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Child Welfare Specialist
2 months ago
We are seeking a highly skilled and compassionate Case Manager to join our team at Child & Family Services of Erie County. As a Case Manager, you will play a critical role in providing case work services to an assigned caseload of children and families.
Key Responsibilities- Manage Caseload: Manage an assigned caseload of children in the Foster Care + Adoption program and provide casework services to ensure the child's safety and well-being and support the child's permanency planning goal.
- Home Visits: Complete home visits with the youth in foster care in their foster home on a regular basis, but can be more frequent based on the child's level of care associated with their needs.
- Parent Contact: Make monthly contact with all identified parents of the youth in foster care.
- Visitation Facilitation: Schedule and facilitate visitation between parents and youth in foster care and siblings of the youth who may be placed in an alternate setting.
- Casework Services: Provide casework services and support to birth parents in meeting court ordered requirements to achieve family reunification; facilitate concurrent planning to ensure timely permanence for child if reunification is not possible.
- Collaboration: Work in collaboration with and maintain on-going communication with local district case manager and other service providers in facilitating child's permanency plan.
- Transition Management: Manage the transition of children in placement from one setting to another (e.g. birth parents' home to foster home, foster home to birth parents' home or adoption home etc.).
- Court Proceedings: Participate in Family Court proceedings to facilitate child's permanency plan.
- Foster Parent Support: Support foster parent's skill development in order to best meet the needs of children in their care.
- Documentation: Maintain progress notes, case record documentation, and required reports in accordance with district requirements and NYS regulations.
- Interpersonal Skills: Model and practice sensitivity, fair treatment and acceptance of diversity in all interpersonal interactions.
- Quality Improvement: Participate and contribute to program Quality Improvement and Utilization review process.
- Teamwork: Maintain positive working relationships with program staff and others within the agency.
- Communication: Demonstrate strong interpersonal skills during interactions with internal and external customers.
- Program Promotion: Promote the services of the program/department, as requested.
- On-Call Rotation: Participate in a department on-call rotation.
- Education: Bachelor's Degree in Social Work (BSW) plus two years paid experience in child welfare preferred, or equivalent combination of education and experience OR a Master's Degree in Social Work (MSW) with experience in child welfare.
- Driver's License: Valid New York State driver's license and continued automobile insurance.
- Transportation: Accessibility to reliable transportation during working hours.
- Teamwork: Ability to work as part of a team.
- PTO: Paid Time Off (PTO) - 20 PTO Days (25 Days After Five Years of Employment) - 14 Paid Holidays (includes 2 flex holidays) - Bereavement: Four Paid Days - Paid Jury Duty.
- Life Insurance: Employer Paid Life Insurance.
- Medical: Two Plan Options.
- Dental: Two Plan Options.
- Vision Insurance: Vision Insurance.
- Wellness Program: Wellness Program and Incentives.
- HSA: Health Savings Account (HSA) and Quarterly Employer-Contributions.
- FSA: Healthcare Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Dependent Care FSA.
- Referral Bonus: Employee Referral Bonus.
- PSLF: Qualifying Employer for Public Service Student Loan Forgiveness Program (PSLF).
- 403(b): 403(b) Right Away and Employer-Contributions After Two Years (1000 hours each year).
Within our agency and in the communities that we serve, Child & Family Services is committed to diversity and inclusion with race equity at the center. Every day we work to promote safety, health, and wellness. We will not stop until Black, indigenous and people of color are free from racism and experience peace, prosperity and well-being.
Child & Family Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
