Specialized Foster Care Case Manager (Bilingual)

Specialized Foster Care Case Manager (Bilingual)

The Case Manager – Foster Care, a full-time position, is employed by and is directly accountable to the Program Manager. Position is primarily responsible for the placement of children in foster homes; maintenance of children while in the foster home; dismissal and follow-up of children upon leaving the foster homes; supervision and training of the foster parents; provision of casework services to birth families and/or children in foster homes.

Position Details:

• Full Time, Exempt
• Department – Children and Family Services
• Be a viable team member by investing in all activities and functions of the agency’s services.
• Be involved in the quarterly quality assurance peer monitoring of children’s and foster parents’ records.
• Reports to Assistant Program Director
• Located in Atlanta
• Mostly Virtual/Remote with some on-site required, Travel (30 – 50%)
• Monday through Friday; 8:30AM – 5:00PM
• Annual Compensation: $45,000 - $50,000

Responsibilities:

• Participate in conferences and other training opportunities when requested by the Program Manager; and make use of professional consultation by learning from the experience and knowledge of others.
• Operate in an organized manner consistent with reasonable economy and to keep the Program Manager aware of the full range and expected needs of clients in order that priorities can be considered.
• Meet deadlines on compliance standards for foster youth as well as foster parents’ records including RCC, DFCS, OPM, and COA regulations.
• Meet monthly deadlines for preparing financial vouchers for the foster parents as well as RBWO per diems for DHS.
• Actively coordinate and participate in service and permanency planning for each family on his/her caseload. 
• Make the minimum monthly visits to the regular foster homes and to the available birth parents.
• Participate in outcome planning for foster care, and the keeping of data to support outcomes.
• Enter required data in the state’s GA Score, SHINES, and extendedReach systems, meeting the monthly deadlines. Enter and annually gather data used for the agency’s annual report.
• Understand and practice the use of appropriate confidentiality.
• Follow agency personnel and program policy.
• Be involved in the activities of the agency’s quality assurance program.
• Perform other duties as delegated by the Program Manager. 

Qualifications:

Required Education and Experience

• Bilingual – English/Spanish
• Have a minimum of a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college/university in a human service or behavioral science field. 
• Have a minimum of two years’ experience of working with children and families. 
• Own, drive, and maintain an automobile in good working condition, receiving reimbursement for agency business mileage. 
• Understand that this job will require some evening and weekend hours of employment, and some after-hour on call responsibilities. 
• Be computer literate, including word processing and excel spread sheets. 
• Be organized and detailed oriented. 
• Possess good communication and writing skills. 

Preferred Education and Experience

• Understanding of complex trauma and ability to implement strategies to guide families to help children through trauma. 
• Spirit of collaboration and teamwork that fosters positive relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
• A positive, uplifting, and inviting demeanor that opens the door for easy rapport building with families and children.
• Alignment and commitment to the agency’s strategic goals and objectives. Extraordinary attention to case level details that incorporates strong case management skills.

The Specialized Foster Care Case Manager (Bilingual) role detailed in this description is not a comprehensive list of all duties that may be requested for the successful completion of this role and may garner some circumstantial duties deemed critical to meeting performance goals.

Physical Demands:

Regularly required to talk and hear. Required to stand, walk, sit, use hand to finger, handle or feel objects, tools and controls: and reach with hands and arms. Required to operate personal vehicle.

Employees frequently lift and or move up to 10 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

Inspiritus is dedicated to providing equal opportunities and equal access to all individuals regardless of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions, national origin, genetic information, age, physical or mental disability, service in the uniformed services, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law. Inspiritus does not discriminate in employment on the basis of any factor stated above or prohibited under applicable law. Inspiritus complies with Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990, the Vietnam Era Veteran's Readjustment Assistance Act, and applicable executive orders, federal and state regulations regarding nondiscrimination, equal opportunity and affirmative action. Inquiries regarding this policy should be directed to the Inspiritus Department of Human Resources, 731 Peachtree St NE, Suite B Atlanta, GA 30308.