Children's Services/ICW - Case Aide

The purpose of this position is to provide visitation and transportation services for families and children being reunified by the with their families and assists in providing support to Case Workers, CPS, ICW Liaisons and Foster Home Licensors where needed. Assist with after hours tasks, such as events and services.

Requirements

• Participates in weekly staffing meetings with direct supervisor for the purpose of addressing family and child needs.
• Supervises visits and provides caseworker/liaison with detailed written visitation reports of each assigned family and in person communication if there are any concerns or needs that arise.
• Provides transportation for children and families to identified appointments related to their specific case plan and documents complete case records of each transport.
• Assist department in identifying resources for families, i.e. phone calls, setting appointments, transportation.
• Assists department in obtaining necessary paperwork to meet the needs of families.
• Assists caseworkers/liaisons with paperwork, filing and uploading into databases, and other case management duties.
• May need to transport children out of state/or assist caseworkers/liaisons in these transports.
• Available to respond to afterhours emergencies as needed.
• Flexibility in scheduling visitations to meet family’s needs, including some nights, holidays and weekends.
• Maintains multiple calendars and schedules.
• Promptly follows up with supervisor and initiates appropriate actions if there are any concerns with the current assigned caseload.
• Maintains confidentiality and appropriate professional boundaries regarding clients.
• Participates in departmental staff meetings and trainings.
• Will continuously engage in professional development including but not limited to, cross training throughout the department and best practices of child welfare service delivery.
• Participate in departmental community events.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Generous Paid Time Off
• 401k Matching
• Retirement Plan
• Paid Holidays