Child Welfare Services Case Manager - Midlands Region Continuous

Posting number: 189898

Department: Department of Social Services

Division: Human Services

Job classification: Case Worker I

Posting type: Open

Categories: Community Services, Health Services, Social Services, Human Services, Community and Social Services

Summary

• Case Managers are critically important to our mission to serve South Carolina by promoting the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and vulnerable adults; helping individuals achieve stability and strengthening families. We work to achieve our goals through courage, compassion, and competence, and in all circumstances, we maintain clients' and families' right to confidentiality in compliance with Federal and State laws.

• DSS utilizes several types of case managers throughout its agency. Through this posting you may apply for the following case manager positions within our Child Welfare Services Upstate Region.

• Child Protective Services (CPS) Investigations Case Manager:  The CPS Assessment Case Manager serves as a specialist who assesses risk and safety threats to children who may have experienced abuse and/or neglect. CPS Assessment Case Managers gather information, conduct interviews, and personally engage children and families in the development of safety plans and access to services. Additional responsibilities include, but are not limited to, thoroughly documenting case files, participating in supervision and legal consults, collaboration with providers, and preparation of and participation in court proceedings.

• Family Preservation Case Manager:  The Family Preservation Case Manager serves as a specialist to plan and execute case management activities that ensure the safety, permanence, and well-being of children who have experienced abuse and/or neglect. Responsibilities of case manager in this division include, but are not limited to, personally engaging children and their families in the development of plans and collaboration of access to services and providers, thorough documentation of case management, preparation of and participation in court proceedings, and participation in other related activities as necessary.

• Foster Care Case Manager:  Foster Care Case Managers are specialists who assess risk and manage safety threats to ensure the safety, permanence, and well-being of children who are in the custody of the Department of Social Services. Responsibilities of case managers in this division include, but are not limited to, personally engaging children and families in the development of plans and collaboration of access to services and providers; thorough documentation of case management; preparation of and participation in court proceedings; and participation in other related activities as necessary.

• Permanency Case Manager:  The Permanency Case Manager (formerly Adoptions) performs case management  (i.e., contacts, visitation, case planning) to a caseload of legally free children and families to ensure safety, permanency and well-being. Makes referrals to adoption recruitment resources, coordinates the selection of adoptive individuals or families, prepares children and adoptive applicants for adoptive placement. Makes contact with children and families to achieve the permanency goal of adoption. Utilizes critical thinking skills to monitor safety, risk, and well-being and performs on-call duties as assigned.

• Will be required to perform Red Cross shelter/emergency response duties as directed.

Examples of duties