at DCCCA in Mission, Kansas, United States
Job Description
The START (Sobriety Treatment and Recovery Team) Case Manager works with families where parental substance use is a concern to assist in the treatment and recovery process. The Case Manager provides for the safety, stability and well-being of children and families by delivering and coordinating culturally competent case management services that are responsive to the unique needs of the family.
**Qualified candidates are eligible for a $1,000 sign-on bonus (half at six months, half at one year anniversary)**
Full-Time
Essential Functions Include:
· 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, the 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
· Promotes and practices teamwork in all activities
· Fosters and maintains professional relationships with families, community partners and peers
