Home Based Caseworker

Resilient Minds, LLC has partnered with Ignite Families, LLC to implement services in Marion and the surrounding counties: Marion, Hamilton, Hancock, Johnson, Morgan, Hendricks.

We are currently hiring people with a bachelors level degree or higher for Hendricks county.

We are a diverse team of people with a wide range of skills and experiences interested in careers that matter. We provide a place where you can fulfill your career ambitions.

We are committed to implementing interventions that will strengthen and stabilize families by maintaining client safety, assisting with providing permanency, improving parenting skills and coping techniques, preventing disruption and the removal of children, implementation of community supportive services to enhance family resilience and reunification. Our commitment to the safety and mental health of our clients ensures that the needs of children and families are met by employing a professional and qualified staff; committing to continuous training and education that will facilitate family reunification.

https://www.resilientmindsfamilyservices.com/

Rate of pay:

$25 - $40 per hour

We have a wide list of people that we would like to encourage to apply:

• BIPOC
• BILINGUAL (especially Spanish and ASL)
• RBTs
• BCBAs
• Therapists

Learn more about the requirements of what we do under the "Family Centered Services" section at: https://www.in.gov/dcs/service-standards/service-standards-community-based-rfp-attachment-a/

Duties include but are not limited to:

• Maintain a caseload as referrals are available to meet productivity requirements.
• Successfully deliver services to referred families.
• Provide intake and assessment of all families on case load within required timelines.
• Complete case notes in a detailed, grammatically correct, finished format.
• Complete scheduled appointments within the parameters of the specific program involved.
• Establish an emotionally supportive, non-judgmental, trusting relationship with parent(s), using independent judgment, and adjusting as needed.
• Independently establish a case plan with goals, objectives, and activities with each client, reviewing and rewriting, as well as setting new goals as circumstances change. This case plan will incorporate the needs identified by the referral source as well as the needs identified by the staff and the client. This case plan will guide services.
• Assist clients with achieving goals and objectives set forth in case plan within time frame established.
• Exercise discretion and judgment in identifying plans of action to achieve goals and objectives, including day-to-day direct contact with clients, government entities, other agencies, and courts.
• Advocate on behalf of the client and link the family to additional community resources and services.
• Complete all required paperwork in various databases within established format and deadlines.
• Work within an environment of frequently changing priorities, deadlines, and duties.
• Provide client transportation as necessary to complete goals of the program and client case plan.
• Assist with crisis assistance as needed, such as hands-on lice treatments.
• Teach and role model parenting techniques to the family using approved methods and materials.
• Teach home management, financial management, childcare, discipline, nutrition, and personal skills as appropriate.
• Report any case that may involve “imminent harm” or “threatened harm” to a supervisor immediately. When appropriate, make a report to 911 first.
• Meet with supervisor for supervision as required by service standards, department requirements, and “best practices” of supervision.
• Attend court hearings, case conferences, team meetings, department meetings, and other meetings as required.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Applicants must be computer literate and provide their own computer. Comfort in basic computing tasks as well as using gMail, Chrome/FireFox, word processing (Microsoft Word, Google Docs, Notepad, etc.), printing, and scanning are required. Familiarity with Case Management Pro (CMP) is a plus.

PLEASE NOTE THAT APPLICANTS MUST MEET ALL DCS REQUIREMENTS INCLUDING PASSING THE REQUISITE BACKGROUND CHECKS.

Orientation for this round of hiring is currently scheduled for March 17th, 2025.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $25.00 - $40.00 per hour

Ability to Commute:

• Hendricks County, IN (Required)

Ability to Relocate:

• Hendricks County, IN: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person

Salary : $25 - $40