The Youth Champion will serve as the agency champion for youth. The position will provide case coordination, advocacy, and support for youth with complex medical needs, youth with complex behavioral health needs, youth experiencing placement instability, and victims of human trafficking, Family Support Services case management for community victims of human trafficking and community youth at risk of entering the child welfare system. This position will work closely with many community partners with youth who are at risk for lockout or surrender. This position reports directly to the Chief of Placement and Caregiver Support.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS
- Providing Family Support Services case management as assigned.
- To keep children from entering the child welfare system as a lockout or surrendered child, when there is no abuse or neglect.
- Completing face to face contacts and home visits with assigned clients.
- Work closely with system partners to expedite services for youth to promote success in the least restrictive setting possible.
- Assisting with care coordination to facilitate youth engagement with services and community agencies as needed.
- Recognizing and identifying children with complex needs, initiating a team approach to meet those needs.
- Understands and can identify the causes and effects of trauma and victimization including the impact of early and cumulative trauma and victimization and techniques for management and recovery.
- Recognizes and understand the interrelationships and dynamic nature of family systems and considers them in interaction with family members.
- Understands and can identify standards and methods to promote permanence for children, including parent involvement in case planning, services needed to maintain children in their own homes, parent involvement with children separated by placement, and services for timely reunification.
- Understands and can identify the needs of children within the child welfare system who are struggling with placement instability and the willingness to work with case management to meet the child’s needs.
- Coordinating assessment and advocating for youth with complex needs.
- Creating relationship and connection to serve youth with case management, caregivers, providers and system partners.
- Problem solving through hands on assistance to include but not limited to meeting with children, caregivers, and providers.
- Complete human trafficking victim assessment for level of care and/or Safe Harbor placement.
- Coordinate and manage the HT Family Support Services cases and documentation requirements in FSFN.
- Complete requirements for Family Support Services assigned cases including assessment, planning and face to face contacts.
- Coordinate with local, county, state, and federal law enforcement agencies in cases with concerns for trafficking.
- Participate in the Human Trafficking Review Team and multidisciplinary staffings as needed on youth who are sexually exploited or who may be a trafficking victim.
- Identifies and understands what resources are available and builds and maintains effective working relationships with a network of systems.
- Maintain relationships with community partners around our crossover youth to promote communication and collaboration.
- Complete documentation in FSFN and maintain case notes.
- Track relevant data in the P-kids or other system
- Uses data to inform practice and implements results-based best practices.
- Performs other related job duties as assigned.
