Impactful Child Welfare Case Manager I | Remote Options

Georgia Department of Revenue; Dalton (GA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unique training opportunities

401(k) plan and 457 plan

13 paid holidays

Vacation & sick leave

Medical, dental, vision, long/short‑/c

Life insurance

Employee discount programs

Telework opportunities depending upon”

Job summary

The Georgia Department of Human Services in Dalton seeks a Child Welfare Services Case Manager 1 to assess safety, develop plans, and coordinate services for children and families in need. You will work under the DFCS, reporting to the Child Welfare Supervisor, serving Whitfield County.

This public service role offers a generous benefits package, training opportunities, retirement plans, 13 paid holidays, vacation & sick leave, medical, dental, vision, long/short-term care, life insurance, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.

Responsibilities

• Initiates timely, face-to-face responses to screened-in reports of alleged child maltreatment and conducts assessments that identify and address safety concerns.
• Addresses identified safety concerns by immediately developing and implementing safety plans.
• Conducts diligent search efforts to locate the child/family when unable to make contact.
• Implement Solution Based Casework (SBC).
• Partners with children and parents in the development and utilization of the Family Functioning Agreement, Action Plan, and Family Plan to achieve desired individual and family-level outcomes.
• Completes genograms to identify available family support network.
• Collaborate with community partners to create systems of support for children and families.
• Ensures that frequency and quality of visits with children and families are adequate to ensure safety, permanency, and well-being.
• Identifies the physical, educational, and mental/behavioral health needs of children, parents, and foster parents and ensures identified needs are effectively addressed.
• Establishes permanency goals for the child(ren).
• Ensures foster care placements and/or living situations are stable and in the best interests of the child(ren) and are consistent with achieving established permanency goal(s).
• Makes concerted efforts to achieve permanency for children in a timely manner and consistent with regulations contained in the Adoptions and Safe Families Act.
• Ensures that siblings in foster care are placed together unless a separation is necessary to meet the needs of one of the siblings.
• Maintains child’s connections to his or her neighborhood, community, faith, extended family, tribe, school, and friends.
• Promotes, supports, and otherwise maintains a positive and nurturing relationship between the child(ren) in care and their biological parents/caretakers by encouraging and facilitating activities and interactions beyond visitation.
• Documents case management activities within time frames established by policy.
• Celebrate positive outcomes with children and family.
• Utilizes privately owned vehicle for work-related travel and duties (including transportation of children).
• Routinely serves on after-hours on-call duty.
• Embraces ongoing learning and professional development opportunities.

Education

Bachelor's degree

Job description

The Georgia Department of Human Services in Dalton seeks a Child Welfare Services Case Manager 1 to assess safety, develop plans, and coordinate services for children and families in need. You will work under the DFCS, reporting to the Child Welfare Supervisor, serving Whitfield County.

This public service role offers a generous benefits package, training opportunities, retirement plans, 13 paid holidays, vacation & sick leave, medical, dental, vision, long/short-term care, life insurance, and