Foster Care Worker

Description

Children's ministry in Western North Carolina is seeking a Foster Care Case Coordinator to complete case management duties for licensed foster families. Qualities sought include:

• Provide direct supervision to assigned foster families, including but not limited to coaching, follow-up and accountability in accordance to structure home visit requirements
• Work alongside foster families to serve as the bridge between the family and the county DSS agencies
• Responsible for accurate and timely documentation in accordance with policy and state regulations
• Apply advance child welfare knowledge to develop plans of service to establish the appropriate interventions to be provided for each child on caseload and to ensure compliance
• Assist foster families and the child in accomplishing service plan goals and ensuring progress towards goals are documented
• Cover on-call when assigned, which include responding to emergency situations after hours on a rotating basis

• Employer paid health, dental and vision at 100% for employee
• Up to 10% employer 401K contributions after 1 of service
• Paid time off and holidays

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work from an appropriately accredited institution; bachelor’s degree in a human services field from an appropriately accredited institution and one year of directly related experience; bachelor’s degree from an appropriately accredited institution and two years of directly related experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience. (Social Worker II)

Responsible to:
Director of Foster Care and Adoptions or Foster Care Worker Supervisor

• Seniority level:
  Entry level
• Employment type:
  
  Full-time
• Job function:
  Other
• Industries:
  Non-profit Organizations