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This job was posted by https://www.kansasworks.com : For more information, please see: https://www.kansasworks.com/jobs/13013041

Position Overview:

• Provides for the safety, stability and well-being of children and families during the referral period
• Delivers culturally competent, strengths-based case management services to children and families consistent with the evidence-based practice models
• Meets DCF timelines to connect with the family within 24 hours of referral; facilitate initial family meeting within 48 hours of referral; complete assessment-based case plan within in 20 days of referral; and case closure within 3- 6 months of referral
• Engages and works in partnership with families to complete assessments and develop case plan goals and objectives
• Meets with the family in the home weekly monitoring the family\'s progress towards their case plan goals; and meets monthly with each child individually to assess child\'s safety
• Assesses each child\'s safety with every family contact and reports all suspected child abuse / neglect. Monitors family progress and service provision using assessment tools, and updates family case plan based on those assessments
• Provides weekly home-based family skills training which may include: Nutrition, Hygiene, Household and Time Management, Home and Child Safety, Basic Parenting, Transportation, Problem Solving and Communication to assist parents in providing a safe, nurturing environment for children in their care
• Works closely with the Family Support Worker to provide services for the family and make decisions about child well-being