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Are you seeking to do meaningful work for the community at an organization that has been named one of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel’s Top Workplaces 2021? Join the SaintA team!
We are excited to be offering a $1500 sign on bonus! Join Our Team!
Job Purpose:
The Division of Milwaukee Child Protective Services contracts with SaintA to provide child welfare services to about 900 families including nearly 1,200 children. Our next Child Welfare Case Manager will work diligently to provide them with services that ensure safety, permanence, and well-being.
Duties:
- Consistently support and monitor the safety and well-being of children to assess for present and impending dangers
- Engage all family members including fathers in family team model
- Facilitate and conduct in-home visits
- Conduct and document safety assessments
- Facilitate and monitor change planning to ensure families can enhance parental protective capacities by creating goals with families
- Facilitate and connect families to community resources and make appropriate referrals to resources
- Refer for Transfer of Guardianship/Subsidized Guardianship/Termination of Parental Rights to the DA’s office or document exception in WISACWIS per timelines
- Support children and families in the post-TPR process
- Provide accurate and professional documentation in case notes, summaries, assessments, and paperwork
- Collaborate with Child Welfare and Foster Care teams
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work (BSW) or a related field, Master’s Degree (MSW) preferred
- 1 to 3 years of experience in child welfare and/or a related human services field
- Ability to demonstrate critical thinking skills, detail oriented, highly effective verbal, and written communication skills
- Knowledge of community resources
- Experience working in diverse communities with youth and families
- Ability to drive within the community and State of Wisconsin for client and/or meetings
- Have own transportation, valid driver’s license with an acceptable driving record, meet agency auto insurance requirements.
Position Details:
- Full-Time
- Flexible schedule to include evenings and weekends as needed
- Reports to Child Welfare Supervisor
Organizational Information:
SaintA is a Wisconsin provider of family-centered care and educational services. As a 2021 Top Workplace of Southeastern Wisconsin and national leader of Trauma Informed Care, a philosophy and practice that acknowledges the profound effects of trauma on the developing brain, we are passionate about delivering quality, evidence-informed care to help children and families overcome trauma and thrive.
SaintA provides a rich continuum of services, including:
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Child Welfare and Foster Care
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Support for youth who have aged out of care
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Care Coordination and Wraparound services
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Mental health therapy and supports such as The Clinic @ SaintA, Family Preservation, Caregiver Support, Integrated Community Treatment
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Professional education and clinical consultation (for organizations, schools, and individual/family)
Interested parties please submit a cover letter and resume online.
We are committed to enhancing diversity, equity and inclusion and strongly encourage minority candidates to apply.
Minorities and Spanish speaking/bilingual candidates are strongly encouraged to apply; a pay differential is offered after successfully meeting expectations of the Language Proficiency Bilingual Test.
For more information, visit our website www.sainta.org.
*To protect the health and well-being of our employees, clients and community members we come in contact with on a daily basis, SaintA has decided to mandate the COVID vaccine for all employees or be approved with a qualified exemption. Please note that job candidates must be partially vaccinated within thirty (30) days of hire, and fully vaccinated within sixty (60) days of hire or approved for an exemption.*
SaintA is an equal opportunity employer.
