Child Welfare Case Worker

Job description

Overview Montech Inc. is seeking a highly qualified Child Welfare Case Worker to provide support to the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI), Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA), Division of Human Services, Red Lake Nation. This position provides comprehensive child welfare case management services to support the safety, permanency, and well-being of children and families involved in the Red Lake Nation child welfare system. Working closely with children, parents, caregivers, Tribal Court, service providers, and community partners, the Child Welfare Case Worker manages cases from intake and placement through reunification, guardianship, adoption, or case closure. Responsibilities include case planning, placement support, family engagement, court participation, service coordination, permanency planning, and crisis response. The position ensures compliance with tribal and federal child welfare requirements while promoting family preservation, cultural connections, and positive outcomes for children. Place of Performance On-site at BIA Red Lake Agency in Red Lake, Minnesota. Personnel will also work from satellite offices on the Red Lake Reservation and in the field throughout the Reservation. Personnel travel to off reservation placements, courts and trainings as required. Hours of Operation Personnel shall perform between the hours of 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 40 hours per week. Each shift is eight (8) paid hours with a 30-minute unpaid lunch. Summary of Responsibilities and Measuring Success The Child Welfare Case Worker provides comprehensive case management services for children and families involved in the child welfare system from case opening through reunification, permanency, or case closure. Ensures child safety and well-being, coordinates in-home and foster care services, supports family engagement, maintains connections to family, community, and culture, and collaborates with Tribal Court and service providers to achieve timely, stable, and permanent outcomes for children. Manages assigned cases regardless of whether they were opened before or after reassumption of services. Daily Tasks/Responsibilities · Case Planning: Develops a written case plan with the family within 30 days of placement or case · opening and prepares it for federal approval and the 90-day supervisory review. · Monthly Visits: Completes at least one face-to-face visit with each child each month at the placement setting (25 CFR 20.506; SOP 8.11). At each visit, assesses the child's safety, well being, health, education and placement stability, and confirms who is living in the home. Documents the visit in FASS-CMS Cloud. If a scheduled visit does not happen, documents why and reschedules it within the same 30-day period. · Placement: Supports placement selection, following the placement preferences for extended family and the tribal community (SOP 8.3). Confirms, before placement, that the home is licensed by the Nation and that NACSA checks are complete for every adult in the home. · Family Connection: Arranges and documents parent and sibling visitation. Supports cultural connection, including participation in ceremonies, language and community events, consistent with the family's wishes and the case plan. · Services: Refers parents and children to services such as substance use treatment, mental health care, parenting support, the Office of Justice Services-funded recidivism program and IHS, and tracks progress. · Permanency and Court: Pursues a permanency plan within six months of placement. Attends every hearing once a case opens and is the court's point of contact from the Admit/Deny hearing onward. Prepares court reports and testifies at admit/deny, pre-trial, trial, review, permanency and Northstar Kinship hearings in Red Lake Nation Tribal Court. Submits the case plan for the judge's approval. The court holds review hearings at least every 180 days, and often every 30 or 90 days, and a permanency hearing generally at the 12-month mark. Makes reasonable and active efforts to reunify the family and treats reunification as the primary plan unless the court finds otherwise. · Interstate and Out-of-Area Placements: Coordinates Interstate Compact placements and residential placements. · Older Youth: Provides independent living and transition planning for youth age 16 and older. · Critical Events: Responds to placement disruptions, including buying emergency placement items when a child is moved without essentials, runaways and critical incidents. Reports any new allegation of abuse or neglect in placement immediately to an Administrative Support / Intake Worker, so that it is cross reported to law enforcement and the licensing agency. Qualifications The Child Welfare Case Worker shall possess the following qualifications: Education : Bachelor's degree in a related field. Experience : At least 3 years of child welfare case management, foster care or permanency casework. Experience testifying in court and working with tribal communities is preferred. Equal Opportunity Employer Montech Inc. is dedicated to the principles of equal employment opportunity (EEO) in any term, condition, or privilege of employment. The Company prohibits unlawful discrimination against applicants or employees on the basis of age (40 and over), race, color, religion, national origin, disability, genetic information, sexual identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, veteran status, marital status, or any other status protected by federal, state or local laws. This job description is not all inclusive of the tasks that may be assigned to the Child Welfare Case Worker. Montech Inc. is a leader in business support solutions, offering professional and technical services for federal and state clients, tribal governments, and commercial customers. Headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Montech Inc. has employees who perform work in multiple states including Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Louisiana, Maryland, Missouri, Montana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Washington and Texas. Established in 2011, we are a U.S. SBA 8(a) Program Graduate, a Minority Owned Business, Small Disadvantaged Business, Indian Small Business Economic Enterprise (ISBEE), and Woman-Owned Small Business. Montech Inc. currently recruits for over 90 different labor categories. Montech Inc. has established strict screening, hiring and retention processes to provide our customers with the best technical support staff. Our team is passionate about the work we do and the important missions we support. We pride ourselves on being a responsible partner our customers can count on for reliable performance and outstanding customer service.