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St. Jerome Emiliani Foster Care Program provides residential services to immigrant and refugee youth through the care of foster parents, supported by program staff. In addition to residential services, youth are provided medical and mental health care, educational services, recreation opportunities, among others. Youth are provided guidance toward self-sufficiency so that they may be successful post discharge from the program.
The Unaccompanied Refugee Minors (URM) Case Manager is responsible for coordinating and providing comprehensive case management services to Unaccompanied Refugee Minor (URM) foster families and URM foster children. Case Managers assist foster parents and create opportunities within the program for youth to experience core values of generosity (community service, volunteering, random acts of kindness, etc.). The URM Case Manager will work closely with supervisor and Individual Service Planning (ISP) team members to ensure youth's permanency plan is progressing and in the best interest of the youth. The Case Manager will communication with key agencies such as United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR), courts, U.S Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS,) and consulates as required; therefore, strong verbal and written communication skills is required.
What you Deliver
Provide assistance and support to clients and foster parents to ensure that each youth's basic and complex needs, such as medical, educational, and mental health, are appropriately met. Travel via various modes of transportation (automobile, airplane, bus, etc.) to conduct client visits, facilitate client family or fictive kin visits, or any additional program-oriented duties requiring travel. Responsible for the accurate and timely completion and filing of all required documents, forms and reports, including, but not limited to: ORR 3, ORR 4, Medicaid application, progress notes, individual service plans, safety plans, medical documentation, legal documentation, and incident reports Utilize professional and appropriate written and oral communication to relay information to clients, foster parents, agency staff, community stakeholders, funders, and other entities. Based on assessments and discussion with youth, the case manager is responsible for outlining the appropriate permanency-planning pathway. Pathways include: transition to adulthood, kinship/non-family member/family reunification or adoption. May conduct duties related to foster parent training, foster home, and file parent compliance, and ensuring adherence to HHSC Minimum Standards for Child Placing Agencies. May conduct duties related to foster parent training, foster home, and file parent compliance, and ensuring adherence to HHSC Minimum Standards for Child Placing Agencies.