Child Welfare Caseworker 1-3 CARE House

Summary of Job Duties: Maintains accurate case records, documentation, reports, and data entry in SACWIS or other required systems. Attends court hearings, meetings, case conferences, trainings, and other required proceedings. Collaborates with internal staff, community partners, service providers, schools, courts, medical professionals, and other stakeholders. Assesses client, child, family, placement, or service needs and coordinates appropriate services or referrals. Communicates regularly with families, caregivers, providers, and agency personnel regarding case progress and needs. Supports child safety, permanency, placement stability, and well-being. Ensures compliance with agency policy, state regulations, and applicable procedures. If assigned to Intake/Ongoing Provides direct casework services to families in which children may be dependent, neglected, or abused, and secures protection for children from potentially unsafe environments. Conducts home visits with parents, children, kinship caregivers, and foster families to ensure the safety and well-being of children. Assesses family functioning, risk factors, and available supports to develop service plans that reduce safety concerns and improve family stability. Assesses client needs and implements services that promote family preservation, placement stability, reunification, concurrent planning, and permanency. Collects relevant information for possible legal action and presents factual evidence in court proceedings. Develops and supports a team-based approach when working with birth families, kinship caregivers, and foster families. Ensures youth receive educational and independent living services. Assists families and children in accessing appropriate community resources. Develops and maintains professional relationships with agencies serving children and families. Maintains regular contact with treatment specialists, educational providers, medical providers, and other service team members. Provides support to foster families to maintain placements and facilitate timely reunification, while pursuing alternative permanency plans when necessary. Prepares written assessments, reports, and related documentation. Provides foster families with guidance regarding the placement process, roles, responsibilities, child needs, and reunification efforts. Advocates for both natural families and foster families. Participates in placement matching decisions and coordinates pre-placement and post-placement activities. Performs other related duties as required and assigned. If assigned to Intake – Rapid Response Conducts Specialized and Third-Party investigations. Completes Rules Violation investigations involving agency foster homes. Sends required notifications to licensing agents regarding Specialized Investigations and Rules Violations. Investigates new referrals of abuse and neglect for open, ongoing, and 90-day cases. Facilitates conferences with all parties involved, including weekly Thursday morning meetings to review outcomes of specialized investigations Performs other related duties as required and assigned If assigned to Adolescent Services – Special Placement Travels frequently out of state and throughout Ohio to residential treatment facilities. Participates in ongoing, intensive communication and frequent team meetings/conferences to support youth with complex diagnoses, including medication management, specialized education planning, and step-down transitions Attends residential committee meetings. Works with youth in various custody statuses. Performs other related duties as required and assigned. If assigned to Adoptions Provides adoption readiness services for youth in permanent custody of Montgomery County Children Services. Prepares adoption finalization reports. Attends adoption finalization hearings. Develops and updates adoption recruitment information for Adopt US Kids and A Child Is Waiting. Prepares youth and prospective families for adoption. Performs other related duties as required and assigned. If assigned to After HoursWorks second and third shifts, weekends, and holidays as scheduled. Responds to community crisis situations. Answers the child abuse hotline and identifies referrals requiring urgent or emergency supervisory review. Completes referrals in SACWIS.Searches for placements when youth enter the custody of Montgomery County Children Services. Receives and documents calls regarding AWOL youth, treatment or medication consent, and contacts the administrator on-call when required by policy and procedure. Responds to walk-in reports of abuse, neglect, dependency, and general inquiries. Performs other related duties as required and assigned. If assigned to After Hours (Third Shift) Provides telephone intake services as scheduled and documents all referrals in SACWIS.Works cooperatively with law enforcement, hospitals, and community professionals to coordinate emergency responses after normal business hours. Dispatches emergency/crisis workers to investigate and coordinates with the administrator on-call. Locates emergency placements for children when needed. Assists with open cases or on behalf of assigned workers during crisis situations. Documents activities in accordance with agency policy. Participates in departmental and agency meetings, trainings, and required activities. Performs other related duties as required and assigned. If assigned to CANSTracks all youth age 13 and older entering agency custody. Schedules and completes CANS assessments within 30 days to determine Qualified Residential Treatment Program eligibility and needs. Attends Family Team meetings as required by DCY QRTP rules. Works with Finance to address IV-E eligibility barriers. Performs other related duties as required and assigned. If assigned to CARE HouseServes in a co-located role at CARE House under Dayton Children's Hospital. Attends weekly multidisciplinary team meetings. Observes forensic interviews. Collaborates daily and shares cases with the multidisciplinary team. Attends case huddles, briefings, law enforcement interviews, and criminal court proceedings as needed. Performs other related duties as required and assigned. If assigned to Education Coordinates Best Interest Determination meetings, ESSA coordination, and ongoing communication with school districts. Facilitates school enrollments and withdrawals for all children in agency custody, including preschool, special education, and residential placement educational coordination. Prepares for and attends expulsion hearings, manifestation hearings, IEP meetings, 504 meetings, and ETR meetings. Attends weekly multidisciplinary team meetings at Juvenile Court and assists with crossover truancy matters involving CSD and JJC.Attends school district meetings and provider meetings. Performs other related duties as required and assigned. If assigned to Family Treatment Court (FTC) Maintains daily communication and coordination with Juvenile Court case managers, peer support staff, substance use disorder (SUD) providers, mental health providers, and drug screening agencies to provide updated progress reports to the court. Attends community resource fairs and recruitment events within and outside the agency to support Family Treatment Court referrals and transfers. Maintains current knowledge of new and changing substance use disorder providers and conducts on-site visits to new and changing facilities and providersfor service coordination. Performs other