Child Welfare Case Manager I — Build Stronger Families

Family and Children Services, Division of; Spalding (NE); On-site; USD 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

457 plan

13 paid holidays

Vacation & sick leave

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Telework opportunities

Job summary

State of Georgia is seeking a Child Welfare Services Case Manager 1 in Covington, Newton County, to join the Department of Human Services. This role focuses on safeguarding children, assessing safety, and coordinating services to promote family stability.

The role requires initiating investigations, developing safety plans, and collaborating with families and partners to achieve timely permanency and well-being. Telework availability may depend on position and policy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.

Responsibilities

• Initiate timely, face-to-face responses to screened-in reports of alleged child maltreatment and conduct assessments that identify and address safety concerns.
• Address identified safety concerns by immediately developing and implementing safety plans.
• Conduct diligent search efforts to locate the child/family when unable to make contact.
• Implement Solution Based Casework (SBC).
• Collaborate with children 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.
• Complete genograms to identify available family support network.
• Collaborate with community partners to create systems of support for children and families.
• Ensure that frequency and quality of visits with children and families are adequate to ensure safety, permanency, and well-being.
• Identify the physical, educational, and mental/behavioral health needs of children, parents, and foster parents and ensure identified needs are effectively addressed.
• Establish permanency goals for the child(ren).
• Ensure 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).
• Make concerted efforts to achieve permanency for children in a timely manner and consistent with regulations contained in the Adoptions and Safe Families Act.
• Ensure that siblings in foster care are placed together unless a separation is necessary to meet the needs of one of the siblings.
• Maintain child's connections to his or her neighborhood, community, faith, extended family, tribe, school, and friends.
• Promote, support, and otherwise maintain 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.
• Document case management activities within time frames established by policy.
• Celebrate positive outcomes with children and family.
• Utilize privately owned vehicle for work-related travel and duties (including transportation of children).
• Routinely serve on after-hours on-call duty.
• Embrace ongoing learning and professional development opportunities.

Education

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university

Job description

State of Georgia is seeking a Child Welfare Services Case Manager 1 in Covington, Newton County, to join the Department of Human Services. This role focuses on safeguarding children, assessing safety, and coordinating services to promote family stability.

The role requires initiating investigations, developing safety plans, and collaborating with families and partners to achieve timely permanency and well-being. Telework availability may depend on position and policy.