Family Preservation Services Case Manager

DCCCA; Wichita (KS); On-site; USD 36,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

DCCCA in Wichita is seeking a dedicated Family Services Worker to support children and families during the referral period. You will deliver culturally competent, strengths-based case management in line with evidence-based models and organizational policies.

Responsibilities include timely connections with families, home visits, developing assessment-based case plans, documenting progress, and coordinating with the Family Support Worker to ensure child safety and well-being.

Responsibilities

• Delivers strengths-based case management to children and families.
• Decisions follow supervisor guidelines and organizational policies.
• Connect with the family within 24 hours of referral.
• Facilitate initial family meeting within 48 hours.
• Complete assessment-based case plan within 20 days.
• Close case within 3–6 months of referral.
• Engages families to complete assessments and set goals.
• Conducts weekly home visits and monthly child check-ins.
• Assesses child safety at each contact and reports concerns.
• Provides weekly home-based family skills training.
• Collaborates with Family Support Worker to plan services.
• Prioritizes problems, sets goals, uses resources.
• Uses assessments to develop the case plan with families.
• Completes and submits court reports and testifies as required.

Job description

Requires frequent evening and weekend hours

Essential Functions

• Provides for the safety, stability and well-being of children and families during the referral period
• Delivers culturally competent, strengths-based case management services to children and families consistent with the evidence-based practice models
• Decisions are made on guidelines provided by the supervisor, family preservation standard procedures and policies, evidence-based practice model and DCCCA organizational policies
• Meets DCF timelines to connect with the family within 24 hours of referral; facilitate initial family meeting within 48 hours of referral; complete assessment-based case plan within 20 days of referral; and case closure within 3- 6 months of referral
• Engages and works in partnership with families to complete assessments and develop case plan goals and objectives.
• Meets with the family in the home weekly, monitoring the family's progress towards their case plan goals; and meets monthly with each child individually to assess child's safety
• Assesses each child's safety with every family contact and reports all suspected child abuse / neglect. Monitors family progress and service provision using assessment tools, and updates family case plan based on those assessments
• Provides weekly home-based family skills training which may include: Nutrition, Hygiene, Household and Time Management, Home and Child Safety, Basic Parenting, Transportation, Problem Solving and Communication to assist parents in providing a safe, nurturing environment for children in their care
• Works closely with the Family Support Worker to provide services for the family and make decisions about child well-being
• Prioritizes identified problems that require resolution, establishes goals and objectives, utilizes available resources, and arrives at decisions appropriate to the family
• Completes and analyzes initial and on-going family assessments related to safety, stability and well-being, including mental health, substance abuse, education, emotional, social and physical well-being, parenting and parent-child relationships
• Utilise assessments to develop the case plan in partnership with the Family Support worker/Family Mentor, child/ren and family; make community referrals, as necessary
• Completes and submits timely court reports; Appears and testifies in