Child Welfare Supervisor – Casey Family Programs – Austin Field Office
Casey Family Programs, an Equal Opportunity Employer, is a national operating foundation that provides and improves-and ultimately prevents the need for-foster care. We value a diverse and culturally competent workplace.
Job Summary:
This position assists the Deputy Director - Field Office by overseeing child welfare case management services in the Field Office, both administratively and clinically. The Supervisor of Child Welfare Services supervises social workers who are working with youth in the foster care system with the objectives of achieving permanency and improving outcomes for children, youth and families within the Program. In collaboration with the deputy director, the supervisor will assist in developing a systematic process for assessing demonstrable best practices and their documentation.
Essential Responsibilities: % of Time
* Provides leadership to social work staff to promote quality services and support to youth and families receiving foster care services. This will include monitoring clinical and administrative work requirements; providing feedback and coaching; and ensuring staff meet standards for case documentation, data input, reporting, etc. Ensures that all applicable Casey practice, licensing, and accreditation standards are met.
40%
* Collaborates with the Deputy Director to develop, maintain, and evaluate demonstration projects that are focused on increasing permanency and well-being outcomes for youth in care. Encourages innovative approaches that promote positive outcomes and have the potential to spread to other jurisdictions.
25%
* Serves as a change agent in the deepening of permanency planning services, including working with birth parents toward reunification, working with current caregivers toward guardianship or adoption and in locating extended family members who can provide a permanent home for youth in care.
15%
* Oversees service delivery within the Demonstration Projects and collaborates with internal and external partners to gather and evaluate data to determine how well a demonstration program or initiative is being implemented and to determine whether that program is achieving desired outcomes.
10%
* Keeps apprised of current clinical practices and develops proposals, standards, and methods to improve the quality of services to youth and families.
5%
* Other duties as assigned
5%
Qualifications:
* Master's Degree in Social Work or related social services field from an accredited institution and a minimum of six years of combined clinical practice and supervisory experience is required.
* Demonstrated knowledge of social work practice and theory, specifically in the areas of human development, group and individual therapy, systems family therapy, community development, conflict resolution, cross-cultural intervention, and basic casework methods is required.
* Experience in clinical supervision, administration, budgeting, office management, project management, and personnel management is required, along with a commitment to lifelong learning.
* A balance of assertiveness and diplomacy is critical, as well as effective listening skills and excellent verbal and written communications skills.
* The ability to lead or collaborate with a team of professionals at all levels within Casey and externally is imperative to this position as well as valuing a diversity of work styles, people, directions, and functions.
* Experience with MS Office (Word, Excel, SharePoint, and Outlook) as well as electronic case management systems required.
* Ability to manage projects to organization outcomes, including work plan development and consultation and coaching skills.
* Physical requirements include the ability to lift and reach for light objects; close visual acuity to prepare and analyze data, text, and figures; ability to type utilizing a computer keyboard; ability to travel to outside locations; and the ability to work at a computer for extended periods of time as a primary job function.
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Casey Family Programs
2001 Eighth Avenue, Suite 2700
Seattle, WA 98121
phone: 206.378.3319
fax: 877.644.1256
fostering families, fostering change.