster administrative staff and foster families receive the required training.
- Support foster families as needed.
- Assist with review and approval of all child placement activities.
- Assist with development and update of Foster Family Handbook.