Responsible for the provision of case management services to the residents of Cal Farley's Boys Ranch, to include counseling, goal setting and tracking, maintenance of files and related activities. Serves as liaison between residents, families, and outside agencies.
1. Exhibits regular and punctual attendance.
2. Actively participates in the home life of assigned residents.
3. Facilitates periodic contact between residents and their families to promote the goal of improved family relationships, documents such contact, and communicates the results of these family contacts to other staff involved in the care of the resident.
4. Attends and participates in individual and group therapy for residents.
5. Maintains case files that are current, accurate, confidential and in compliance with all applicable standards.
6. Develops the Initial Plans of Service and 3-Month Reviews for residents within the prescribed time frames and standards, with appropriate input from families and other applicable resources.
7. Coordinates and provides follow-up and aftercare services as assigned.
8. Coordinates and provides life skills, coping skills, social skills and related education groups as assigned.
9. Provides behavioral counseling for residents, within the appropriate scope as assigned.
10. Provides transportation to residents for referral appointments with various community agencies, medical, dental, counseling, and related services.
11. Provides crisis intervention for residents, to include the use of approved verbal and physical intervention techniques.
12. Provides mentoring/coaching/support to new Caseworker staff. Performs supervision internship duties as assigned.
13. Participates in Admissions Assessments by interviewing the child (and parent/managing conservator, if appropriate), attending Admission Committee meetings, and assisting in assessing whether the child is appropriate for care.
14. Audits, on a monthly basis, all caseload files, makes necessary corrections, and notifies supervisor of corrections as appropriate.
15. Supports the implementation of the childcare program in accordance with the Cal Farley’s Model of Care.
16. Exhibits appropriate interaction with residents and families.
Requirements
1. A Bachelor’s degree from an accredited university required. A Bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology or sociology is preferred.
2. Licensed Social Worker or LPC preferred but not required.
3. A minimum of 2 years case management experience in the youth services field is preferred. A Master’s degree from an accredited university in social work, psychology or sociology may be substituted for case management experience.
4. Basic competency in Microsoft Office for Windows applications (word processing, database, spreadsheet, e-mail, presentation graphics, etc.) is required.
5. Must possess exceptional time management and detail-orientation skills.
6. Must be at least 21 years of age.
7. Bending, lifting, grasping, fine hand/eye coordination, pushing/pulling, prolonged sitting/standing.
8. Must possess a valid driver’s license.
9. Must be available for travel as needed.
Benefits
Cal Farley's is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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The Organization
Founded in 1939 north of Amarillo in the Texas Panhandle, Boys Ranch, Founded by Cal Farley's is one of America's largest privately-funded child and family service organizations, specializing in residential services provided at no cost to the families of children in its care. Boys Ranch's residential programs offer a campus environment at the organization’s flagship campus where children live in homes or cottages, and basic-care services offer 24-hour supervision in a small, community setting where the residents attend school and have a myriad of academic, experiential learning, athletic and other extracurricular opportunities. Houseparent couples, caseworkers, other adult mentors and professionals guide the children to develop their potential and help them become principled, contributing members of society upon graduation or completion of their individual therapeutic plans.
Boys Ranch sits on about 12,000 acres in the rugged mesas northwest of Amarillo. Boys Ranch itself is a self-supporting community on a 1,000-acre footprint. Facilities on the property include barns, livestock and horse arenas; residence homes; a chapel; an independent school district with elementary, middle and high schools, a gymnasium, a natatorium and an auditorium; recreational installations such as a ropes course; a greenhouse; a fire department; and water treatment facility. While at first glance, the Boys Ranch campus might appear much like any other Texas Panhandle town, it is much more. Open to at-risk children ages 5 to 18, Boys Ranch is an entire community built intentionally to surround children from across the nation with nurturing support and structure, meeting the six essentials of Cal Farley’s Model of Leadership and Service®, those areas of need the organization believes every human being must satisfy to achieve his/her God-given potential: safety, belonging, achievement, power, purpose and adventure.
