Foster Care Caseworker

Founded in 1980, Massachusetts MENTOR provides home and community-based services to children and adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities and youth with emotional and behavioral challenges, as well as their families. Through a range of individualized services, including Therapeutic Foster Care and adult Host Home programs, Massachusetts MENTOR helps individuals of all abilities live life to the fullest in the communities they call home.

Massachusetts MENTOR is a partner of The MENTOR Network, a national network of local human services providers offering quality, community-based services to adults and children with intellectual and developmental disabilities, brain and spinal cord injuries and other catastrophic injuries and illnesses, and to youth with emotional, behavioral and medically complex challenges as well as their families. With opportunities from coast to coast, when you join Massachusetts MENTOR and The MENTOR Network, you’ll make a difference every day and help to provide quality of life enhancing services to individuals across the country.

Every person needs the support of others, but we look for very special people to support children - individuals with disabilities; children with emotional, behavioral or medical complexities; children and adults with brain injury. As a Foster Care Caseworker with Massachusetts MENTOR you’ll be one of those special people.

Foster Case Workers are a critical link to the community for those we serve, as well as serving as a bridge between our direct care and clinical staff to ensure the seamless delivery of services to the individuals we support.

For MA MENTOR Hyannis Children’s Program and The MENTOR Network the Foster Case Worker is critical to our success and exemplifies the wonderful mission driven work we do here every day.

To that end, the Foster Care Case Worker is a fantastic role to continue your career path in Social and Human Services with a myriad of career options to move up and across the organization. We in fact have many success stories from people at all levels that have followed the Foster Care Case Worker’s path.

The Hyannis Children’s Program is seeking a Foster Care Case Worker to coordinate the development and implementation of services and treatments to clients/individuals.

Foster Care Case Workers oversee all services provided to individuals and their families, monitors quality of care delivered, and monitors corporate and regulatory program compliance.

Requirements:

We are looking for someone with a strong sense of purpose to work in an innovative community based model. This position requires someone who will be a strong advocate for children and committed to assisting them adjust to their foster homes while working on their permanent plan.

The Foster Care Case Worker will carry a caseload of eight youth clients and their Intensive Foster parents. They partner with other agencies to support the children and families. This position also entails weekly home visits within the communities that we serve.

Qualifications:

· Bachelor’s Degree in a Social Work related field

· Experience working with children and families

· Valid driver’s license in good standing

· Car registration and vehicle insurance if providing transportation for individuals receiving services

· Successful clearance of local and/or state background checks

Benefits:

· Competitive salary

· Medical, Dental and Vision coverage available for employees and their eligible dependents

· 401k Plan

· Great company perks like cell phone discounts, tuition reimbursement, and much more.

We offer a supportive team environment, weekly supervision, training, and a family-oriented culture to complement our attractive salary/benefits package.

Bring your experience and dedication to make a positive difference in the mission-driven work we do every day. Come be part of a strong team of social workers and clinicians.

EOE/AAE