Permanency Support Specialist

3 weeks ago

San Antonio, Texas, United States Children's Shelter Full time
Job Summary

The Permanency Support Specialist will provide therapeutic trauma-focused case management services to children and families receiving foster care and adoption services. This role will also strategize to promote Foster Care and Adoption Programs in the community.

Key Responsibilities
  • Perform and accept responsibility for all aspects of case management of children placed in the home that are assigned.
  • Promote the retention of current foster, respite, foster/adopt and adopt families by providing supportive services to these families.
  • Conduct preliminary service plans for foster care and adoptive placements, completing all appropriate foster care and adoption assessment forms.
  • Coordinate foster care and foster/adoptive placements with all parties involved: e.g., birth parents, foster parents, adoptive parents, other caseworkers, etc.
  • Develop children's permanency planning goals, treatment goals and treatment plans for with other parties involved.
  • Conduct supportive casework (crisis intervention, referrals, etc.) for children and families as needed.
  • Provide Training Support to families.
  • Conduct monthly and quarterly evaluations and corrective actions with foster homes to monitor for risk, safety, and compliance as needed.
  • Assess families and creates family development plans as needed.
  • Ensure compliance with TDFPS Licensing, Youth for Tomorrow, and Council on Accreditation standards.
  • Supervise children in foster care and foster/adoptive placements on an individual basis by conducting home visits and maintaining contact with the therapeutic foster or foster/adoptive parents regarding the child.
  • Works with foster and foster/adoptive parents to ensure that children's needs are met.
  • Maintain accurate case records, foster/adoptive parent training records and documenting the progression that foster families make toward risk reduction and obtaining required documentation, agency/state forms.
  • Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings such as staffing's, treatment reviews, court hearings, school meetings and ARD staffing's as needed.
  • Fulfills the annual minimum requirements for staff training with at least 20 hours a year.
  • Participates in on-call rotation.
  • Attends agency staff meetings and participates in program development.
  • Completes Home Study addendums as needed.
  • Documents work in the agency's case management system, Extended Reach, and other computer programs.
  • Promotes positive working relationships with staff from DFPS or other agencies and community organizations.
  • Engages in and follows strategic planning initiatives of the agency, which includes working to integrate and collaborate with other agency programs.
  • Demonstrates strong commitment to meeting the needs of our customers (children, community members, co-workers, donors, managers, and volunteers), in a friendly, outgoing, and professional manner.
  • Responds to customers in a timely and thorough manner; does what is necessary to ensure customer satisfaction; follows up to evaluate customer's satisfaction.
  • Demonstrates responsibility for safety of self, co-workers, and others that might enter the work area.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in social work or other human service-related field.
  • Minimum of 1 year of prior child-placing experience preferred.

The ideal candidate will have excellent verbal and written communication skills, be skilled in organizing work in a responsible way in an environment with multiple challenges and priorities, and be knowledgeable of cultural diversity and able to provide culturally competent service to children and adults.

The Children's Shelter is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applications from diverse candidates. We offer a competitive salary and benefits package, as well as opportunities for professional growth and development.

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