Foster Care Case Manager Up to $15,000 Performance Bonus

Foster Care Case Manager

Wolverine Human Services | Full-Time | Exempt | Michigan

Mission statement: Helping Children and Families to be Victors.

This Role Matters:

This job changes lives. At Wolverine Human Services, we help children and families move toward safety, stability, and permanency. As a Foster Care Case Manager, your work directly supports children in care and the families who care for them. This role is active and people focused. You’ll spend time in the community, not just behind a desk.

This role includes:

• Managing foster care cases

• Supporting permanency planning

• Working with birth parents, foster parents, and relative caregivers

• Coordinating with DHHS, courts, and community partners

• Advocating for children’s needs

• Attending required meetings and court-related activities

• Completing documentation accurately and on time

• Responding to urgent needs when they arise

At Wolverine Human Services, we recognize the commitment it takes to support children and families in foster care. To reward long-term success and stability, we offer performance-based sign-on bonuses paid as key milestones are achieved.

Total Performance-Based Sign-On Bonus: $5,000

• $500 at 90 days
• $1,000 at 180 days
• $1,500 at 1 year
• $2,000 at 2 years

Total Performance-Based Sign-On Bonus: $15,000

This enhanced bonus reflects the credentialing, experience, and immediate impact pre-certified professionals bring to the program.

• $2,500 at 90 days
• $3,500 at 180 days
• $4,000 at 1 year
• $5,000 at 2 years

Total Performance-Based Sign-On Bonus: $5,000

• $500 at 90 days
• $1,000 at 180 days
• $1,500 at 1 year
• $2,000 at 2 years

Bonus Eligibility Requirements

Sign-on bonus payments are contingent upon meeting established performance expectations, including maintaining compliance with state-mandated foster care metrics, caseload standards, agency policies, documentation requirements, and overall job performance.

• We structure these bonuses to reward the stability, quality, and consistency that foster care work requires. Children and families benefit most when dedicated professionals remain committed to providing excellent service over time—and we believe that commitment should be recognized.