DCCCA - Case Manager (Pittsburg, KS)

Families First Case Manager - Pittsburg, KS

Full-Time

Position Overview:

• Provides for the safety, stability and well-being of children and families
• Works as a dyad to coordinate and deliver timely access to intensive treatment and other intervention services for the family.
• Delivers culturally competent, strengths-based case management services to children and families consistent with the evidence-based practice models
• Decisions are made on guidelines provided by the supervisor, family preservation standard procedures and policies, evidence-based practice model and DCCCA organizational policies 
• Meets DCF timelines to connect with the family and facilitate the initial family meeting

• Engages and works in partnership with families to complete assessments and develop the case plan 
• Meets with the family in the home weekly, monitoring the family's progress towards their case plan goals and meets monthly with each child individually to assess child's safety
• Provides weekly home-based family skills training which may include:  Nutrition, Hygiene, Household and Time Management, Home and Child Safety, Basic Parenting, Transportation, Problem Solving and Communication to assist parents in providing a safe, nurturing environment for children in their care 
• Prioritizes identified problems that require resolution, utilizes available resources, and arrives at decisions appropriate to the family 
• Completes and analyzes initial and on-going family assessments related to safety, stability and well-being, including mental health, substance abuse, education, emotional, social and physical well-being, parenting and parent-child relationships
• Completes and submits timely court reports; Appears and testifies in court as required
• Collects drug screens as necessary
• Documents case information, including court reports, emails, and activities weekly 
• Responds promptly to family crisis situations, documents incidents and is available 24/7 to clients
• Job may require the employee to be able to regularly drive to various DCCCA locations and other business locations throughout the day or night as required 

Requirements include:

• Bachelor's degree in human services is required
• Prior work in behavioral health or children/family services is required; experience working with substance use is preferred
• Valid driver's license with a good driving record 
• Must pass pre-employment background and reference checks, fingerprinting and drug screening

EOE

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