Foster Care Supervisor

Description Summary : The Foster Care Supervisor provides oversight and supervision of case managers to ensure the achievement of positive outcomes for children and youth in foster care. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES include but are not limited to: CASE MANAGEMENT AND CHILD WELFARE OUTCOMES · Ensuring children and youth placed in specialized foster care and Home of Relative placements receive appropriate services and support. · Ensuring children and youth reside in safe, stable, and appropriate home environments. · Monitoring placement stability and taking timely action to address barriers to placement stability and overall well-being. · Supporting case planning and service delivery that promotes permanency and the achievement of a permanent living arrangement. · Monitoring the progress of assigned cases toward permanency and ensuring required case activities are completed within established timeframes. · Ensuring case documentation, assessments, service plans, referrals, and other required records are accurate, timely, and compliant with agency and DCFS requirements. · Reviewing placement needs and collaborating with case workers, foster parents, families, providers, and other stakeholders to address concerns and promote positive outcomes SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES · Provide consistent, structured and effective supervision to assigned case managers · Conduct weekly individual and team supervision meetings with all direct reports · Establish clear performance expectations and hold staff accountable for meeting programs and case related responsibilities · Provide coaching, mentoring, training and professional development to strengthen staff knowledge and skills · Reinforce positive performance and address performance deficiencies through appropriate corrective action and progressive discipline · Monitor staff workload, case assignments, documentation, deadlines and overall performance · Promote teamwork, communication, collaboration and cohesiveness among team members · Identify staff training needs and coordinator appropriate training and professional development opportunities OTHER EXPECTATIONS Foster Parent and Stakeholder Relations · Represent the foster care program professionally to children, youth, families, foster · parents, applicants, service providers, community partners, and other stakeholders. · Promote a customer service approach in all interactions. · Support foster parents in addressing placement concerns, service needs, and barriers to placement stability. · Respond to foster parent concerns in a timely and professional manner. · Attend meetings with staff, foster parents, providers, families, and community partners as needed. · Develop and maintain effective working relationships with internal departments and external providers.

Court and Legal Responsibilities · Attend court hearings as required. · Prepare, review…

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