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- Child Welfare Specialists (CWS) are responsible for a blended, weighted caseload of approximately 10 clients (with an agency caseload ratio of being 15:1 or less, and total number of visits being approximately 25 or less a month).
- Clients served by Little City as youth in the care of Illinois' Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and have been determined to be abused, neglected or dependent by the State of IL, and reside in foster homes.
- Assesses the on-going safety and well-being of the child in his/her/their foster home through 3x/month in-person contacts with the youth, with two of the visits being within the home each month.
- Critical documentation for inclusion in the case files includes securing required documentation for assessment and provision of services to youth(s) and biological family members such as medical, emotional, well-being documentation; school records; service planning and referral documentation; obtaining DCFS-approved consents for services; and more.
- SACWIS notes are audited by DCFS, are a part of a child's case record, and may be used as parts of Court Hearings pertaining to a youth and family case in juvenile court.
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