****Average hourly rate is $26.30 (including wage, incentives, bonuses, overtime, shift differential, etc.)****

Permanency Case Manager

Texas Family Initiative, LLC is a private nonprofit organization that provides experience, compassion, quality care, and services for children in foster care and foster/adopt families. We hold Foster Care Recruitment Contracts with the Texas Department of Human Services, Department of Family and Protective Services (DFPS). As a partner with DFPS, we recruit and train families to become foster and/adoptive parents.

Qualifications:

An accredited Bachelor's degree.

Valid driver’s license and meet agency underwriting standards.

Benefits:

• Competitive pay
• Flexible Schedule
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Company paid Life insurance
• 401(k) Match
• 20 days of personal leave in first year of employment; 25 days after completion of year one
• 11 paid holidays
• Longevity bonus
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible Spending Program
• Referral program

The Family Initiative, Inc. is the parent company providing services in Kansas, Nebraska, Oklahoma, and Texas. We provide service to these areas through our affiliates: TFI Family Connections in Oklahoma and Texas Family Initiative in Texas. Pathway Family Services is an affiliate in Kansas offering additional services to youth and families. Mainstream Nonprofit Solutions is an affiliate supporting the TFI Family of Companies and other Nonprofits.

As a Permanency Case Manager, you will promote the achievement of permanency for children in the Managing Conservatorship of DFPS by providing services to a caseload of children and families by working in partnership with the family. The focus is to assess children and family’s needs, safety issues, and services identified mutually with the family to allow the family to safely assume the role of parenting their children. For those families where that is not possible, the focus is on achieving permanency for the child in the most family like setting.

• Manages a caseload of Permanency placements including both children and their families.
• Assess the need for placement, safety, family strengths and needs, and placement resources for the child and care provider/kinship caregivers.
• Plans for and facilitates permanency and assists care providers and kinship caregivers in providing a safe, nurturing environment for children in their care.
• Searches for potential Kinship placements throughout the life of a case.
• Meets at least monthly with children and families on their caseload. Additional frequency based on the needs of the child and family.
• Continues to provide support services to the child and family once reunification has occurred until the court dismisses the case.
• Maintains a close working relationship with public and private agencies involved in providing Permanency services/support.
• Conducts and coordinates assessments.
• Completes Court Reports and presents testimony for all court hearings.
• Ensures the accuracy, content and completeness of child/family case records.
• Coordinates Permanency Program and requirements with public and private agencies.
• Participates in case planning conferences at required intervals
• Facilitates family preparation for permanency through training, family to family mentoring, family assessment, consultations, home visits, etc.
• Works in concert with the Adoption Coordinator to facilitate and prepare children for adoptive placement.
• Provides 24 hour, on-call support to the children/families served. Provides crisis intervention, when required.
• With the assistance of Care Management staff, ensures children are placed in appropriate placements in the timelines required.
• With the support of PAL staff, ensures older youth receive Transitional Living services as required.
• Compiles monthly statistical data and reports and forwards to appropriate agencies.
• Performs other duties as assigned and required to maintain unit operations.
• Promotes and demonstrates appropriate respect for cultural diversity among coworkers, clients, and all work-related contacts

If you want to make a difference in a child’s life, join our team today!

TFI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

To apply, please visit www.tfifamily.org/employment