Foster Care Caseworker

Summary:

The Foster Care Case Worker provides case management services for children in foster care, ensuring their safety, stability, and progress. This role works closely with foster families, biological families, and community partners to support positive outcomes. This is a hybrid position that requires both fieldwork within the community and administrative responsibilities. Essential Responsibilities, include but are not limited to: Placement of child, with the assistance of supervisor, and is responsible for children and foster or adoptive homes.

Refers child and parent or guardian to community resources, according to needs of child and/or family. Maintains case history records and reports. Bilingual is preferred Records progress related to rehabilitation goals through home visits with the child and the foster parents. Revises goals as necessary. Responsible for facilitation and potential transportation of child’s transition into, out of, or in between OCH foster homes.

Responsible for maintaining any paperwork related to the movement of child. Responsible for required home visits, ACR attendance, court hearings, school staffing’s, biological family visits, psychiatric staffing’s, team meetings and any other case management activities. Responsible for submitting Activity/Service Log Time Sheet on a weekly basis and recording weekly schedule in accordance with Agency policy. Maintain an awareness of all updates and active DCFS policies and procedures regarding foster care and adoption.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES None Employees share the responsibility of creating and maintaining a welcoming, supportive, and inclusive work environment. The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and/or skills required of all employees so classified.