Care Coordinator - Foster Care

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Coordinate and supervise care coordination, case planning, individual service activity and required documentation for assigned foster families and children.

• Conduct Intake and Discharge Procedures for foster children
• Monitor adjustment, well‑being and progress of children in placement on your caseload
• Meet with children and foster parents at least once face to face each month and contact regularly as needed to advocate for and assist children with placement issues, behaviours, plan of care goals, and progress
• Ensures that foster parents are meeting all licensing and contract regulations
• Conduct staffing with participating agencies, staff, youth and families as required for service delivery
• Ensure family involvement, visitation with the child/youth’s family of origin unless prohibited by the court
• Serve as Miracle Hill agency liaison with the referring agencies, local schools, community resources and providers. This includes a working relationship with SCDSS caseworkers, Guardian ad Litems, therapists, mentors, biological families and relatives
• Complete documentation and update before deadlines, including care plans, progress information and maintain child files as required by agency and state standards. Documentation will be kept in accordance with licensing standards
• Adhere to all regulatory standards and Miracle Hill Ministries policies
• Prepare critical incident reports and submit them to DSS staff
• Will be assigned to an on‑call rotation and respond to crises or emergency situations, which may require a face‑to‑face home visit
• Advocate for children and assist children and foster parents with behaviour interventions, placement stability and success for youth
• Assist with investigating allegations of abuse/neglect relating to MH foster parents as requested by Director
• Assist in goal achievement for individual service plans
• Have a willingness to share the good news of Jesus Christ, give a personal testimony and pray with or for those served by the ministry
• This is a full‑time position that will require a significant amount of tele‑commuting/remote working. The position requires individuals to perform their work from locations other than their employer’s physical office, as approved by their supervisor. Locations may include, but are not limited to, foster family homes, home office, family court, hospitals or DSS. Individuals will be obligated to travel to their physical office for meetings, supervision, paperwork or as scheduled/deemed necessary by their supervisor
• Other duties as assigned by the supervisor

• This position has responsibility for supervising foster parents and their licence

• Education or equivalent experience: a master’s degree in social work or other related areas of study and one year of experience working with the population served, or a bachelor’s degree in social work or other related areas of study and two years of experience working with the population served. Closely related fields such as social work, counseling, psychology, sociology, criminal justice and recreational therapy are acceptable
• Specialised training required: CPR/First Aid, Behaviour intervention, medication administration training, trauma‑informed training, prudent parenting training. Provided by Miracle Hill upon hire if not current
• Other:
  Ability to deal with highly stressful situations and persons who may be stressed; ability to exercise judgement and discretion in interpreting and applying various procedures and guidelines; training in providing services to children/youth exhibiting medical, developmental and/or behaviour problems and in a supervisory role of those caring for children

Must become a Certified Adoptions Specialist within 6 months

As an evangelical Christian ministry, Miracle Hill values its rights under federal law to hire individuals who share the Christian faith and the ministry’s doctrinal beliefs

To be considered for employment, ALL APPLICANTS MUST read and agree with our Doctrinal Statement and Employment Qualifications (scroll down on page to see qualifications)

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Individual and Family Services