Adoptions Case Manager Jobs in Indiana (NOW HIRING)

The Family Case Manager (FCM) is responsible for ensuring child safety, permanency, and well-being through comprehensive case management services. This role may be specialized and expand traditional FCM duties to include kinship navigation and foster care support, providing holistic assistance to families and caregivers within the child welfare system.

The essential functions of this role are as follows:

• Investigate reported incidents of child abuse, neglect, or dependency, make determinations of whether incidents are substantiated, and develop recommendations to a Juvenile Court or County Director for disposition.
• Assess level of risk to a child for additional injury or harm, including whether a child is in imminent danger, and may remove a child from their family as the situation warrants, then requiring placing a child in a protected environment.
• Perform needs assessments to determine treatment options for families and children reported to be abused/neglected.  
• Testify and prepare pre-dispositional and progress reports, maintain case files and develop briefing reports for the community child protection team. Develop “informal adjustment” plans with families and children to divert children from the juvenile justice system. 
• Develop case plans to assist families and children to become more self-sufficient in a safe and nurturing environment and to ensure a permanent home for the child. 
• Develop discharge/transition programming to assist families and children to attain and maintain self-sufficiency in a safe environment.
• Monitor and assess the service capability treatment programs and providers to ensure consistency with the case plan.
• Accept on-call responsibility as needed to receive and investigate allegations of child abuse/neglect.
• Conduct home studies, family histories and recommends placement for adoption to an adoption team. 
• Visit children in out-of-home placements to coordinate family reunification, adoption, or independent living efforts.
• Maintain data which provides management an opportunity to evaluate family and children needs on a trend analysis basis.
• Kinship Navigation:
  • Identify and engage relatives and kinship caregivers as placement options.
  • Assist kinship families in accessing resources, financial assistance, and support programs.
  • Facilitate family meetings and maintain ongoing communication to strengthen family connections.
• Foster Care Support & Licensing:
  • Guide prospective foster and kinship caregivers through the licensing process.
  • Conduct home studies and ensure compliance with state and agency standards.
  • Provide ongoing support, training, and monitoring for licensed foster homes.”

The job profile is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee. Other duties, responsibilities and activities may change or be assigned at any time, with or without notice.

Individuals in this role should minimally be able to articulate or demonstrate the following:

• Advanced knowledge of principles and practices of social work, casework, sociology, and group and individual counseling including new methods and theories of treatment.
• Thorough knowledge of state and/or federal laws, regulations, guidelines, and standards affecting child protection services, foster care, family preservation and adoption.
• Thorough knowledge of related social services programs and ability to coordinate work among programs. 
• Specialized knowledge of the interrelationships of the various behavioral sciences as they affect care and treatment of patients/clients and/or objectives of social work projects.
• Ability to investigate and interview alleged victims and perpetrators of child abuse or neglect in an appropriate and effective manner.
• Ability to formulate and monitor project guidelines or treatment plans.
• Ability to learn and navigate digital case management systems to prepare clear, accurate reports.
• Ability to work with families of diverse cultural/ethnic backgrounds with sensitivity to differences in child rearing practices, relationships and need.
• Ability to work with children with special needs such as mental or emotional conditions, the foster families, or the home willing to accept those children and the professionals who can appropriately provide services to them.
• Ability to exercise sound judgment while managing crises situations including those involving confrontational, aggressive adults being investigated for child abuse or neglect.

A degree is not required.  However, at least 4 years of human services experience applying the outlined knowledge, skills, and abilities in a similar role may be considered.

Individuals should have the ability to perform essential functions with or without reasonable accommodation.

You must satisfy the following requirements to continue employment: 

• Must maintain a valid Driver's license.