Advocate Case Manager - Child Advocacy Center (CAC)

Children's Wisconsin; Stevens Point (WI); On-site; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Children's Wisconsin seeks a CAC Coordinator to support children and families at the Child Advocacy Center. You will coordinate visits, provide crisis intervention, education, and referrals, plus brief case management after the first CAC contact.

Under the CAC Manager, you’ll perform psychosocial evaluations, liaise with investigators, and identify strengths to deliver consistent, high-quality care for every child.

Qualifications

• Two plus years of direct service experience in a community setting.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to maintain relationships with diverse backgrounds.
• Adequate writing skills for forms, reports, and written materials.
• Demonstrates strong and creative problem solving skills.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Understanding of child growth and development and ability to provide counseling.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates visits of all patients to the CAC and provides families and children support and advocacy.
• Provides crisis intervention, education, and referrals to community resources.
• Performs brief case management and follow-up after the initial CAC visit.
• Conducts psychosocial evaluation of children and families and serves as liaison between family/child and investigating agencies.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Writing skills

Problem solving

Organization

Education

Bachelor's Degree in social work or related field

Job description

At Children's Wisconsin, we believe kids deserve the best. Every child deserves a safe and loving home. When parents are unable to provide this on their own, intervention is needed to ensure these children are free of abuse and neglect. We provide child well-being services to help children live in a safe and nurturing environment. We provide services to parents needing education and guidance to improve their parenting skills so their children can remain with them. We also provide services to children who are placed with foster families until they can return home or become part of an adoptive family. Our experienced professionals provide the following services to families in Milwaukee County and at locations throughout Wisconsin.

• Foster Care
• Treatment Foster Care
• Adoption
• Respite Care
• Child Advocacy Centers
• Family Case Management
• Family Finding

We offer a wide variety of rewarding career opportunities and are seeking individuals dedicated to helping us achieve our vision of the healthiest kids in the country.

Position Summary

Coordinates visits of all patients to the Child Advocacy Center (CAC). Provides families and children support and advocacy including crisis intervention, education, and referrals to community resources. Provides brief case management and follow up following the initial CAC visit. Under the direction of the CAC Manager performs psychosocial evaluation of children and families seen at the CAC. Serves as a liaison between the family/child and investigating agencies.

Position Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in social work, psychology or related field required.
• Two plus years previous experience providing direct services in a community setting required.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills so as to maintain strong, positive relationships with individuals of diverse backgrounds and experiences.
• Adequate writing skills so as to complete forms, reports, and written materials.
• Demonstrates strong and creative problem solving skills.
• Strong organizational skills.
• Understands and satisfies the needs of the neonatal, infant, toddler, pre-school, school-age and adolescent patient with regard to their growth and development process, including offering counsel specific to the impact of the health care experience.
• Performs psychosocial evaluation of children/families referred to the Child Advocacy Center for medical/forensic assessment focused on the identification of factors supportive of abuse/neglect findings, including gathering and evaluating information and drawing meaningful conclusions. Identifies and utilizes individual and family strengths to provide consistent and quality care for each child.
• Provides case management of CAC patients to ensure that identified health problems and service needs are properly addressed following initiation of services. Provides community referrals and resources to patients and families based on their specific needs. Tracks and documents progress during and following CAC visit.

Children's Wisconsin is an equal opportunity / affirmative action employer. We are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive environment for all employees. We treat everyone with dignity, respect, and fairness. We do not discriminate against any person on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity and/or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other status or condition protected by the law.