Foster Care Case Manager

Saint Luke's Health System; Kansas City (MO); Ibrido; USD 42.000 - 62.000; Tempo pieno

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Saint Luke’s Health System is seeking a dedicated social work professional to provide case management for children and families in the foster care system. You will support placements, crisis intervention, and educational advocacy, while coordinating authorization of services.

Your role includes liaison work for permanency planning, up to and including adoption, maintaining client records, and recruiting potential adoptive resources.

Competenze

• Must have a bachelors degree in a related field and at least one year of experience in social work.
• Must have clean driving record and applicable vehicle insurance.

Mansioni

• Provide case management services to children and families in the foster care system.
• Assist with placements, crisis intervention, educational advocacy, and authorization of services.
• Liaison work and permanency testimony in family court.
• Maintenance of client records and permanency planning up to and including adoption.
• Recruitment of potential adoptive resources.

Conoscenze

Case management

Crisis intervention

Educational advocacy

Permanency planning

Adoption recruitment

Formazione

Bachelor's degree in a related field

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Job Description

Are you looking for an exciting and rewarding opportunity where you can improve the lives of children? Crittenton Children's Center is the Kansas City area's premier provider of psychiatric care for children, adolescents and their families. It is located on a picturesque, 96 acre campus in south Kansas City (near Longview Lake) providing serenity, beauty and privacy to assist with the healing process. For more than 120 years we've cared for the emotional health of Kansas City's children and families. Today we offer one of the area's most comprehensive behavioral health care programs. And we are backed by the complete resources of Saint Luke's Health System.

Responsible for providing case management services to children and families in the foster care system. A variety of tasks are involved including placements support crisis intervention educational advocacy authorization of services liaison work provision of permanency testimony in family court maintenance of client record permanency planning up to and including adoption planning and recruitment of potential adoptive resources

Must have a bachelors degree in a related field and at least one year of experience in social work. Must have clean driving record and applicable vehicle insurance.

Job Requirements

Applicable Experience: Less than 1 year Bachelor's Degree Job Details Full Time Day (United States of America) Saint Luke’s Health System includes 18 hospitals and campuses across the Kansas City region, home care and hospice, behavioral health care, dozens of physician practices, a life care senior living community, and more. Find out more about what Saint Luke’s offers: http://www.saintlukeskc.org/about-saint-lukes