Care Specialist - Therapeutic Foster Care - Columbus
Twin Cedars Youth and Family Services
Columbus, GA, USA
Posted on Mar 1, 2026
Qualifications- Bachelor’s degree in social work, psychology, criminal justice, sociology or other social services field and two years’ experience in social services working with children and families OR Master’s degree in social services field and one year of related work experience.- Foster care system and/or mental health work experience preferred.Key Responsibilities- Provides comprehensive case coordination for children diagnosed with a range of behavioral health, developmental and medical diagnoses who are placed in therapeutic foster homes.- Takes primary responsibility for overseeing that children’s emotional and mental health needs are being met in the TFC program.- Provides regular technical assistance and support to the Therapeutic Foster Parents in the implementation of the Master Service Plan.- Provides support to the birth families for children served.- Acts as a liaison to community and advocate for provision of services for children.- Provides crisis intervention services and emergency on-call support.- Responsible for documentation, filing and maintenance of child records in accordance with TCYFS policy, licensing and funding source requirements.- Processes client and foster parent-related data for financial purposes.- Completes new admission intakes and placement move processes as assigned.- Participates in problem-solving and incident management for TFC program.