Child Welfare Case Manager
3 days ago
Milwaukee
Job Description This position includes a $2,000 hiring bonus! Wellpoint is deeply committed to the welfare and protection of children, and our goal is to strengthen and support families. In every effort, from receiving hotline calls to reaching family reunification or foster care and adoption, children and families are our focus. We are seeking competent, compassionate, and career-oriented human service professionals to serve as a Child Welfare Case Manager on our Child and Family Well-being team. Job Purpose: The Division of Milwaukee Child Protective Services contracts with Wellpoint 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 services that ensure safety, permanence, and well-being. Qualifications: • Bachelor's Degree in Social Work (BSW) or a related field required; Master's Degree (MSW) preferred., • Minimum one (1) year of Experience in child welfare and/or a related human services field preferred., • Experience working in diverse communities with youth and families, • Knowledge of community resources., • Ability to work within a multi-disciplinary team., • Maintain accurate and timely collaborative documentation., • Demonstrates ability to work independently and effectively with staff, clients, caregivers, and purchasers., • Must be honest, dependable, and able to meet deadlines; Self-motivated and able to work independently., • A valid Wisconsin Driver’s License or occupational driver’s license, reliable transportation and insurance is required. Required reliable transportation to conduct on-site learning throughout the state., • Ability to demonstrate critical thinking skills, detail oriented, highly effective verbal, and written communication skills., • Demonstrate an ability to effective understanding and practice of cultural humility and ability work and communicate respectfully with individuals from diverse backgrounds., • Proficient in the usage of computer software; demonstrate an understanding of computer file systems and databases, e.g., Microsoft Office, Excel, Outlook, Teams, ADP, etc. Safety • Consistently monitors the safety of children as the priority of all work and is able to assess for present and impending dangers, and the general safety of children in a variety of environments and articulate findings to others., • Conduct at least monthly attempts to communicate or visit with all parents, including birth fathers and incarcerated parents, and assess their ability to demonstrate increased protective capacities that impact child safety., • Facilitate and monitor change planning by ensuring that families have the opportunity to enhance parental protective capacities by creating goals with families, connecting families to resources, continuously measuring progress, and clearly articulating what specific outcome is to be achieved in accordance with the Comprehensive Assessment Process., • Refer for Transfer of Guardianship/Subsidized Guardianship/Termination of Parental Rights to the District Attorney’s Office or document an exception in WISACWIS per timelines to ensure compliance with the Adoptions and Safe Families Act., • Supports children and families in the post-TPR process through adoption finalization., • Facilitates client access to community resources, makes appropriate referrals and reinforces long term community connections for family stability, • Identify and provide referral to appropriate community and insurance network providers, authorize network services or non-network providers., • Enters planned actions and approves progress notes timely in the Care Manager system, • Provides accurate and professional documentation in all case notes, summaries, assessments, and paperwork., • Documentation clearly reflects the CAP by using concepts, strengths, needs and strategies., • Effectively works as a member of the Child Welfare team and other teams while providing customer friendly service at all times., • Full time., • Onsite / Hybrid work is available with reliable broadband connection., • Moderate exposure to noise., • Subject to frequent interruptions with ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously., • Demonstrates an understanding of the cultural differences among diverse groups and the need to adapt service provision to match these differences in respectful ways., • Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) - Wellpoint employees may be eligible for loan forgiveness under the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program., • Regular travel in personal vehicles is required with the ability to move intermittently throughout the workday.