The Therapeutic Foster Care Case Manager is on a team based out of our Waynesville, MO office. This position is responsible for linking a child to all necessary medical, mental health, educational, vocational, social and support services in a therapeutic foster home setting as deemed appropriate through the coordination of KVC Missouri and the referring agency.

The Therapeutic Foster Care Case Manager works to enable the child to be maintained in the least restrictive placement and to transition back to his/her family and community of origin.

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree in a behavioral science or related degree.

Licensure/Certification:

• Valid driver’s license and auto insurance.

Schedule: This is position offers a flexible, Monday - Friday schedule, with a required After-hours / Holiday / Weekend on-call rotation.

Experience:

• One (1) year working with family systems and utilizing community resources.
• Experience working with children and families in a trauma informed environment.

Duties:

• Manages a caseload of youth placed in homes.
• Meets face-to-face with families weekly when residents are placed in the home and monthly if no youth are currently placed in the home.
• Coordinates and facilitates quarterly staffing reviews on all youth, which should include referring agency, therapeutic family, child, and biological family/identified resource.
• Attends court hearings, family support meetings, and other treatment related meetings.
• Completes admission intake paperwork within the identified timelines, and completes monthly update letters to parents, agencies, and others in treatment team.
• Maintains relationships with referring agencies through regular phone contact and documentation of progress of youth.
• Works closely with admissions and social services regarding open beds and referrals.
• Ensures all families are meeting their annual training requirements in order to keep their license as foster parents.
• Other duties as assigned for the betterment of KVC Missouri.

About KVC

KVC Missouri is a nonprofit child placing and behavioral health agency with a long legacy of compassionately serving children and families. It includes KVC Niles in Kansas City which offers day treatment (K-12 school) and psychiatric residential treatment.

KVC provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

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