DCS Resource Family Support Services

Face-to-face home-based caseworker services designed to preserve, support, and stabilize foster family home placements, and to promote the well-being of children, youth, and families.


The home-based caseworker will provide any combination of the following kinds of services to the families


  •     Home visits
  •     Coordination of services
  •     Conflict management
  •     Emergency/crisis services
  •     Child development education
  •     Developmental/behavioral effects of trauma education
  •     Parent education/training
  •     Parent training with children present
  •     Monitor progress of parenting skills
  •     Family communication
  •     Foster family support
  •     Community services information
  •     Community referrals and follow-up
  •     Develop structure/time management
  •     Reactive Attachment Disorder (RAD) support


Minimum Qualifications:


Bachelor's degree in social work, psychology, or a directly-related human service field