Social work supervisor vs foster care case manager

Differences between social work supervisor and foster care case manager duties and responsibilities

Social work supervisor example responsibilities.

• Collaborate with partners including public and private agencies to achieve permanency for children.
• Provide training and weekly supervision to MSW and BSW level staff in the traditional and therapeutic foster care programs.
• Provide ongoing adjustment to illness support to patients and families through hospitalization, bereavement counseling, and crisis intervention.
• Input data from assessments into the MDS system for submission to Medicare.
• Spearhead hospital-wide projects, including roll out of new CMS regulations and forms.
• Provide ongoing and current education regarding CMS issues like ABN process and implementation.
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Foster care case manager example responsibilities.

• Manage caseloads for Medicaid; interviewing and instructing clients in proper preparation of documentation.
• Prepare court reports, petitions and provide testimony to support case management as required by DHS contract and court mandates.
• Assure that DCFS policies and procedures, and all applicable laws, rules, and policies are follow.
• Supervise visitation between DCFS wards and their parents and siblings in order to observe parent-child interaction and ensure safety.
• Provide services to and on behalf of the consumers, natural families and foster families refer to the agency from DHS.
• Perform concurrent review to assure appropriateness of admission, inpatient/acute care, rehabilitation/SNF status, and discharge using establish InterQual guidelines.
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