What are the responsibilities and job description for the Case Manager position at Pivot solutions?
Department:
Transitional Foster Care Programs for Unaccompanied Children (UC)
Title:
Case Manager
Reports to:
Lead Case Manager
Summary:
A Case Manager is responsible for managing the day-to-day activities of foster youths placed in CCP transitional foster homes and ensuring that their clients’ needs are being met. The Case Manager will also provide support, guidance, and advocacy for the transitional foster families they are working with to help maintain foster placements and minimize foster child disruptions from foster homes.
Essential Functions:
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
· Ensure the safety of transitional foster care clients.
· Ensure the needs of the UC are being met, including but not limited to the physical, medical, emotional, behavioral, cultural, social, and educational needs of the child.
· Responsible for care planning, including, but not limited to service, safety, crisis, and discharge planning.
· Coordinate services with all other providers.
· Collaborate with the UA, sponsor family, foster family, Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), and all service providers regarding the clients’ safe and timely release.
· Provide foster family support, guidance, education, and supervision.
· Provide client transportation when necessary.
· Maintain all appropriate service documentation, including progress notes, case management notes, and service plans
· Maintain all appropriate ORR and program paperwork
Competencies:
· Excellent organizational and time management skills
· Strong ability to work collaboratively on multi-disciplinary teams
· Strong ability to build rapport and develop meaningful working relationships
· verbal and written
· Engaging, professional, and courteous
· Excellent interpersonal skills
· Culturally competent
Supervisory Responsibility:
None.
Required Education and Experience:
· Bachelor’s degree and at least 3 years of experience providing services to children and/or families, preferably in the child welfare system.
· Bilingual.
Preferred Education and Experience:
· Master’s degree in the behavioral sciences, human services, or social services fields
· Previous experience in providing services to immigrant populations, particularly unaccompanied minors or minor refugees.
Job Type: Full-time
Schedule:
- 8 hour shift
Ability to commute/relocate:
- New Haven, CT 06515: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)
Work Location: In person
Salary : $38,800 - $49,100