Case Manager

Lutheran Services Florida (LSF) envisions a world where children are safe, families are strong, and communities are vibrant .

LSF is looking for talented Child Welfare Case Managers who want to make an impact in the lives of others.

The schedule for this role is flexible, Monday through Friday and on call!

Purpose & Impact :

The purpose of the Child Welfare Case Manager is to use social service and engagement skills and an ability to promote a culturally sensitive and performance-driven culture to meet child welfare programmatic goals.

Essential Functions :

• Supports the case management supervisor in promoting efforts to achieve team and performance goals
• Maintains a caseload of children and families and ensures dependency milestones are achieved timely and with a high degree of quality.
• Accepts cases assigned by unit supervisor and assesses the safety of children in their primary residence within two working days of case transfer staffing and with identified parents. Completes a Family Assessment within 15 working days of case transfer staffing.
• Negotiate and develop a case plan through Family Team Conferencing based on identified strengths and needs of the family, the circumstances bringing the family into care, recommendations provided by the Comprehensive Behavioral Health Assessment and other relevant data. This plan is to be created in collaboration with the parents, Guardian Ad Litem, foster parents and other pertinent parties with the goal of reunification or other permanency for the child.
• Visits the child in their primary residence according to required frequency, but no less than once every 25 days. At least one visit each quarter is to be unannounced.
• Accurately documents all case activities in the Florida Safe Families Network database within 48 hours. Maintain the physical case file in chronological order, by subject, in accordance with the standardized case file format.
• Submits service requests to the lead agency and provides clients with timely referrals to services. Develops and maintains knowledge of community resources, program eligibility requirements, key contact persons, emergency procedures, and waiting lists of available resources. Maintains regular contact with service providers and documents service progress in FSFN.
• Complete and submit court documentation within required time frames. Prepares for, attends, and participates in all court activities as necessary.
• Arrange for, attend, and participate in individual case staffings as necessary. Completes and presents at all required staffings.
• Conduct initial and / or ongoing child safety assessments as required. Prepare initial and on-going safety plans as necessary.
• Arrange for emergency placement, emergency medical treatment, and emergency services for children at risk.
• Conduct diligent searches for parents and family members when deemed necessary and thoroughly document that the effort has been made to find the parents and family members.
• Conduct home studies as required for prospective placements. Provide relevant medical, psychological, behavioral and educational background information about the child or children to prospective care-givers as needed. Plan and facilitate parental and sibling visits as needed and appropriate.
• Transport and supervise children as needed.
• Ensure that all Independent Living functions are completed as required
• Attend all appointments, staff meetings, trainings, seminars, workshops, etc., as necessary and as required by the supervisor.
• Function as agency on-call Case Manager as scheduled.
• Organize, prioritize and complete all work assignments by the established deadlines.

All duties are performed in accordance with the following standards :

Other Functions :

Perform other related duties and special assignments as required.

Physical Requirements :

Education :

Must possess a Bachelor’s degree in a Human Services field. Degree in Social Work preferred.

Experience :

Must have a minimum of one year of relevant experience and achieve child welfare certification within one year of hire.

Skills :

Other :

Must demonstrate sensitivity to our service population’s cultural and socioeconomic characteristics and needs.

Principal Accountabilities :

Why work for LSF?

LSF offers 60 programs across the state of Florida serving a wide range of populations in need.  Mission Driven staff members become part of the LSF community while transforming the lives of those in need. Our staff additionally find growth opportunities as they explore areas of interest within the organization.

Amazing benefits package including :

LSF is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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