Foster Care Case Manager / Adoption Specialist

Job Description

Job Description

Salary :

The Foster Care Case Manager / Adoption Specialist will work with the child and foster parent(s) to help the child reach their goals. This role will also work with foster families to ensure their growth and development. In addition, this role will equip the child and foster parent(s) with the support and resources needed to achieve permanency. Case Managers will work with clients in an office, community, school setting, and in the foster home.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

PLACEMENT / INTAKE / ASSESSMENT

• Participate in the referral matching process for children and families, while advocating for best possible home match.
• Facilitate and develop each childs Initial Service Plan
• Facilitate and / or ensure completion of appropriate Assessments, i.e. Biopsychosocial, CANS, Independent Living, Diagnostic, etc.
• Refer foster child to applicable support services, i.e. behavioral health, independent living, medical, educational, etc.
• Ensure initial legal documentation is obtained prior to placement or service delivery
• Ensure that appropriate safety plans are developed during intake
• Facilitate biological family supervised visitation services as requested by DHS / Court.
• Assist and coordinate adoptions for children and families that are eligible.

ONGOING TREATMENT / DISCHARGE

CRISIS PREVENTION / MANAGEMENT

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :

COMPETENCIES :

QUALIFICATIONS / EDUCATION / EXPERIENCE :

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITY :

None

PHYSICAL DEMANDS :

TRAVEL :

POSITION TYPE / EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK :

This is a full-time salary position, and core hours and workdays are Monday through Friday with some evening hours. Create your own schedule based on required time in the office and client / foster parent availability. This position may require weekend work.

There is an on-call aspect to this role that will be one week at a time, rotated each week by team members. This is answering referral calls and crisis calls and could require going out to the foster home for placement or crisis management.

WORK ENVIRONMENT :

This job operates in an office and in a community environment. This role may work in an OVP Health Care location periodically, but most of the work will be in foster homes and the community.

WORKING CONDITIONS :

Working conditions described are representative of those that must be routinely met by an employee to successfully perform the essential duties of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential duties.

This position description is not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties or skills required for the job and is subject to review and change in accordance with the needs of OVP Health and contractual obligations.

EEO STATEMENT :

OVP Family provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics. In addition to federal law requirements, OVP Health complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfers, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

OVP Family expressly prohibits any form of workplace harassment based on race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status. Improper inference with the ability of Ohio Valley Physician Inc. employees to perform their job duties may result in discipline up to and including discharge.