Case Manager - Treatment Foster Care (Sign-On Bonus Included)

Nexus-PATH is located across North Dakota and offers mental health services, outpatient clinical services, and Treatment Foster Care.
We have an opportunity to hire a full-time Treatment & Foster Care Social Worker who will serve the Belcourt/Turtle Mountain area. This role will can be supported out of our Belcourt, Devils Lake, or Minot ND Nexus-PATH offices!
This role is eligible for a $10,000 sign-on bonus!
Our Social Worker recruits, orients, and supervises the work of Nexus-PATH resource families while providing intake services and comprehensive case management for children with special needs and families.
RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Recruit, license, train, supervise, and provide ongoing assessment to resource families to ensure quality care consistent with regulatory agencies (i.e. DHS, COA, FFTA).
• Participate in the development and implementation of local, regional and state plans for recruiting and retaining resource families.
• Follow state and agency guidelines for conducting family/homestudy, physical environment inspection and criminal background checks and provide required documentation for initial and ongoing licensing.
• Coordinate required orientation and ongoing education and skill development for resource families.
• Supervise resource families' interaction with foster child, child's family, treatment team members and collateral contacts.
• Monitor and evaluate resource families' activities to ensure compliance with agency and state standards. Submit critical incident reports and develop and implement corrective action plans as required.
• Facilitate required team/unit meetings and participate in other resource families related activities.
• Provide coordination of all tasks required to meet the treatment needs and best interests of service recipients
• Complete a systemic assessment of the needs of the child and family.
• Establish service parameters with legal custodian as child's needs dictate.
• Provide complete and required documentation, within established time lines relating to case management and treatment planning.
• Implement treatment services to meet the needs and goals of the children and families utilizing quality case management practice to provide for the best interest of the child and family.
• Provide direction to other team members when applicable and make recommendations for discharge, finalization and permanency.
• Advocate for the development and maintenance of funding and resources to meet youth and family needs at local, state and national levels.
• Develop and maintain community contacts to promote Nexus-PATH and collaborative efforts.
• Provide crisis intervention as needed to maintain safety and provide for the best interest of the child and foster family.
• Integrates trauma informed care principles into practice by sharing knowledge and understanding of trauma with the child, foster family and relevant team members.
• Routinely screens for trauma exposure and related symptoms and demonstrates competence in using screening tool results to enhance service provision.
• Routinely makes resources available and shares knowledge with foster families and providers on trauma exposure, its impact, and trauma-focused treatment.
• Engages in efforts to strengthen the resilience and protective factors of children and families impacted by and vulnerable to trauma.
• Emphasizes continuity of care and collaboration across child-service systems.
• Understand the potential for secondary traumatic stress and practices self-care strategies to mitigate these effects.
• Meet standards for productivity and caseload size while maintaining appropriate documentation and files

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Services
• Experience in Foster Care, adoptions and/or family-based service preferred
• Valid driver's license required. Must meet state regulating agency driving requirements, maintain auto insurance and pass corporate insurance eligibility standards

Benefits:

• $10,000 Sign-on Bonus
• Competitive Salary Offered
• Comprehensive benefit package
• Generous Paid Time Off
• HOLIDAY's Paid
• Health Insurance
• Vision and Dental
• 401K
• NEW - Talkspace Therapy Benefit for the whole family
• NEW - Hinge Health Benefit for the whole family
• NEW - Carrot Fertility Benefit
• Tuition assistance and training opportunities

ICARE Values & Behavioral Competencies

• Innovation: Leading the way and implementing creative, cutting-edge ideas and approaches
• Compassion: Listening, honoring differences, and showing respect, kindness, empathy care, and concern.
• Agility: Exhibiting flexibility and adapting quickly
• Responsiveness: Being quick, positive, and accurate
• Excellence: Demonstrating quality results that surpass ordinary standards

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion
At Nexus Family Healing, our voices and actions are focused on recognizing, affirming and respecting people of every race, ethnic background, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, gender expression and faith.
Keyword: Social Work
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