Case Manager
GA Dept of Human Services - Walker DFCS , 10056 N. Hwy 27 Suite A Rock Spring, GA 30739 United States of America
Job Description
Job Description:
• Maintain the frequency and quality of visits with children, fathers, mothers, and caretakers to ensure the safety, permanency and well-being needs are met for children in custody.
• Ensure foster care placements and/or living situations are stable and in the best interest of the children in care.
• Make concerted efforts to achieve permanency for children in a timely manner and that they are contained in the adoptions and Safe Family Act.
• Ensure that siblings in foster care are placed together unless a separation is necessary. • Maintain child’s connections to his or her neighborhood, community, faith, extended family, school and friends.
• Document case management activities within time frames established by policy.
• Utilize private vehicle for work related travel and duties, including transportation of children and families.
• May routinely serve after hour. • Promote, support, and maintain a positive/nurturing relationship with children in care and their biological parents/caretakers by encouraging and facilitating interactions beyond visitation.
• Prepare and testify in court regarding child’s permanency plan.
• Partner with children and parents in the development and utilization of the family functioning agreement, action plan, and family plan to achieve desired individual family-level outcomes.
• Complete genograms to identify available family support network.
• Identify the physical, educational, and mental/behavioral needs of children, parents, and foster parents and ensures identified need were effectively addressed.