Essential Duties and Responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Provide case management services to children and their families in foster and adoptive care system.
• Formulate permanency goals for assigned children.
• Formulate concurrent plans for assigned children.
• Assess risk of child abuse/neglect and on-going safety of children.
• Assess child and family functioning, family strengths, family needs, stressors and coping mechanisms.
• Research and refer children and families for needed services.
• Evaluate the impact of services.
• Testify on behalf of assigned children in court.
• Provide parent education.
• Participate in on-call rotation.
• Comply with all required contractual documentation standards.
• Provide face-to-face meetings with assigned children and out-of-home care providers according to prescribed time frames.
• Schedule, coordinate and facilitate FST meetings within prescribed time frames.
• Secure appropriate and least restrictive out-of-home placements for assigned children.
• Arrange for medical and dental exams, medications, treatment testing or routine health services for assigned children in out-of-home placements.
• Assist families in meeting the cost of care expenses.