Join a team that can truly make an impact on the lives of others!

Be the catalyst for positive change in the lives of vulnerable children, offering stability, support, and advocacy when they need it most! Join an organization committed to your growth, equipping you with the tools and resources to excel in your career as a case manager.
At Health Connect America, we are dedicated to making connections happen every day by cultivating growth, belonging, and wellness for our teammates, while providing meaningful mental & behavioral health services to our community.

 What will I be doing?

• Build positive, engaged relationships with parents that motivate them for change, help them identify their strengths and needs, and support family success. 
• Build trusting, engaged relationships with children to be a source of support, help them identify their strengths and needs, and advocate for their wishes. 
• Travel between Gainesville, GA and Dallas, GA, in order to provide services to children and families 
• Work with all families in an equitable, culturally responsive, and empowering manner. 
• Facilitate permanency, family connections, and community supports. 
• Assist in the recruitment and assessment of foster parents, and engage in collaborative relationships with foster parents. 
• Facilitate relationships between birth parents and foster families. 
• Help foster families provide a safe, nurturing environment. 
• Collaborate with other units, systems, and service providers. 
• Link the child to services and supports specified in the treatment plan. 
• Coordinate services and service planning with other agencies and providers involved with the child by arranging, as needed, medical, remedial, and dental services.
• Assist the child to locate or obtain needed services and resources. 
• Promote self-care, identify triggers and effects of secondary traumatic stress and countertransference, and access supports to address concerns.
• Assess periodically to determine the child’s needs for psychosocial, nutritional, medical, and education services. 
• Monitor and follows up by assessing ongoing progress in each case and ensure services are delivered. 
• Continually evaluate and review each child’s plan of care. 
• Collaborate with the family assessment and planning teams and other involved parties on reviews and coordination of services to children and their families.
• Collaborate closely with the family assessment and planning teams and other involved parties in preparation of all case plans.
• Educate and counsel by guiding the child and developing a supportive relationship that promotes the treatment plan. 
• Participate in the PQI process and strategic planning process.
• Maintain a current driver’s license, a safe driving record, current vehicle insurance, and always maintain his/her vehicle in safe operating condition.
• Perform other duties, as assigned, to support operations and mission of the Company.

Am I a good fit?

• Successful staff exude a passion for serving vulnerable individuals and families
• Knowledgeable about relevant provisions of the Indian Child Welfare Act. 
• Must provide services while being sensitive to the service population's cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.
• Must Independently transport self in his/her own vehicle to provide services in the in- home/community-based service milieu, attend meetings, and, if necessary, transport clients occasionally. 
• Ability to work independently and manage time well 

Qualifications:

• A bachelor’s degree in social work or other human services field, including sociology, psychology, special education, or counselling 

OR 

• Two (2) years of experience providing casework services to children and families 

Health Connect America and its companies are a multi-state, community mental health, behavioral health, family preservation, and therapeutic foster care services provider(s). It is the mission of Health Connect America to create quality, affordable opportunities for individuals and families to achieve their greatest potential in a safe, positive living environment.

We encourage wellness for our staff by offering competitive compensation and benefits to our full-time team members including medical, vision/dental, 401K, Health Savings Account with company contribution, and paid time off. We also offer an Employee Assistance Program including 8 counseling sessions per year to promote emotional wellbeing.

Health Connect America and its companies are an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, national origin, age, disability, genetics or any other basis forbidden under federal, state, or local law.