Since 1923, Commonwealth Catholic Charities (CCC) has been dedicated to providing life-changing human services to vulnerable individuals and families throughout the Commonwealth of Virginia. CCC offers quality and compassionate human services to all people, especially the most vulnerable, regardless of faith. Passionate about community impact, CCC operates 31 critical services at 11 locations throughout Virginia.

SUMMARY: 

This position focuses on arranging the placement of minors in foster care.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Provide case management to minors in the foster care program.
• Prepare and maintain complete and accurate case files, records, and reports for court, Department of Social Services, Department of Health and Human Services, and other relevant agencies.
• Coordinate with school personnel to provide individualized services to minors.
• Supervise placements by visiting with minors and foster care families to monitor progress and provide appropriate intervention when indicated.
• Develop, implement, and evaluate individualized service plans for each minor.
• Assist in the orientation, training, certification, and supervision of foster families and minors.
• Provide crisis intervention services and on-call emergency beeper coverage.
• Participate in staff trainings and may facilitate training to staff and foster parents, as assigned.
• Participate in the development of permanency planning, including aftercare as appropriate.
• Provide ongoing training, guidance, and assessment of foster families.
• Conduct Independent Living skills training and assessment.
• May be assigned cases specific to family reunification cases for the Safe Passages Grant Program.
• Assist in developing community partnerships and resources.
• Complete reports and updates to stakeholders/referral agencies and serve as a liaison for community partner agencies.
• Participate in the development and update of procedures and forms.
• Provide crisis on-call support and coverage.
• Track policy and procedural changes from agency partners and educate staff.
• Maintain a working knowledge of all foster families in the program to assist in child placement.
• Represent the Agency in the community and workplace in a professional and ethical manner.
• Demonstrate sensitivity to the service population's cultural and socioeconomic characteristics.
• Demonstrate strong interpersonal, decision-making, problem-solving, oral, and written skills.
• Utilize basic knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.

Qualifications:

• Must be bilingual in English and Spanish.
• Doctorate or master's degree in social work or a related field accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, or a bachelor's degree in social work or a related field with one year of relevant experience, or a bachelor's degree in any field with two years of experience in providing casework services to children and families.
• A case worker trainee would have a baccalaureate degree in any field, be directly supervised by the program director or a child-placing supervisor, and follow a written training program.

Full-time Employee Benefits:

• Retirement savings: After one year of employment, the agency contributes 4% of your plan year earnings into a savings account and matches dollar-for-dollar up to 4% of salary if an employee makes contributions to the plan.
• PTO: Earn 16 days off for vacation, sick, or personal time in the first year, increasing every five years.
• Holidays: Enjoy eleven paid holidays.
• Other paid leave: Includes bereavement, short-term disability, long-term disability, and paid parental leave.
• Virginia Credit Union memberships.
• Employee Assistance Program: Free services, including five confidential consultations with a mental health professional.
• Medical Insurance: A choice of 4 PPO plans with a portion of premiums subsidized by the agency.
• Dental Insurance: A choice of two dental plans with a portion of premiums subsidized by the agency.
• Vision Insurance.
• Life insurance: Paid by the agency with an option to purchase additional coverage.
• Other insurance benefits: Flexible spending accounts, including dependent care, health savings account, and legal resources.