Family Care Associate Director /

Family Care Associate Director/Case Management Coordinator

Primary Purpose: Works to support the Director of Family Care based on the vision and goals of the Decade of Dreams Strategic Plan while working collaboratively in a team environment to provide family-centered, Christian valued, social work services to clients on a daily basis.

Essential Functions:

• Co-develops a Comprehensive Care Plan with each family and coordinates services to each family
• Leads and directs in family's plan of service to ensure the family receives maximum benefits of services
• Provides mentoring and Christian valued counseling to client families within the scope of the professional's code of ethics
• Maintains appropriate and required written documentation for each family's case record, as well as periodic reporting to administration, team, and other agencies that might be involved
• Functions as an agency team member working with others to provide quality services to the clients and community outreach
• Function as part of the crisis intervention for the family care program including on-call
• Functions as a TEAM member within Family Care and Connie Maxwell
• Support CMCM vision, mission, and values
• Work towards achieving yearly "Gold Star" list
• Other duties as assigned by Supervisor

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college/university in one of the Human Services areas is required; Master's Degree is preferred
• Licensed as MSW or LPC is preferred
• Seven or more years of experience in some area of family welfare, mental health, or social service field
• Valid driver's license with insurability is required
• Ability to help clients consider options and make choices and decisions
• Ability to communicate and work well within a team
• Ability to lead and to work effectively with various staff and work styles
• Crisis intervention knowledge/skills
• Ability to communicate; supportive individual and group counseling skills, planning, and casework coordination skills
• Able to present in group settings
• Ability to assess limited information and make decisions regarding intake and discharge
• Knowledge of and ability to work with community sources
• Sensitive to traumatic effects of separation, placement, and understanding of the grief process
• Knowledge of developmental tasks and the implications of trauma and pain based behavior for families in care and the skills to take steps necessary to address the issues

Personal Characteristics Needed:

• Christian character expressed in a commitment to serve as a positive role model
• Energetic and enthusiastic in your work, strives to reach your ultimate potential, and create and eternal impact and legacy for children and families in Jesus' name
• A sense of mission and passion in serving children and families
• Lives out CMCM's Core Values
• Ability to improve the quality of work and ministry through Communication, Collaboration, Continuity, and Cooperation with others

Work Conditions:

• Sitting, standing, and/or driving for extended periods of time
• Dexterity of hand and fingers to operate a computer keyboard, mouse, and to handle other computer components
• Ability to work a flexible schedule including after hours and on-call responsibilities, weekends and evenings based on ministry needs and events
• Ability to work under stress during peak workload periods