Family Preservation Services (FPS) Case Manager

Kansas Traffic Safety Resource Office; Mission (KS); On-site; USD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Family Preservation Services (FPS) provides intensive in-home services and case management to families with at-risk children, delivering culturally competent support within established guidelines.

Services include safety assessments, family meetings, and court-related reporting, with weekly home visits, collaboration with the Family Support Worker, and ongoing progress monitoring until goals are met.

Responsibilities

• 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
• Makes decisions guided by supervisor, procedures, practice models and policies
• Meets timelines to connect with families within 24 hours of referral
• Facilitates initial family meetings within 48 hours
• Completes assessment-based case plans within 20 days of referral
• Closed cases within 3–6 months of referral
• Engages families to complete assessments and develop case plan goals
• Meets with the family in the home weekly to monitor progress
• Meets monthly with each child to assess safety
• Assesses child safety with every contact and reports suspected abuse/neglect
• Monitors progress using assessment tools and updates case plans
• Provides weekly home-based family skills training (nutrition, hygiene, safety, parenting, etc.)
• Works with Family Support Worker to coordinate services for the family
• Prioritizes problems, sets goals, and uses resources to resolve issues
• Completes and analyzes initial and ongoing family assessments including mental health, education, and relationships
• Uses assessments to develop the case plan with Family Support Worker and family
• Makes community referrals as needed
• Completes and submits timely court reports and may testify in court
• Collects drug screens as necessary
• Documents case information weekly
• Responds to family crises 24/7
• May drive to multiple DCCCA locations during the day/night
• Promotes teamwork and maintains professional relationships with families and partners
• Engages in relevant professional development

Job description

This job was posted by https://www.kansasworks.com : For more information, please see: https://www.kansasworks.com/jobs/13633525 Family Preservation Services (FPS) provides intensive in-home services and case management services to families who have one or more children at risk of out-of-home placement or who will be at risk of out-of-home placement at birth.

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
• Utilize 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 court as required
• Collects drug screens as necessary
• Documents case information, including court reports, emails, and activities weekly
• Responds promptly to family crisis situations, documents incidents and is available 24/7 to clients
• Job may require the employee to be able to regularly drive to various DCCCA locations and other business locations throughout the day or night as required
• Promotes and practices teamwork in all activities
• Fosters and maintains professional relationships with families, community partners and peers
• Participates in professional development that is relevant