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6-10 years of experience
- Recommended temporary foster care to the judge in formal court hearings as a means of protection of children in imminent danger
- Developed a written plan with parents of removed children delineating goals and objectives
- Placed children with foster parents most equipped to meet their needs.
- Arranged for visitations between parents and children. Coordinated the return of foster
- Requested termination of parental rights and permanent placement of children when necessary
0-5 years of experience
- Conducted in-home individual and family therapy with children and foster families
- Developed and conducted therapeutic foster care parent trainings
- Worked as liaison between foster family and all other agencies involved
- Communicated with referral agency to advocate for appropriate services for children
- Prepared monthly and quarterly reports for the referral agency
- Maintained regular communication with the referring agency case manager
- Facilitated adoption process between referral agency, foster child, and potential pre-adoptive families
0-5 years of experience
- Maintain and manage a caseload of families.
- Developed Service Plans in accordance with company, state and accrediting requirements; monitors and reviews the Service Plan with all participants involved in the case.
- Implemented permanency planning and meets all permanency goals within timely manner
- Ensure child safety in coordination with biological and foster families.
- Maintained thorough documentation of case notes
- Attended and testified in juvenile court hearings.
- Draft and submited court reports to all judicial parties.
- Educated foster parents in child behavior modification techniques.
0-5 years of experience
- Completed weekly home visits to foster children to monitor progress.
- Monitored the educational, psychological, medical and reunification plan progress of foster.
- Worked Collaboratively with County Social Workers in order to best serve foster children.
- Completed Needs and Service Plans, Quarterly Reports, Termination Summary Reports, Contact Notes, Special Incident Reports, Home Inspections.
0-5 years of experience
Maintain caseload of children removed from home by CPS and placed in foster homes
- Documentation of visits(office, home, court, school) in a timely manner
- Transport children to CPS visits
- Travel and do home visits twice per month in the home and outside of the foster home
- Service plans and generate reports
0-5 years of experience
- Managed a caseload of 15 foster children
- Coordinate services for children and Foster parents.
- Monitor progress of children after placement
- Participate in DFCS permanency planning, court hearing, and school related meeting for the child
- Follow guidelines of social work code of ethics
- Work in conjunction with multidisciplinary team to provide needed treatments and services
- Complete mandated reports and documentation in a timely manner
10+ years of experience
- Carryout a minimum of at least 15 cases
- Home face to face contact
- Handle emergencies that arise
- Conduct placement, oversee overall treatment of the child on case load, maintain weekly notes and reports up to date
- Conduct quality assurance inspections, perform children/family evaluations and assessments for placement
- Complete needs and service plans reports and quarterly’s
- Communicate with all applicable agencies regarding child progress
0-5 years of experience
- Responsible for ensuring safe, permanent and nurturing families for children/adults who are in DSS custody and for whom DSS has placement responsibility.
- Responsible for providing services to strengthen, preserve and/or reunite families by helping them to improve the conditions that caused Agency intervention.
- Responsible for providing treatment services to families and children who have been substantiated for abuse, neglect, and/or exploitation.
- Deal with families and the public who may not agree with the law, rules or policy of the process.
0-5 years of experience
- Responsible for managing a caseload of foster children
- Working with foster children and their family members when reunification with the family is the plan of care and/or preparing the family and child(ren) for an alternative plan of permanent care
- Planning, arranging and/or providing and monitoring services to foster children and their families
- Assessing, planning and providing an array of services to current foster youth and former foster youth
- Providing crisis intervention
0-5 years of experience
Arkansas Division of Children and Families, Foster Care Unit
- Internship working with case workers in the foster care unit.
- Created files and updated existing files.
- Worked with clients on completing their case plan.
- Assisted in transportation of children to visits and appointments.
- Assisted with family visits.
- Attended court hearings and staffings with all involved parties to the case.
- Assisted case workers with daily work.
- Logged contacts with family members for case worker.
- Created case plans with the case worker.
0-5 years of experience
- Connect families with services out in the community
- Conduct counseling sessions for families
- Home visits to do some in home therapy with the family as a whole.
- Support legal guardianship/adoption/foster families any which way possible
0-5 years of experience
- Provide ongoing case management to children in need of foster care placements
- Create service and treatment plans, CANS assessments
- Facilitate and coordinate permanency meetings during the adoption process
- Follow Department of Human Services guidelines when licensing homes
0-5 years of experience
- Manage caseload of at least 15 minors
- Collaborate with DCFS social worker, service providers, foster parents, and biological parents
- Assess for safety, well-being, and adjustment to placement on a weekly basis
0-5 years of experience
- Foster Care Case load Management
- Documentation of services rendered to clients
- Prepare court documents
- Assist parents with preparing individual case plans
- Coordinate care for foster children along with foster parents
- Coordinate care services for parents with providers
0-5 years of experience
- Assist in matching and placement of children in foster family homes
- Demonstrate appreciation of cultural diversity, heritage, and knowledge of cultural issues and patterns
- Network with DCF and community agencies
- Assess clinical needs of children and families
- Develop and update treatment plans for each child on a quarterly basis
- Assist with reunification process as needed
- Provide minimum weekly visits with child and foster family
0-5 years of experience
- Conducting a home study of foster parents to ensure that the home is a safe environment for youth
- Conducting regular home visits to endure that the child is safe and receiving adequate care
- Arranging outside services for the child, if needed
- Documenting information into the database system
- Attending schedule court dates
- Transporting children and parents when needed
- Conducting scheduled Child, Family, and Team Meetings
- Conducting supervised visitations with parents of the youth
- Managing and tending to multiple cases
0-5 years of experience
- Provides services for youth who have been placed in the custody of Johnston County Department of Social Services
- Assessing families to determine the family’s capacity for providing a safe and secure environment for child(ren).
- Develop a Family Services Plan that engages the child and the family in the reunification process.
- Participate in the intervention activities or refer other community resources. Service needs to both the parents and child to restore family functioning.
- Implementing of Plans to address the permanency and safety of children
- Utilize counseling methods to fit the situation that is presented by the client and is influenced by the client’s ability to utilize own resources and skills to overcome problems.
- Monitor the needs or services, progress of service plans and delivery of services.
- Mentor and teach appropriate conflict resolution skills to both the child and child’s caretaker (parent, foster parent or other care providers).
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