Foster Care Case Manager: Empower Families & Youth

BrightSpring Health Services Corporation; Virginia Beach (VA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

StepStone Family & Youth Services in Virginia Beach, VA is seeking a Foster Care Case Manager to deliver case management services, individual and family counseling, and foster parent training. You will develop individual treatment plans, maintain weekly contact with foster families and biological families, and prepare progress reports.

You will coordinate home studies, court visits, and collaboration with placing agencies and schools as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in social work, sociology, psychology, counseling, or related human services field with 2 years’ experience with children and families.
• A graduate degree can substitute with 5 years’ experience with a placing agency working with troubled children and families.

Responsibilities

• Reviews referrals and matches children with appropriate foster families.
• Places children in state licensed or state certified foster homes.
• Obtains all state and agency required documentation for child in care.
• Provides weekly documented contact and bi-weekly visits to child and foster home.
• Visits each assigned child at least once each month away from the foster home.
• Prepares a treatment plan for the child within 21 days of placement and quarterly thereafter.
• Prepares monthly progress reports for assigned children.
• Provides reunification services to biological families when required by treatment plan.
• Coordinates visitation of children with biological parents, siblings, and relatives.
• Provides supervised visits with parents, siblings, and relatives when required by court.

Education

Bachelor's degree in social work, sociology, psychology, counseling, or related human services field

Job description

StepStone Family & Youth Services in Virginia Beach, VA is seeking a Foster Care Case Manager to deliver case management services, individual and family counseling, and foster parent training. You will develop individual treatment plans, maintain weekly contact with foster families and biological families, and prepare progress reports.

You will coordinate home studies, court visits, and collaboration with placing agencies and schools as required.