Children's Services/ICW - Family Voluntary Services (FVS) Caseworker

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Open: March 12, 2026 Close: March 26, 2026
Job Title: Family Voluntary Services (FVS) Caseworker Department: Children’s Services/ICW
Reports To: CPS Supervisor Hours: 40 Hrs/Wk – Full Time
Salary: Based on Salary Matrix+Benefits Requisition: 870

*Salaries are market competitive. For accurate salary information, call (253)573-7863 or email jobs@puyalluptribe-nsn.gov. The Puyallup Tribe of Indians provides a generous benefits package that includes employer paid medical, dental, vision, life insurance, a retirement/401(k) plan with profit sharing, paid holidays, and paid time off including birthday leave.

Position Summary:
To develop, implement and evaluate case plans to enrolled Puyallup Tribal children who are found to be children in need of care through the Puyallup Tribal Court. Facilitates family reunification or other permanent placement planning as deemed necessary by the Tribal Court. Initiates life-changing decisions based solely on the best interest of the children.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
1. Initiates, facilitates and assists in obtaining referrals to outside agencies and professional providers in establishing services necessary to achieve case planning goals.
2. Performs case consultation and collaboration with CPS Investigator, professional therapists, medical personnel, school officials, legal professionals, and other community agencies for optimal outcomes of case plans.
3. Develops appropriate case plans, attends staffing and team meetings to determine needs of clients toward completing their case plans.
4. The FVS Caseworker works with families to mitigate identified risk on a voluntary basis prior to the removal of the child(ren) from the home via court structure.
5. Supports and encourages the children, parents, and extended family members to participate in achieving documented case plan.
6. The FVS Caseworker is tasked with protection of children from child abuse/neglect with ongoing continuous risk assessments while keeping children in their own homes.
7. The FVS Caseworker engages the family and builds on the willingness of the family to engage in services provided by the Puyallup Tribe or allied agencies.
8. The FVS Caseworker may also provide support to children who are of appropriate age to access the Extended Foster Care Program. The FVS Caseworker will help by educating the youth on resources and services available, assist the youth/young adult with schooling, vocational programs or higher education & engage them in the program, and help them launch them into adulthood successfully.
9. The FVS Caseworker will initiate court structures to remove children if risk cannot be mitigated to keep the child safe, or if additional factors arise.
10. Prepares detailed, comprehensive and accurate reports to court, develops case summaries, and attends predetermined and emergency court proceedings. Stays informed of all court proceedings Maintains complete case records of case progress including court documents, school and health records, and correspondence. Also responsible for administration of financial support records, service agreements, service episode information, tribal affiliation and enrollment.
11. Actively participates in departmental staff meetings.
12. Prepares case summaries to staff with team case reviews, casework supervisor and the Local Indian Child Welfare Advisory Committee when needed and applicable.
13. Conducts home visits/inspections with clients to ensure the needs of the family are being met and they are benefitting from services provided by the FVS.
14. Initiates and maintains appropriate documentation for financial, medical and educational services for children and families.
15. Manages crisis situations as they arise.
16. Maintains and ensures extreme level of confidentiality regarding client issues.
17. Ability to prioritize workload based on client emergency situations.
18. Responsibility for transporting clients to and from appointments.
19. Ability to adapt and be flexible to constant changes in Tribal and State Children’s Services systems.
20. Determine suitable and safe living conditions for children and their families.
21. Performs other duties as assigned.
Supervisory Responsibilities
This position has no supervisory responsibilities.
Qualifications and Requirements
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The