Post Release Services (PRS) Caseworker (Level I) - 2023809

ORGANIZATION SUMMARY:World Relief is a global Christian humanitarian organization that is fighting for change that lasts, right here in the U.S. and across the globe. We bring sustainable solutions to the world’s greatest problems – disasters, extreme poverty, violence, oppression, and mass displacement. The organization is approximately 75 years old and has worked in over 100 countries around the world since its founding.  In the United States, we come alongside local churches, community organizations and hundreds of individual volunteers to support newly arriving refugee and other immigrant families. Today, we are proud to partner with over 6,000 local churches, and 95,000 volunteers globally to bring hope, healing and transformation to the most vulnerable.
POSITION SUMMARY:Are you a person of compassion? An advocate for justice? Someone who stands up for the rights of the vulnerable and speaks out for the marginalized, the exploited and the forgotten?  Do you believe in our calling as Christians to welcome the least of these and love our neighbor?
If you answered ‘yes’, to any of the above, World Relief, and millions of people around the world need you.
World Relief seeks a Post Release Services (PRS) Caseworker. The PRS Caseworker (Level I) must have experience in trauma informed care, child welfare practices, managing cases, and conducting home studies according to the requirements in the state where services are being provided.

Role & Responsibilities

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.


• Manages an assigned caseload (fluctuates) of home studies and post release services (Level I).
• Complies with US and ORR policies, procedures, and mandated timeframes.
• Collaborates with care providers in verifying and assessing whether additional information may be necessary to determine successful sponsorship.
• Writes detailed and comprehensive home studies to assess risk, safety, and appropriate placement of children.
• Evaluates the prospective sponsor’s ability to provide appropriate care and a safe living environment for the child.
• Assesses, identifies, verifies, and makes recommendations in areas where additional support, resources, or information may be needed to meet a child’s needs and provisions of a safe environment.
• Maintains telephone contact and conducts virtual and in-person home visits with children and sponsors.
• The PRS CW I, PRS Case Manager II and PRS Case Manager III, will collaborate on their ongoing assessment of cases to determine if they should be moved between the different PRS levels based on the development and outcome of the child and sponsor’s needs.
• Continues on-going case management services through assessments, planning, evaluating, facilitating, and providing psychoeducation to children and their sponsor.
• Maintains appropriate documentation, safeguards confidential records, and protects personally identifiable information according to program regulations.
• Identifies and reports concerns related to children and sponsors, life changing events and significant incidences to the program and ORR. Acts as a mandated reporter and reports abuse/neglect to child protective services.
• Participates in training, meetings, and maintains quality improvement initiatives as recommended.
• This role requires travel to conduct in person home study visits and post release services in surrounding locations in the United States. May include working evenings and weekends to meet timelines and reporting criteria.
• Related duties as assigned and may be revised as needed to meet program needs.

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Must be skilled in writing professional, thorough assessment reports and experience working with immigrant populations and has provided trauma informed clinical interventions for youth.
• Knowledge of family preservation, kinship care, trauma informed practices, child welfare policies and procedures, and relevant state and federal laws and regulations.
• Experience in conducting Home Studies, providing Post Release Services, and working with immigrant populations.
• Effective communication and interpersonal skills to successfully interact with families, caseworkers, and other stakeholders.
• Ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion.
• Fluent in English and Spanish (verbal/written).
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and data entry systems.

Requirements

• Mature and personal Christian faith
• Committed to the mission, vision, and values of World Relief
• Desire to serve and empower the Church to impact vulnerable communities
• Able to affirm and/or acknowledge World Reliefs