START Case Manager KC

DCCCA, Inc.; Mission (KS); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

DCCCA, Inc. in Mission, Kansas is seeking a full-time Family Services Case Manager to promote the safety, stability and well-being of children and families.

You will work in a dyad to coordinate intensive treatment and intervention services, delivering culturally competent, strengths-based case management in line with agency models. Responsibilities include weekly home visits, developing the case plan, conducting assessments, submitting court reports, driving between locations, and remaining

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in human services is required.
• Prior work in behavioral health or children/family services is required; experience working with substance use is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provides for the safety, stability and well-being of children and families.
• Works as a dyad to coordinate and deliver timely access to intensive treatment and other intervention services for the family.
• Delivers culturally competent, strengths-based case management services to children and families consistent with the evidence-based practice models.
• Decisions are made on guidelines provided by the supervisor, family preservation standard procedures and policies, the evidence-based practice model and DCCCA organizational policies.
• Meets DCF timelines to connect with the family and facilitate the initial family meeting.
• Engages and works in partnership with families to complete assessments and develop the case plan.
• Meets with the family in the home weekly, monitoring the family's progress towards their case plan goals and meets monthly with each child individually to assess child's safety.
• Provides weekly home-based family skills training which may include: Nutrition, Hygiene, Household and Time Management, Home and Child Safety, Basic Parenting, Transportation, Problem Solving and Communication to assist parents in providing a safe, nurturing environment for children in their care.
• Prioritizes identified problems that require resolution, utilizes available resources, and arrives at decisions appropriate to the family.
• Completes and analyzes initial and on-going family assessments related to safety, stability and well-being, including mental health, substance abuse, education, emotional, social and physical well-being, parenting and parent-child relationships.
• Completes and submits timely court reports; Appears and testifies in court as required.
• Collects drug screens as necessary
• Documents case information, including court reports, emails, and activities weekly
• Responds promptly to family crisis situations, documents incidents and is available 24/7 to clients
• Job may require the employee to be able to regularly drive to various DCCCA locations and other business locations throughout the day or night as required
• Promotes and practices teamwork in all activities
• Fosters and maintains professional relationships with families, community partners and peers

Education

Bachelor's degree in human services

Job description

• Provides for the safety, stability and well-being of children and families
• Works as a dyad to coordinate and deliver timely access to intensive treatment and other intervention services for the family
• Delivers culturally competent, strengths-based case management services to children and families consistent with the evidence-based practice models
• Decisions are made on guidelines provided by the supervisor, family preservation standard procedures and policies, the evidence-based practice model and DCCCA organizational policies
• Meets DCF timelines to connect with the family and facilitate the initial family meeting
• Engages and works in partnership with families to complete assessments and develop the case plan
• Meets with the family in the home weekly, monitoring the family's progress towards their case plan goals and meets monthly with each child individually to assess child's safety
• Provides weekly home-based family skills training which may include: Nutrition, Hygiene, Household and Time Management, Home and Child Safety, Basic Parenting, Transportation, Problem Solving and Communication to assist parents in providing a safe, nurturing environment for children in their care
• Prioritizes identified problems that require resolution, utilizes available resources, and arrives at decisions appropriate to the family
• Completes and analyzes initial and on-going family assessments related to safety, stability and well-being, including mental health, substance abuse, education, emotional, social and physical well-being, parenting and parent-child relationships
• Completes and submits timely court reports; Appears and testifies in court as required
• Collects drug screens as necessary
• Documents case information, including court reports, emails, and activities weekly
• Responds promptly to family crisis situations, documents incidents and is available 24/7 to clients
• Job may require the employee to be able to regularly drive to various DCCCA locations and other business locations throughout the day or night as required
• Promotes and practices teamwork in all activities
• Fosters and maintains professional relationships with families, community partners and peers

Full-Time

Essential Functions Include

• Provides for the safety, stability and well-being of children and families
• Works as a dyad to coordinate and deliver timely access to intensive treatment and other intervention services for the family
• Delivers culturally competent, strengths-based case management services to children and families consistent with the evidence-based practice models
• Decisions are made on guidelines provided by the supervisor, family preservation standard procedures and policies, the evidence-based practice model and DCCCA organizational policies
• Meets DCF timelines to connect with the family and facilitate the initial family meeting
• Engages and works in partnership with families to complete assessments and develop the case plan
• Meets with the family in the home weekly, monitoring the family's progress towards their case plan goals and meets monthly with each child individually to assess child's safety
• Provides weekly home-based family skills training which may include: Nutrition, Hygiene, Household and Time Management, Home and Child Safety, Basic Parenting, Transportation, Problem Solving and Communication to assist parents in providing a safe, nurturing environment for children in their care
• Prioritizes identified problems that require resolution, utilizes available resources, and arrives at decisions appropriate to the family
• Completes and analyzes initial and on-going family assessments related to safety, stability and well-being, including mental health, substance abuse, education, emotional, social and physical well-being, parenting and parent-child relationships
• Completes and submits timely court reports; Appears and testifies in court as required
• Collects drug screens as necessary
• Documents case information, including court reports, emails, and activities weekly
• Responds promptly to family crisis situations, documents incidents and is available 24/7 to clients
• Job may require the employee to be able to regularly drive to various DCCCA locations and other business locations throughout the day or night as required
• Promotes and practices teamwork in all activities
• Fosters and maintains professional relationships with families, community partners and peers

Requirements Include

• Bachelor's degree in human services is required
• Prior work in behavioral health or children/family services is required; experience working with substance use is preferred
• Must possess a valid state Driver's License, in force automobile liability insurance, and maintain a Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) that meets organization's insurability standard as defined by DCCCA policy. Availability of reliable transportation is required for this position.

EOE