What are the responsibilities and job description for the Families First Case Manager position at DCCCA?
Full-Time
Essential Functions
- Provides for the safety, stability and well-being of children and families
- Works as a dyad to coordinate and deliver timely access to intensive treatment and other intervention services for the family
- Delivers culturally competent, strengths-based case management services to children and families consistent with the evidence-based practice models
- Decisions are made on guidelines provided by the supervisor, family preservation standard procedures and policies, the evidence-based practice model and DCCCA organizational policies
- Meets DCF timelines to connect with the family and facilitate the initial family meeting
- Engages and works in partnership with families to complete assessments and develop the case plan
- Meets with the family in the home weekly, monitoring the family's progress towards their case plan goals and meets monthly with each child individually to assess child's safety
- Provides weekly home-based family skills training which may include: Nutrition, Hygiene, Household and Time Management, Home and Child Safety, Basic Parenting, Transportation, Problem Solving and Communication to assist parents in providing a safe, nurturing environment for children in their care
- Prioritizes identified problems that require resolution, utilizes available resources, and arrives at decisions appropriate to the family
- Completes and analyzes initial and on-going family assessments related to safety, stability and well-being, including mental health, substance abuse, education, emotional, social, and physical well-being, parenting, and parent-child relationships
- Completes and submits timely court reports; Appears and testifies in court as required
- Collects drug screens as necessary
- Documents case information, including court reports, emails, and activities weekly
- Responds promptly to family crisis situations
- Promotes and practices teamwork in all activities
- Fosters and maintains professional relationships with families, community partners, and peers
- Participates in professional development that is relevant
- Job may require the employee to be able to regularly drive to various DCCCA locations and other business locations throughout the day or night as required
- Other duties as assigned
Education, Experience, and Licensure
- Bachelor's degree, required. Human services field of study preferred
- Prior work in child welfare and behavioral health preferred
- Experience working with substance use preferred
- Must possess a valid state Driver's License, in force automobile liability insurance, and maintain a Motor Vehicle Record (MVR) that meets organization's insurability standard as defined by DCCCA policy. Availability of reliable transportation is required for this position
EOE