Foster Care Case Manager: Family Support & Placements

StepStone Family & Youth Services; Raleigh (NC); On-site; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

StepStone Family & Youth Services in Raleigh, NC seeks a Foster Care Case Manager to deliver case management services, provide individual and family counseling, and supervise foster families. Under the Program Manager, you will help develop treatment plans, maintain weekly contact with families and children, and monitor progress throughout placements.

You will assist with training, home studies, and evaluating foster parents, use standardized tools to track social and emotional progress, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in social work, sociology, psychology, counseling, or related human services field.
• Two years’ experience working with children and families.
• A bachelor’s degree in social work, sociology, psychology, counseling, or related human services field and five years’ experience with a placing agency may be considered in lieu of a graduate degree.

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 Independent Living training and monthly ILP progress reports for assigned clients.
• Provides reunification services to the biological families when required by treatment plan.
• Coordinates visitation of children with biological parents, siblings, and relatives.
• Provides supervised visits with parents, siblings, and relative when required by court.
• Acts as liaison person with placing agencies, schools, and other community agencies.
• Attends court hearings and review hearings.
• Attends staff meetings and treatment planning meetings as required.
• Completes interviews, training and home studies on prospective foster parents as needed.
• Attends conferences and seminars as required for annual training requirement.
• Conducts/participates in two or more foster parent support group meetings each year.
• Maintains flexible working hours and works weekends or holidays as needed.

Skills

Verbal communication

Written communication

Education

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

Job description

StepStone Family & Youth Services in Raleigh, NC seeks a Foster Care Case Manager to deliver case management services, provide individual and family counseling, and supervise foster families. Under the Program Manager, you will help develop treatment plans, maintain weekly contact with families and children, and monitor progress throughout placements.

You will assist with training, home studies, and evaluating foster parents, use standardized tools to track social and emotional progress, and