Youth Permanency Social Worker

Benefits:

• 100% Employer Provided Medical Insurance
• 100% Employer Provided Dental Insurance
• 401(k)
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Training & development
• Wellness resources

 As an Intensive Permanency Services Worker, you’ll play a central role in helping youth in foster care reconnect with family and achieve permanency. Carrying a small caseload of 8–9 youth referred by DCF, you’ll walk alongside young people as they identify caring adults, strengthen family connections, and build long-term stability.This is not a traditional case management or in-home therapy role. Instead, IPS workers use Plummer’s Permanency Practice Model — grounded in youth-guided, family-driven teaming, Family Search and Engagement, and Permanency Readiness — to ensure every young person has a safe, stable, and emotionally secure family.

You will be part of a supportive team with strong supervision, training, and professional development, all while receiving excellent benefits including 100% employer-paid medical and dental insurance.

What You’ll Do

• Meet with each youth at intake to introduce the permanency focus of IPS and engage them in their own planning.
• Partner with youth to identify family members, parents, and other caring adults they want to connect or reconnect with.
• Use Family Search & Engagement strategies to locate and involve relatives in permanency planning.
• Actively participate in DCF consults, Safety Parameter Meetings, and Team Meetings to build strong support networks. 
• Guide youth through Permanency Readiness work: clarifying life events, understanding their foster care journey, and preparing for reunification or alternate family care. 
• Facilitate Youth-Guided, Family-Driven Teaming, ensuring natural supports drive planning and decision-making.
• Help youth build skills for readiness to live with family and in the community.
• Educate stakeholders on the importance of permanency and collaborate across systems to remove barriers.
• Develop team meeting agendas and permanency-focused treatment plans; document all work in APRICOT and Virtual Gateway.
• Complete quarterly progress reviews, written progress notes, and facilitate youth guided, family-driven Team Meetings at required intervals.
• Participate in permanency consults, foster care reviews, and court hearings as needed.

What You Bring

• Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree and licensure (LSWA/LSW/LICSW/LMHC) preferred.
• Eligible for LSW within 60 days of hire.
• At least 3 years of experience working with children and families in child welfare (social work, case management, clinical services, therapeutic mentoring, or family partnering).
• Strong skills in authentically engaging youth and families.
• Knowledge of DCF regulations, policies, and permanency practices.
• Excellent organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Bilingual Spanish strongly preferred.
• Valid driver’s license, proof of insurance, reliable vehicle, and ability to ascend/descend stairs.

Competencies We Value

• Communication: Clear, transparent, and strengths-based communication with youth, families, and partners.
• Conflict Management: Focuses on problem-solving and collaboration, even in challenging situations.
• Initiative & Drive: Proactive in advancing permanency goals and overcoming barriers.
• Documentation: Accurate, timely, and clinically appropriate use of APRICOT and Virtual Gateway.
• Practice Excellence: Skilled in Family Search & Engagement, Permanency Readiness, and Youth-Guided Teaming.
• Equity & Belonging: Engages youth and families with honesty, respect, and cultural responsiveness.
• Teamwork: Works collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders; celebrates successes together.

Why Join Us?

• 100% Employer-Paid Medical and Dental Insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Paid time off and parental leave
• Training & development opportunities
• Wellness resources
• Flexible work-from-home options
• A mission-driven culture where every youth deserves a family

This is more than a job — it’s a chance to transform lives by helping youth stay home, go home or find home! 

Flexible work from home options available.

Compensation: $56,000.00 - $7