Foster Care Case Manager

Overview

$1,000 hiring bonus! We are committed to supporting at risk children and families by providing tools and resources to help prevent child abuse, neglect, and abandonment. We are a Christian agency that believes in living our mission, providing Christ-centered care and support to children and families in need.

Presbyterian Children’s Homes and Services (PCHAS) provides 14 programs and services in 28 locations across Missouri, Texas, and Louisiana, with the goal of providing children with permanent homes and helping adults achieve increased self-sufficiency. This is accomplished by the agency’s commitment to “The PCHAS Way,” which inspires us to be strength-focused, family-centered, and goal-driven with every client.

Benefits of serving with PCHAS include competitive salaries, flexible work schedules, paid time off, medical, dental and vision insurance options, voluntary life insurance options, paid holidays, and a very generous retirement plan (after one year of service and 1,000 hours, the agency matches an employee 200% up to a 3% retirement contribution).

Status: Non-Exempt

Works in a typical office setting and from the employee’s home, or other community location as established by a flexible work agreement, to complete paperwork, documentation, and other indirect service tasks. Meets clients in home, foster home, residential facility, hospital, or other community locations as needed. Drives an automobile on a routine basis in all types of areas and must have reliable transportation.

Requires sitting, standing, bending, and reaching. May require lifting up to 25 pounds. Requires manual dexterity to operate standard office machines, such as computers, copiers, calculators, telephones, and other office equipment. Requires normal range of hearing and vision. Must have the ability and energy to visit more than one family per day.

The Foster Care Case Manager (FCCM) is responsible for safety and services to children and families in foster care. Tasks include facilitating Family Support Team meetings, developing individualized care (treatment) plans, coordinating individualized services across all settings, coordinating providers working in the home, school, and community environment, and documenting support-related activities and services. The FCCM promotes effective utilization of support services to achieve permanency for children and families.

• Follows all contractual and agency policies, procedures, and seamless delivery of services to children and their families.
• Maintains a caseload of 12 to 15 children depending on program capacity and the needs of the agency. Caseload size may be temporarily increased due to a case manager’s extended absence and/or position vacancy.
• Provides full case management services to children and their families in the Missouri foster and adoptive care system from the time of assignment until case closure or transfer.
• Documents all activities and maintains data entry in FACES (state online database system) and CSWIS (consortium online database system) in a timely and accurate manner.
• Has face-to-face contact with each assigned child and his/her family at least monthly (travel may be extensive based on individual needs). Maintains regular telephone contact with each child and family support provider to review provider activities and receive reports on case progress.
• Evaluates and factually reports the impact of services to team members and judiciary; attends all court hearings; schedules, coordinates, and facilitates FST meetings within prescribed time frames.
• Participates in FCCM consortium on-call schedule as EOC (employee on-call) for PCHAS on a rotating basis.

• A bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology, counseling, education, criminal justice, or a related human services field. Master’s degree preferred. Minimum of two (2) years of relevant case management experience.

• Must hold a valid driver’s license, maintain a risk-free driving record.
• Must be willing to undergo initial and periodic child abuse/neglect, criminal history, sexual offender, and childcare/elder care…