Job description

Purpose: The Permanency Specialist for Reintegration provides comprehensive case management/permanency services to children and families.

Minimum Education and Licensure/Certifications:

• Position requires a Bachelor's Degree in Social Work, Addictions Counseling or another Human Service Field.
• License to practice in the State of Kansas preferred

Permanency Specialist Minimum Job Requirements, Skills, Knowledge, and Abilities:

• Mandated reporter
• Receives training in trauma informed practice and incorporates knowledge in day to day practice
• Ability to work flexible schedule including on-call
• Understanding of family centered practice, genograms, ecomaps, and social histories
• Understanding of the dynamics of adoption
• Understanding of the child welfare and state system
• Ability to engage families in working relationships
• Understanding of child and adolescent development
• Ability to work with diverse populations
• Demonstrates effective written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to travel throughout the State
• Consistently exercises discretion and independent judgment in performance of duties in conformance with applicable policies, procedures, statutes, rules and regulations
• Works with others effectively/teamwork
• Handles multiple priorities
• Independent discretion/decision making within the scope and responsibility of the position
• Manages emotions and can make decisions under pressure
• Manages stress appropriately
• Works alone effectively
• Works in close proximity to others and/or in a distracting environment
• Understands and practices Universal Precautions

Permanency Specialist Essential Functions:

• Completes initial and ongoing assessments by gathering information from, children and their families, and collaterals
• Responsible for initial contact of children within 4 hours of referral and subsequent placement
• Researches and recommends possible relative placements, giving them priority, whenever viable.
• Facilitates and coordinates family meetings.
• Develops and implements case plans and permanency goals with children and families, ensuring that goals are reached within established time frames
• Determines and recommends which services are needed for the child and family, including mental health, drug and alcohol services, respite care and supervised or unsupervised visitations/interactions
• Assists families to establish a support network of family, kinship, and community
• Preparing families and/or children for moves, reunification or other appropriate permanency goals
• Provides intervention for clients in crisis situations
• Ability to work with the court system and follow court protocols including appropriate business attire
• Assesses ongoing case plan goals and recommends reunification, termination of parental rights or other permanency options.
• Completes reports for court, participates in court participates in court proceedings, including testifying, and makes sure court orders are followed.
• Completes and maintains written documentation in child/family’s case record accurately and within established time frames
• Supports kinship and foster families to maintain placements and help children work toward permanency
• If child’s permanency goal becomes adoption, complete necessary documents to assist in the adoption process
• Participates in supervisory and team meetings, sharing pertinent information about children/families’ progress, critical trends, barriers and solutions to achieving outcomes; and relationships with other agencies/communities
• Participate in weekly group or individual supervision.
• Works collaboratively and provides guidance to family support workers assigned.
• Gives directions to family support workers on each assigned case
• Supervises and transports children and families as needed
• Reports critical incidents to DCF verbally within 12 hours, written within 24 hours
• Is knowledgeable of and follows all safety procedures
• Reports unusual incidents through appropriate Risk Management, clinical and safety channels
• Ensures clients’ rights are protected
• Equal Opportunity Employer

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $19.23 - $22.62 per hour

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Health savings account
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Evening shift
• On call
• Weekend availability

Ability to commute/relocate:

• Dodge City, KS 67801: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Application Question(s):

• Job requirement; must be at least 21 years of age.

Education:

• Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

• Child welfare: 1 year (Preferred)

Language:

• Bilingual (Preferred)

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Required)

Willingness to travel:

• 50% (Preferred)

Work Location: One location

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