Impact-Driven ICPC & OCS Case Manager

Community Partnership For Children; Daytona Beach (FL); On-site; USD 45,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Community Partnership for Children in Daytona Beach, FL, is seeking a skilled case management professional to identify needs, assess families, and coordinate services to ensure essential supports are provided. You will counsel individuals and families, delineate options, and help articulate goals with timely information.

The role requires extensive coordination with ICPC agencies, home visits, court reporting, and documentation in FSFN, with a focus on protecting children and supporting foster

Qualifications

• Excellent assessment skills and intervention strategies.
• Ability to identify environmental stressors.
• Ability to observe and report accurately on the functioning of individuals and families.
• Ability to handle confidential information appropriately.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Knowledge and respect of socio-cultural characteristics of service population.
• Ability to work flexible hours as required.
• Knowledge of professional ethics relating to child protection and counseling.
• Skill in employing family-centered practice.
• Ability to use and proficiency in computer software applications.
• Ability to act decisively when necessary to protect clients.
• Will demonstrate ability to initiate and carry out teamwork functions.
• Will have attained full credentials from the Florida Certification Board.
• Will have successfully demonstrated the ability to use creative thinking to solve complex problems.

Responsibilities

• Maintain contact with Case Managers from out-of-state/out-of-county child welfare agencies with regards to clients placed within Volusia and Flagler Counties
• Document all efforts and responsibilities related to the case in the Florida Safe Families Network system (FSFN).
• Conduct home study assessments on incoming requests from other counties and out of state, non-jurisdictional cases on an as needed basis.
• Conduct home visits, a minimum of every 30 days, with clients placed from out-of-state/out-of-county child welfare agencies.
• Complete all related court reports within mandated time frames, if applicable.
• Provide quarterly reports to primary workers on cases open to the Interstate Compact Placement of Children (ICPC).
• Provide monthly contact and FSFN documentation with parents for any case plan assistance cases from out of county.
• Provide counseling services to individuals, families and/or groups.
• Provide case management services (information, plan referrals and linkages).
• Develop and maintain service documentation according to working agreement between counties and ICPC compact and the agency’s standards.
• Testify in court as necessary.
• Coordinate services with other professionals and paraprofessionals.
• Arrange for transportation of clients to appointments, community agencies, visitations, etc., as needed.
• Participate in the quality improvement process.
• Provide and/or refer families to services, understand and use information from service providers, psychological reports and psychosocial evaluations.
• Conduct child safety assessments.
• Arrange with the out-of-county/out-of-state agencies for emergency placement for children at risk.
• Explain rights and responsibilities to children and family members.
• Provide support to foster homes, non-relative, adoptive and relative placements within the Volusia/Flagler counties.
• Respond to on-call situations as assigned on the on-call calendar and by the on-call supervisor.

Skills

Excellent assessment skills

Intervention strategies

Environmental stressors

Confidential information handling

Verbal and written communication

Socio-cultural knowledge

Home visits and travel

Professional ethics in childProtection

Family-centered practice

Computer software proficiency

Teamwork

Florida Certification Board credential

Education

Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university

Certified Child Welfare professional

Job description

Community Partnership for Children in Daytona Beach, FL, is seeking a skilled case management professional to identify needs, assess families, and coordinate services to ensure essential supports are provided. You will counsel individuals and families, delineate options, and help articulate goals with timely information.

The role requires extensive coordination with ICPC agencies, home visits, court reporting, and documentation in FSFN, with a focus on protecting children and supporting foster