Family Time Case Manager Temp

Family Time Case Manager Temp

At Larimer County Department of Human Services, we strive to be responsive and provide timely resources in partnership with our community so individuals and families are healthy, supported, and safe. We are seeking a highly motivated, innovative, and enthusiastic staff member to join our Children, Youth and Family (CYF) Division as a Family Time Case Manager temp. Family Time Case Managers provide support and encouragement to parents of children who are victims of abuse and neglect by helping parents learn and develop parenting skills, increase parental capacity, and make progress in addressing concerns that led to their children's involvement in child welfare. This position promotes, supervises, and monitors safe family time to help parents and children develop and maintain attachment bonding. Family Time Case Managers work as part of the "family team" with caseworkers, attorneys, treatment providers, kinship/foster families, and parents and their children. This position is part-time and primarily in the community, with flexibility for some remote/office work.

A temporary Case Manager can work a variety of hours per day and per week. The hours for this position may vary between 12:30 pm to 7:00 pm Tuesday - Friday, and between 8:00 am to 4:00 pm on Saturday. This position must attend team meetings on Wednesdays from 1pm to 2:30pm. In addition, Case Manager temps may be asked to help with tasks within the department, including providing transportation for children with scheduled visitation.

Responsibilities

What you'll be doing:

• Providing safe, educational, supervised parenting time for children in out-of-home placement and their parents.
• Assessing and evaluating parenting skills and providing skill-building to address deficits and reduce concerns about child safety, specifically regarding the Six Protective Factors: nurturing and attachment, knowledge of child developmental stages, parental resilience, supportive social connections, access to concrete community support, and children's social and emotional competence.
• Working in a team consisting of the family, family support network, Caseworker, Guardian Ad Litem, care provider and other service providers.
• Testifying in court.
• Providing transportation for some children to and from parenting time.
• Providing timely and accurate documentation on each contact with a family.
• Attending Family Unity Meetings, Family Group Conferences, Permanency Round Tables for each family on your caseload.
• Attending all unit meetings, individual and group supervision.
• Providing in-person family time for incarcerated parents at the Larimer County Detention Center.
• Training, coaching, and supporting kin/non-traditional kin to provide safe, supervised family time.

Qualifications

To move forward in the hiring process, candidates must meet the required minimum qualifications. That said, we encourage you to think about your unique background and skills before applying. People often underestimate how their experiences match up with a role's needs. We encourage you to apply if you meet the minimum qualifications and believe your skills and perspective can add value to this position.

• Equivalent to a Bachelor's Degree from an accredited college or university required. Combination of education and/or experience may be substituted on a year for year basis.
• Possession of, or ability to obtain, a valid Driver's License.

Supplemental Information

The position will be located at one of the following three locations: 1501 Blue Spruce Drive, Fort Collins, CO 2555 Midpoint Drive, Fort Collins, CO 200 Peridot Avenue, Loveland, CO.

An offer of employment is contingent upon the successful completion of required pre-employment checks or testing.

All application components must be submitted by 11:59 PM MT on the closing date listed.

Larimer County is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment in all employment practices on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity or expression, and sexual orientation), national origin, marital status, disability, genetic information, age, military status, or any other characteristic protected by law or regulation.

Benefits

For all temporary positions, sick leave and our Employee Assistance Program are available and other benefits may be available. Larimer County offers the following for all Regular/Limited Term positions:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits.
• Flexible Spending Accounts / Health Savings Account
• Short and Long Term Disability.
• Employee Assistance Program
• Basic Life/Accidental Death & Dismemberment
• Accident Insurance
• Critical Illness Insurance
• Retirement Plan 401(a) with employer match.
• 457(b) Deferred Compensation.
• Paid time off including vacation, sick and holidays.