Case Manager - IPS

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When you join the Arrowleaf team, you are committing to a meaningful career where your work will make a difference for your neighbors throughout Southern Illinois and strengthen our region as a whole. You’ll have a chance to build well-being not just for the people you work with, but for yourself as well, as you gain life-changing experiences, enjoy highly competitive benefits, and experience unmatched opportunities for advancement.

Mission: Arrowleaf’s mission is to help all Southern Illinoisans reach their full potential. We provide resources and opportunities that support individuals of all ages so they can thrive, make our communities more vibrant, and build economic prosperity that benefits everyone.

Vision: We envision a Southern Illinois where all individuals are contributing to a community that is safe and vibrant for everyone.

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Job Title: Foster Parent Support Specialist (Case Manager)

Home Office: Vienna, IL or Anna, IL. Location dependent on nearest to home residence.

Area of Focus: Behavioral Health

Program(s): Intensive Placement Stabilization (IPS) - Helps young people involved with the DCFS system (Department of Child and Family Services) build stability and reduce the number of foster placements, and moves through mental health services.

Immediate Supervisor: IPS Program Coordinator

Hours of Work: Full-time, 40 hours per week

Foster Parent Support Specialist Minimum Qualifications: Minimum of high school diploma or GED equivalent; must obtain a CRSS certificate within 18 months of hire or otherwise be eligible for MHP credential; must have lived experience as a foster parent.

Foster Parent Support Specialist Skills & Knowledge: Knowledge of various behavioral and human development theories and practices; baseline knowledge of mental health diagnosis and treatment planning processes; knowledge of local health and human services resources; knowledge of basic crisis intervention and conflict resolution techniques; knowledge of family support techniques, child development, foster care placements, and child welfare systems; excellent written and oral communication skills; excellent computer skills

Foster Parent Support Specialist Special Requirements: Must be 21 years of age or older to drive an agency vehicle; maintains a valid driver’s license and vehicle liability insurance; maintain First Aid & CPR certification; must complete required registry clearances and criminal fingerprint background checks; travel to all agency sites when appropriate; schedules evening or weekend hours as necessary.

Foster Parent Support Specialist Job duties include, but are not limited to:

• Provides intensive, comprehensive consumer care and case management services, including access to transportation, medical care, psychiatric care, recreational activities, or any other need that supports the stabilization of the youth and family.
• Works collaboratively with the IPS treatment team to identify program goals and monitor treatment progress; intervenes by way of conducting activities such as skill building, advocacy, respite, recreation, and support and consultation to improve the overall well-being and stabilization of the family.
• Facilitates communication across agency staff and applicable programs to ensure continuity of care and timely follow-up for individuals accessing behavioral health services.
• Models personal responsibility, self-advocacy, and hope by sharing personal experiences as a foster parent and developing authentic relationships with foster parents within the parameters of professional boundaries.
• Assists in the orientation process for families who are new to receiving IPS services; fills the support gap between initial contact and enrollment into services as needed.
• Keeps the treatment team informed about youth and family strengths, accomplishments, and obstacles in relation to their stabilization goals.
• Continuously expand knowledge of community resources, services, and programs available to individuals served and build ongoing relationships with these organizations in order to advocate for youth and foster families.
• Serves as a member of the treatment team and representative of the IPS program through attendance at clinical team meetings, Clinical Intervention to Preserve Placement (CIPP) meetings, and other meetings as required; communicates and provides information as requested to DCFS caseworkers regarding case status and progress.
• Ability to screen, assess, and provide interventions for consumers who are exhibiting symptoms of trauma.
• Follows agency policy and procedure for all reports of abuse and neglect or suspected abuse and neglect.
• Follows agency crisis intervention protocol to refer individuals to crisis intervention services/staff when someone presents in mental health crisis.

Perks and Benefits for Foster Parent Support Specialist:

• Professional & upward mobility opportunities
• A family-oriented atmosphere
• Health wellbeing stipend ($200 per fiscal year)
• 100% employer-paid health insurance (health, dental, vision) *available after 1st day of the month after 60 calendar days of employment
• $50,000 life insurance policy
• Travel reimbursement
• Up to 368 hours of paid time off just within your first year of employment! Includes 13 paid holidays, 3 personal days, 12 sick days, 40 hours bereavement leave, 12 vacation days (6 month probation period), and 8 hours volunteer paid time off per year.
• Additional opportunities for compensation are available above starting salary!

Arrowleaf is dedicated to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Arrowleaf will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations unless the accommodation will impose an undue hardship. If you require a reasonable accommodation in completing this application, interviewing, completing any pre-employment testing, or otherwise participating in the employee selection process, please direct your inquiries to: Sr. Administrative Director of Human Resources, Sydney Charles.

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