Since 1923, Commonwealth Catholic Charities (CCC) has provided 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. We are passionate about the work we do in our communities, providing 31 critical services at 11 locations throughout Virginia.

This position arranges for 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 to the court, Department of Social Services, Department of Health and Human Services, and other appropriate agencies as specified.
• Coordinate with school personnel to provide individualized services to minors.
• Supervise placement by visiting with minor and foster care families to monitor placement 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. 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 Independent Living 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: Education and/or Experience:

• Bilingual Preferred
• A doctorate or master's degree in social work from a college or university accredited by the Council on Social Work Education or a field related to social work such as sociology, psychology, special education, or counseling, with a student placement in casework services to children and families or one year of experience in providing casework services to children and families;
• A baccalaureate degree in social work or a field related to social work including, but not limited to, sociology, psychology, special education, or counseling and one year of experience in providing casework services to children and families; or
• A baccalaureate degree in any field plus two years of experience in providing casework services to children and families.