Foster Care Manager - Nashville/Murfreesboro

OVERVIEW:

The Therapeutic Foster Care Case Manager provides professional case management services for children and families, in compliance with all regulatory guidelines, including the Department of Children’s Services (DCS) and Therapeutic Interventions regulation, policy, and procedure. The Therapeutic Foster Care Case Manager is empowered to observe, document, coordinate and provide services for children, families, and therapeutic foster parents, to support the goals of child safety, security, and expedient permanency.

KNOWLEDGE/EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS:

A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university is required, along with a minimum one (1) year previous experience working with children or one (1) year casework experience. A Master’s Degree in the Social Services field from an accredited college or university is preferred.

OTHER REQUIREMENTS:

A valid driver’s license, and successful completion of pre-employment and annual background checks, including motor vehicle record checks.

REPORTS TO:

Regional Director

RESPONSIBILITIES/ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• Provide professional and personalized case management services, including observing, monitoring, coordinating, and documenting client progress and/or issues.
• Follow and implement any evidence-based case management model adopted by the agency
• Create, secure, and maintain required case documents in the child and foster parent case records.
• Monitor daily notes and medication logs for foster homes.
• Monitor appointments necessary to meet child needs, in compliance with regulatory guidelines.
• Travel regularly to facilitate family time visits and appointments.
• Liaison with public and private agencies in support of children and families.
• Deliver timely, accurate, and complete reports, treatment plans, monthly summaries, weekly case notes, and other required documentation.
• Ensure child case records are accurate, complete, and compliant.
• Routinely staff cases with Regional Director regarding child and family treatment plan progress and implementation, placement transfers, support services, and incidents.
• Regularly participate in monthly and/or quarterly meetings. May be invited to serve on various committees
• Continuously collect data regarding child outcomes, permanence, length of stay, discharges, transfers and adoptions, and all other data related to client case management, ensuring accurate and complete data is uploaded or entered in Extended Reach/any related DCS databases in a timely fashion.
• Follow all TII policies and procedures and DCS contract requirements, DCS licensing requirements, and COA standards
• Other related duties, as assigned.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:

This position has the flexibility of working from home but requires frequent travel to foster homes, family homes, meetings, and appointments, as well as travelling to the office to use office equipment as needed to perform job duties. This position has responsibilities for transporting children on a frequent basis. The Therapeutic Foster Care Case Manager will routinely interact and communicate with children and families, each Child and Family Team, and public and private agency contacts, to ensure child safety and security while facilitating expedient child permanency and therefore, is regularly required to read, write, type, and interpret text, operate an automobile for transporting youth, and sit, stand, walk, talk, hear, reach, bend, and lift up to 20 pounds.

Therapeutic Interventions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status or status as an individual with disability. Therapeutic Interventions will provide reasonable accommodation for qualified applicants where applicable.