Social Worker - Treatment Foster Care

Nexus-PATH is located across North Dakota and offers mental health services, outpatient clinical services, and treatment foster care.

We have an opportunity to hire a full-time Treatment & Foster Care Social Worker in our Grand Forks, ND Nexus-PATH office!

Our Social Worker recruits, orients, and supervises the work of Nexus-PATH resource families while providing intake services and comprehensive case management for children with special needs and families.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Recruit, license, train, supervise, and provide ongoing assessment to resource families to ensure quality care consistent with regulatory agencies (i.e. DHS, COA, FFTA).

• Participate in the development and implementation of local, regional and state plans for recruiting and retaining resource families.

• Follow state and agency guidelines for conducting family/homestudy, physical environment inspection and criminal background checks and provide required documentation for initial and ongoing licensing.

• Coordinate required orientation and ongoing education and skill development for resource families.

• Supervise resource families' interaction with foster child, child's family, treatment team members and collateral contacts.

• Monitor and evaluate resource families' activities to ensure compliance with agency and state standards. Submit critical incident reports and develop and implement corrective action plans as required.

• Facilitate required team/unit meetings and participate in other resource families related activities.

• Provide coordination of all tasks required to meet the treatment needs and best interests of service recipients

• Complete a systemic assessment of the needs of the child and family.

• Establish service parameters with legal custodian as child's needs dictate.

• Provide complete and required documentation, within established time lines relating to case management and treatment planning.

• Implement treatment services to meet the needs and goals of the children and families utilizing quality case management practice to provide for the best interest of the child and family.

• Provide direction to other team members when applicable and make recommendations for discharge, finalization and permanency.

• Advocate for the development and maintenance of funding and resources to meet youth and family needs at local, state and national levels.

• Develop and maintain community contacts to promote Nexus-PATH and collaborative efforts.

• Provide crisis intervention as needed to maintain safety and provide for the best interest of the child and foster family.

• Integrates trauma informed care principles into practice by sharing knowledge and understanding of trauma with the child, foster family and relevant team members.

• Routinely screens for trauma exposure and related symptoms and demonstrates competence in using screening tool results to enhance service provision.

• Routinely makes resources available and shares knowledge with foster families and providers on trauma exposure, its impact, and trauma-focused treatment.

• Engages in efforts to strengthen the resilience and protective factors of children and families impacted by and vulnerable to trauma.

• Emphasizes continuity of care and collaboration across child-service systems.

• Understand the potential for secondary traumatic stress and practices self-care strategies to mitigate these effects.

• Meet standards for productivity and caseload size while maintaining appropriate documentation and files

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in Social Work required

• Current ND social work licensure required (LBSW) or ability to gain one within 6 months

• Experience in foster care, adoptions and/or family-based service preferred

• Valid driver's license required. Must meet state regulating agency driving requirements, maintain auto insurance and pass corporate insurance eligibility standards

Benefits:

• Competitive Salary Offered

• Comprehensive benefit package

• Generous Paid Time Off

• HOLIDAY's Paid

• Health Insurance

• Vision and Dental

• 401K

• NEW - Talkspace Therapy Benefit for the whole family

• NEW - Hinge Health Benefit for the whole family

• NEW - Carrot Fertility Benefit

• Tuition assistance and training opportunities

ICARE Values & Behavioral Competencies

• Innovation: Leading the way and implementing creative, cutting-edge ideas and approaches

• Compassion: Listening, honoring differences, and showing respect, kindness, empathy care, and concern.

• Agility: Exhibiting flexibility and adapting quickly

• Responsiveness: Being quick, positive, and accurate

• Excellence: Demonstrating quality results that surpass ordinary standards

Commitment to Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion

At Nexus Family Healing, our voices and actions are focused on recognizing, affirming and respecting people of every race, ethnic background, socio-economic status, sexual orientation, gender expression and faith.

Keyword: Social Work