Position: Foster Care Case Manager
Status: Salaried/Exempt
Starting Salary: $44.200*
*Sign-on bonus offered to relevant/non-expired CWTI trained individuals.
Qualifications (required at time of offer):
Bachelor’s degree in social work or other related field as required by the State’s licensing guidelines.
Experience in a child placing agency preferred.
Excellent written and verbal communication/presentation skills.
Excellent organizational and interpersonal skills.
Reliable transportation.
Satisfactory completion of all employment eligibility and Agency hiring requirements.
Responsibilities (illustrative and not intended as inclusive; specific responsibilities may vary):
The primary responsibility is to advocate for children and families with the goal of permanency (reunification, adoption, guardianship, permanent placement with a fit and willing relative, Another Planned Permanent Living Arrangement) by maintaining cases in various counties within the Ennis Center service area.
Ennis Center for Children has been working with abused and/or neglected children for over 46 years with our services reaching over 6,000 Michigan children and families in crisis annually. On any given day, we help over 500 children in our foster care program alone.
Ennis Center for Children serves all counties in Southeast Michigan with locations in Genesee, Ingham, Oakland, St. Clair, Saginaw and Wayne Counties. We are a leading agency in finding adoptive families for children, including those with special needs. Ennis Center also works with delinquent teens, helping them stay safe, stay in school and on a path toward a productive adulthood.
Our mission: “With the support of the community, we preserve families when possible and create new families when necessary” drives our trained, dedicated and compassionate staff as they guide children and families toward a future better than their past.