Case Manager
FUNCTION: To assess safety and well-being, monitor service delivery, and support
achievement of treatment and permanency goals. To act as a resource to the
foster child and his/her foster family and to act as a liaison between the referring
agency, the child and the community.
QUALIFICATIONS:
? Master’s degree in social work, or a related field or--
? Bachelor’s degree in social work, or a related field and at least two years of working in
human services field and/or out-of-home placement setting and--
? Comprehendible verbal and writing skills.
? Conflict management skills to discern the needs of people and apply available resources
effectively to those needs.
? Organizational skills.
? An ability to assess the needs of the children and families and develop an appropriate
service plan.
? Must demonstrate initiative and be able to work independently.
? Willing and able to capture the vision of the agency.
? An ability to utilize good judgment.
? An ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with individuals and
community agencies/organizations
? An ability to testify clearly and concisely in court.
DUTIES:
? To maintain confidentiality and other responsibilities listed in governmental laws and
regulations, as well as Essential Foundation Inc. policies and procedures.
? To report immediately any suspected incident of abuse or neglect of a child in care to the
facility’s administrator
? The case manager shall perform the following duties for a preferred caseload of youth as
determined by ratios in the program description
o Placing a child into a foster home, adoptive home, or any other substitute living
arrangement;
o Managing the case of a child in any substitute living arrangement, including:
? Developing and updating of service plans
? Stewarding direct contact with the child and the adoptive parents, foster
parents, or other caregivers
? Performing any additional case management activities;
o Case management and service delivery to birth parents;
o Orientation, assessment, and verification of foster parents;
o Orientation, assessment, and approval of adoptive parents
