Case Manager Adoption House

Job Summary:

You will provide supervised visitation for parents and their children who have been placed in foster care to decrease the amount of time children spend in out-of-home placement and move families toward permanent placement process, either with their biological family or in an adoptive home.

What You Will Do:

• Guide families through the reunification and adoption process, including participating in ongoing meeting with the biological parents and with the foster parent/caregiver and child.

• Provide weekly supervised visitation sessions, offer parent support and psycho-education, identify goals, and develop service plans.

• Conduct ongoing risk assessments, refer and coordinate services, and monitor compliance of the service plan and participation in services

• Document progress in an accurate and objective manner and provide feedback regarding family interactions and additional services to ultimately reach permanency goals

• Establish a trusting relationship with families through initiating and maintaining regular contact

• Engage caregivers, support them through the process, promote advocacy skills, and provide linkage referrals

• Maintain positive relationships will all collateral service providers and community partners, including Division of Child Protection and Permanency case workers, substance abuse counselors, therapists, foster parents, and extended family members

• Transport children to and from visitation

• Attend monthly Case Planning Team Meetings

What We Need to See:

• Bachelor's degree in Social Work or other behavioral health discipline from an accredited college or university

• 2 years' experience working with children and adolescent populations

• Case management experience and documented knowledge of childhood development and mental health issue preferred

• A valid driver's license and must be insurable by agency's automobile insurance

What We Offer:

• 401K

• High plan insurance at a generous cost

• Union benefits

• Life & AD&D insurance; STD & LTD coverage

• Per diem opportunities

• Excellent supervision and training

• Continuing education, tuition reimbursement and eligibility for loan forgiveness

• 10% daycare discount

About CarePlus New Jersey:

CPNJ embraces a culture of diversity and inclusion in all of it policies and procedures. Care Plus follows Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, et seq and NJ Law Against Discrimination.

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by Federal and State laws.