Benefits:

100% Employer Provided Medical Insurance

100% Employer Provided Dental Insurance

Company parties

Paid time off

Parental leave

Training & development

Wellness resources

The Youth Permanency Worker will provide ongoing assessment of the individual needs of each assigned child and/or family, establish updates and monitor service plans for assigned clients in collaboration with youth, birth parents, foster parents, adoptive parents, and other members of the clinical/permanency team. Provide casework services consistent with service plan goals. Arrange for therapeutic or related services designed to meet the well-being needs of children, youth, and families.

The Family Resource Worker assists with inquiry calls. Ensure that all foster families maintain their licensure. Screens referrals from referring state agencies and identifies appropriate foster families to match the referral.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: Youth Permanency Worker Role.

Provide ongoing assessment of the individual needs of each assigned child and family, by providing in person weekly visits to the foster home, attending all meetings pertaining to each youth on caseload & collaborating with all involved in case.

Effectively utilize Family Search and Engagement to add to child/ youth’s natural connections driven by youth’s voice and centered on family. Youth Permanency Worker will find and engage parents and family to decrease youth’s loneliness strengthen their sense of identity and belonging, increase their family network and develop a safe, permanent parenting relationship.

Effectively utilize Permanency Readiness to prepare the youth for permanency, including helping him/her/they clarify his life events and experiences, understand the reason they are in foster care as well as the steps needed to get them out of foster care and back to their family of origin or to an alternate family.

Effectively utilize Youth Guided Family Teaming; plans and organizes Large Team Meetings to assemble a team of people who work together on behalf of the youth in foster care. The youth is always at the center of Permanency Teaming, which engages birth parents, relatives, foster parents, caregivers and other significant adults and professionals, including the Departmental Worker. Together, this team develops and implements a plan for the youth’s safety and lifelong family membership.

Initiate Safety Parameter meetings with collaterals to clarify any safety concerns that are assessed during beginning and throughout the duration of the case.

Complete initial Service Plan on the Virtual gateway and APRICOT within 14 days within accepting the case. Thereafter, APRICOT and Virtual Gateway Treatment Plans and Progress Reviews/Outcome Assessments plans need to be renewed every three months.

Consult with youth, birth parents, foster parents, adoptive parents, historically significant persons, and other professionals, as appropriate, to develop service plans for assigned clients. Updates service plans and goals, as appropriate on a timely manner.

Maintain confidential case records in accordance with agency and legal guidelines. Produce all documentation in a timely manner. This includes Progress Notes, Treatment Plans, Progress Reviews, Outcome Assessments, and discharge forms. As well as, the Completion of Critical Incident reports (CIR), Permanency tools and all other documents pertaining to youth are required as needed on each case.

Provide casework services to assigned clients consistent with treatment plan goals. Provide outreach and in-home services to children and families weekly.

Provide and/or refer clients to therapeutic services, after school care, evaluations and any other services that would be in the youth’s best interest. Ensure that planned services, as stated in the service and permanency plan, are provided.

Provide Transportation for children and youth to fulfill treatment plan objectives.

ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: Family Resource Worker Role.

Will make timely in person visits to all Foster Homes on their case load one time per month to provide support and supervision to the home.

Will complete all documentation required on the virtual gateway with high quality and timeliness.

Responsible for immediate follow-up to all inquiries from prospective foster parents and follow-through during pre-licensing & post-licensing process

Track inquiries made to Plummer for individuals and families interested in providing foster care.

Oversee the timely assignments of home studies as well as complete home studies, as needed.

Ensure all families are meeting the required guidelines to become licensed (MAPP training, physical standards, caregiver assessment, & background record checks) and can be re-licensed annually, manage all necessary foster family documentation to ensure it meets compliance with DCF and DEEC regulations.

COMPETENCIES

Communication: Shares appropriate information to keep people informed; Communicates clearly and effectively in writing and person; Adheres to both written and verbal reporting communication policies.

Conflict Management: focuses on solving conflict, not blaming; Maintains confidentiality; Keeps emotions under control; remains open to, and listens to, other ideas and tries new things.

Will embrace constructive change even if personally difficult to do.

Initiative: Exhibits strong effort and desire to accomplish what is undertaken; expresses opinions in an appropriate manner; Is engaged in the process; Is proactive; Creates program ideas and activities

Self-Awareness & Development is aware of own strengths and areas of development; open to constructive feedback from others; Works to overcome limitations; Active in professional development.

Teamwork: Works cooperatively with others; contributes to achieve a common objective; Makes decisions that benefit the team; Assists others when needed; Celebrates wins together.

Practice Responsibility: Demonstrates knowledge and can effectively apply all aspects of Family Search and Engagement; Demonstrates knowledge and can effectively apply all aspects of Youth Guided Teaming (Safety Parameters, joint conversations, individual conversations, Large team meetings)

Demonstrates knowledge and can effectively apply all aspects of Permanency Readiness (tools and activities).

Relationships with Youth and Families: Ability to form interpersonal and positive relationships with youth and families; Maintains appropriate professional boundaries; Utilizes a Strengths-based approach. Effectively engages youth and families in an authentic and honest way.

Quality Management: Looks for ways to improve and promote quality; Demonstrates accuracy and thoroughness. Effectively uses APRICOT as designed to track, monitor, and measure progress on cases.

PREPARATION, KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS & ABILITIES

Bachelor’s degree (Required) in related field or master’s (preferred) in social work.

Appropriate clinical licensure eligibility required (LSWA, LSW, LCSW, LICSW)

At least one-year post bachelor’s degree providing direct clinical services to children and family. Preferable in a child welfare capacity.

Valid state driver’s license, reliable vehicle, proof of auto insurance, satisfactory driving history.

Excellent verbal, written and computer skills in conjunction with strong organizational skills.

Knowledge of best practices and emerging trends in family preservation, reunification, foster care, adoption, and life skills for youth. Knowledge and ability to plan services to meet children’s needs for safety, permanency, and well-being.

Need to be on a rotating On- Call Schedule

Strong sense of commitment to Plummer Youth Promise Mission

Flexible work from home options available.