Benefits:
100% Employer Provided Medical Insurance
100% Employer Provided Dental Insurance
401(k)
Paid time off
Parental leave
Training & development
Wellness resources
As an Intensive Permanency Services Worker, you’ll play a central role in helping youth in foster care reconnect with family and achieve permanency. Carrying a small caseload of 8–9 youth referred by DCF, you’ll walk alongside young people as they identify caring adults, strengthen family connections, and build long-term stability.
This is not a traditional case management or in-home therapy role. Instead, IPS workers use Plummer’s Permanency Practice Model — grounded in youth-guided, family-driven teaming, Family Search and Engagement, and Permanency Readiness — to ensure every young person has a safe, stable, and emotionally secure family.
You will be part of a supportive team with strong supervision, training, and professional development, all while receiving excellent benefits including 100% employer-paid medical and dental insurance.
What You’ll Do
Meet with each youth at intake to introduce the permanency focus of IPS and engage them in their own planning.
Partner with youth to identify family members, parents, and other caring adults they want to connect or reconnect with.
Use Family Search & Engagement strategies to locate and involve relatives in permanency planning.
Actively participate in DCF consults, Safety Parameter Meetings, and Team Meetings to build strong support networks.
Guide youth through Permanency Readiness work: clarifying life events, understanding their foster care journey, and preparing for reunification or alternate family care.
Facilitate Youth-Guided, Family-Driven Teaming, ensuring natural supports drive planning and decision-making.
Help youth build skills for readiness to live with family and in the community.
Educate stakeholders on the importance of permanency and collaborate across systems to remove barriers.
Develop team meeting agendas and permanency-focused treatment plans; document all work in APRICOT and Virtual Gateway.
Complete quarterly progress reviews, written progress notes, and facilitate youth guided, family-driven Team Meetings at required intervals.
Participate in permanency consults, foster care reviews, and court hearings as needed.
What You Bring
Bachelor’s degree required; Master’s degree and licensure (LSWA/LSW/LICSW/LMHC) preferred.
Eligible for LSW within 60 days of hire.
At least 3 years of experience working with children and families in child welfare (social work, case management, clinical services, therapeutic mentoring, or family partnering).
Strong skills in authentically engaging youth and families.
Knowledge of DCF regulations, policies, and permanency practices.
Excellent organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.
Bilingual Spanish strongly preferred.
Valid driver’s license, proof of insurance, reliable vehicle, and ability to ascend/descend stairs.
Competencies We Value
Communication: Clear, transparent, and strengths-based communication with youth, families, and partners.
Conflict Management: Focuses on problem-solving and collaboration, even in challenging situations.
Initiative & Drive: Proactive in advancing permanency goals and overcoming barriers.
Documentation: Accurate, timely, and clinically appropriate use of APRICOT and Virtual Gateway.
Practice Excellence: Skilled in Family Search & Engagement, Permanency Readiness, and Youth-Guided Teaming.
Equity & Belonging: Engages youth and families with honesty, respect, and cultural responsiveness.
Teamwork: Works collaboratively with colleagues and stakeholders; celebrates successes together.
Why Join Us?
100% Employer-Paid Medical and Dental Insurance
401(k) retirement plan
Paid time off and parental leave
Training & development opportunities
Wellness resources
Flexible work-from-home options
A mission-driven culture where every youth deserves a family
This is more than a job — it’s a chance to transform lives by helping youth stay home, go home or find home!
Flexible work from home options available.