Entry-Level Child Welfare Case Manager — Impact Lives

Georgia Department of Revenue; Augusta (GA); On-site; USD 47,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Georgia Department of Human Services, Division of Family & Children Services, is seeking a Child Welfare Services Case Manager 1 in Augusta, Georgia. Under supervision, you will learn to provide investigative and comprehensive case management for reports of abuse or neglect.

The role offers a generous benefits package, start in public service, and opportunities for telework depending on the position. Bachelor’s degree required; aspirants will undergo agency testing and screening per policy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university.
• Applicants must pass the standard agency testing protocol.
• Telework may be available depending on the position.

Responsibilities

• Initiates timely, face-to-face responses to screened-in reports of alleged child maltreatment and conducts assessments that identify and address safety concerns.
• Addresses identified safety concerns by immediately developing and implementing safety plans.
• Conducts diligent search efforts to locate the child/family when unable to make contact.
• Implement Solution Based Casework (SBC).
• Partners 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.
• Completes genograms to identify available family support network.
• Collaborate with community partners to create systems of support for children and families.
• Ensures that frequency and quality of visits with children and families are adequate to ensure safety, permanency, and well-being.
• Identifies the physical, educational, and mental/behavioral health needs of children, parents, and foster parents and ensures identified needs are effectively addressed.
• Establishes permanency goals for the child(ren).
• 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).
• Makes concerted efforts to achieve permanency for children in a timely manner and consistent with regulations contained in the Adoptions and Safe Families Act.

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Georgia Department of Human Services, Division of Family & Children Services, is seeking a Child Welfare Services Case Manager 1 in Augusta, Georgia. Under supervision, you will learn to provide investigative and comprehensive case management for reports of abuse or neglect.

The role offers a generous benefits package, start in public service, and opportunities for telework depending on the position. Bachelor’s degree required; aspirants will undergo agency testing and screening per policy.