Case Manager R3

Job Description

Job Description

Salary : $40,000 - $45,000

Role and Responsibilities

The Case Manager plays a pivotal role in supporting children in care at Divinity Family Services, ensuring they trauma-informed care through incorporating principles of Trust-Based Relational Intervention (TBRI). The Case Manager is responsible for conducting assessments, planning, implementing, monitoring, and advocating for childrens well-being. This includes building relationships with children, foster families, and treatment teams to meet identified needs and goals. This role also involves coordination across systems, including child welfare agencies (e.g., DFPS), courts, mental health providers, other community partners, and acting as a liaison with schools to ensure children receive comprehensive and cohesive support.

Key Duties and Responsibilities :

• Child and Family Support :

Conduct regular visits (at least monthly) to the foster home to monitor and assess the childs needs and progress, establishing rapport with the foster family and the child.

Serve as the education liaison, ensuring that the child's educational needs are met in the public-school setting.

Attend Judicial Hearings and contribute valuable information for planning and decision making for the child's care.

Gather relevant information from multiple sources to develop comprehensive Service Plans for the child.

Ensure the childs health care needs are met, by following up on medical, dental, and behavioral health appointments.

Attend staff meetings, trainings, workshops, and conferences to ensure ongoing professional development and completion of annual continuing education requirements.

Complete additional tasks assigned by supervisors and leadership.

Qualifications and Education Requirements :

The employee must meet the minimum age requirements for fulltime work in accordance with Texas child labor law and the federal fair labor standards act. This job description will act as an acknowledgment that the employee does meet the minimum age requirements set by state and federal labor guidelines.

Minimum Education and Experience :

Conditions of Employment :

This job description outlines the core duties and responsibilities of the Case Manager role, but it is not an exhaustive list. Other tasks may be assigned based on organizational needs. Flexibility and adaptability are key in this position to meet the needs of children in care effectively.

Acknowledgements :

Employees must maintain a valid Texas drivers license and motor vehicle insurance coverage as required by Texas law. In accordance with Texas law, Divinity Family Services (DFS) will conduct criminal background checks on all candidates and reserves the right to conduct random drug screenings during employment. Employees may be required to work weekends or evening hours as necessary to meet the needs of the organization. Employees are required to always keep a functioning cellular phone to ensure availability for on-call and afterhours duties.

The physical demands of the position may require employees to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. On rare occasions, employees may be required to lift 30 pounds.

In compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), employees are required to adhere to all applicable federal and state laws, as well as DFSs policies and procedures, regarding the safeguarding of confidential healthcare information.

In accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), Divinity Family Services (DFS) will make reasonable accommodations for qualified employees with disabilities, upon request, unless doing so would cause undue hardship to the organization.

DFS is committed to diversity and inclusion, adhering to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) guidelines. The organization does not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, or any other protected characteristic, in compliance with federal, state, and local laws.