Turning Point Family Services is looking for a foster care case manager to work with children and adolescents in IAFT and Therapeutic foster care. Turning Point Family Services has been serving children in foster care for over 20 years. Working directly with guardians, community stake holders, and foster parents to ensure the best treatment is being delivered. This goes hand in hand with our mission to improve the lives of our children in foster care so that they can successfully transition out of foster care. If you are wanting to be a part of the team go ahead and apply. Please see details on the position below.

Position Summary: Case Manager is responsible for oversight and the management a caseload of IAFT consumers as well as TFC clients representing a wide array of diagnosis, ethnicities, and socioeconomic conditions.

Who We Are: Turning Point Family Services serves communities across North Carolina with a broad range of family orientated services centered around helping people live the fullest and most productive lives possible.

What We Offer:

• Competitive Pay - Salary negotiable based on skills and experience.
• Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance.
• Paid Time Off policy.
• Life Insurance
• Option of Long-Term Disability and Short-Term Disability Insurance.
• Opportunities for training, career development and growth within the organization.
• Meaningful work improving Behavioral Healthcare Equity by supporting clinicians in the communities we serve.

Required Knowledge, Skills, Licensure, Training & Travel Requirements:

Education: Must have a bachelor's degree in human services field and two years of experience in the mental health field or bachelor's degree in a non-human field with four years of experience in the mental health field

Work experience: A minimum of two (2) years of documented clinical experience working in mental health required.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities: Knowledge of state service definitions, familiarity with community resources, crisis intervention/risk assessment expertise, communication skills (written and verbal), organizational skills, effective supervisory and delegation skills, ability to effectively manage multiple tasks.

Travel Requirements: Home and Community based travel required. Some remote work may be available. Must have a valid driver’s license and car insurance in good standing.

Essential Job Duties/% of Time

• Responsible for providing intake, initial placement, planning, and coordinating services. Supervising and evaluating Independent Contractor/Foster Parents. Providing monthly clinical documentation of consumer contacts/family visitations. Facilitating treatment planning. 30%
• Performing the daily management of services for children in placement. Providing daily management of children, which may include but is not limited to introducing behavior management, anger management, and social skills techniques to children and parents, one-on-one counseling with the children, resource identification for the parents, and guidance/support for the child and parent. Coordinating services with biological parents and planning for step-down/ transition home. 30%
• Ensure all administrative paperwork is completed in a timely fashion (PCPs, Attendance, and SARs). 15%
• Work with QA/QI director during foster care audits to make sure all documentation is present and correct for adults. 15%
• Work with foster parents to ensure all clients are getting med appointments. Assist with transportation if needed for respite or changing homes. 5%
• Other duties as assigned/required 5%

Physical Effort Requirement: Physical Effort found in normal office environment.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Turning Point Homes, Inc is committed to the principle of Equal Employment Opportunity for all employees and applicants. It is our policy to ensure that both current and prospective employees are afforded equal employment opportunity without consideration of race, religious creed, color, national origin, nationality, ancestry, age, sex, marital status, sexual orientation, or disability in accordance with local, state, and federal laws.

Americans with Disabilities Act

Applicants as well as employees who are or become disabled must be able to perform the essential job functions either unaided or with reasonable accommodation. The organization shall determine reasonable accommodation on a case-by-case basis in accordance with applicable law.