SERVICE PROVIDERS Expectations
- After completing orientation training, be thoroughly familiar with contract requirements: DFPS and Contractor forms, templates, procedures and guidelines.
- Prepare for Assessments: Review DFPS referral packet, discuss areas of focus with Child Placing Manager (CPM).
- Complete Assignments- Kinship Assessments
- Schedule and conduct interviews with the family (all family members).
- Write comprehensive assessments in approved format and writing style.
- Submit assessment drafts to CPM for review by due date. Correct, edit and resubmit within 24 hours of receiving CPM feedback.
- Maintain ongoing communication with CPM; progress on interviews, concerns, status of assessments.
- Submit accurate invoices for completed assessments on a timely basis. (Provider paidper assessment.)
Education & Experience Qualifications
Candidates must adhere to one of the following combinations of education and experience:
1. Bachelor's degree from an accredited college or university in social work or other human services field AND
1 Year Full-Time Experience* in conducting assessments, service planning or case management duties in a (A)Residential child-care operation; or (B)DFPS conservatorship caseworker or FAD development*Experience may include:•Maximum of 350 hours of formal and supervised field placement or practicum in child-placing activities;
OR
1-year working under the direct supervision of CPM that includes 10 documented, monthly, face- to-face, individual, case-related conferences over the year and must continue until the Service Provider’s previous experience and directly supervised experience totals one year.
2. A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university; AND
2 Years Full-Time Experience* in conducting assessments, service planning or case management duties in a (A)Residential child-care operation; or (B)DFPS conservatorship caseworker or FAD development
*Experience may include:
Maximum of 350 hours of formal and supervised field placement or practicum in child-placing activities;
OR
2-years working under the direct supervision of CPM that includes 10 documented, monthly, face-to- face, individual, case-related conferences over each year and must continue until the Service Provider’s previous experience and directly supervised experience totals two years.
ATTENDANCE: Must maintain regular and acceptable attendance at such level as is determined in the employer’s sole discretion.
LICENSES: LMSW, LCSW, LBSW, or similar as per requirements above. Driver’s License with clear record.
VEHICLE: Must have daily use of a vehicle without prior notice.
TRAVEL: Frequent travel is required. Must be available and willing to travel to various locations and with such frequency as the business need dictates.
OTHER: Must not pose a direct threat or significant risk of substantial harm to the safety or health of himself/herself or others.
EXCEPTIONS TO THESE CRITERIA MUST BE APPROVED BY THE DEPARTMENT HEAD.
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