Therapeutic Foster Care Social Worker

Overview Some careers are just jobs. This one is different. At Foundations for Home and Community , the work you do every day helps create safe, stable, and supportive environments where youth can heal, grow, and build brighter futures. We're a Maryland-based nonprofit organization dedicated to providing therapeutic and specialized foster care services for adolescents and young adults with emotional, behavioral, and family-related challenges. Working alongside foster families, community partners, and mental health professionals, we deliver individualized, strengths-based care that empowers youth to develop resilience, gain independence, and achieve lasting success. Our team is guided by a commitment to compassion, collaboration, and excellence. We believe meaningful change happens when services are family-centered, culturally responsive, and rooted in the communities where the youth we serve live and thrive. Every member of our organization plays a vital role in supporting children, families, and foster parents through every step of their journey. If you're looking for a career where your work has a lasting impact, your contributions are valued, and you can help transform lives every day, you'll find that opportunity at Foundations for Home and Community. Responsibilities If you’re someone who believes that every child deserves the opportunity to thrive in a safe, supportive family environment, this role was built for you. As a Therapeutic Foster Care Social Worker within our Therapeutic Foster Care program, you’ll provide comprehensive case management services to children, foster families, biological families, and adoptive families—ensuring each child receives the support, advocacy, and coordinated care needed for long-term stability and success. Your work will be relationship-driven, community-based, and essential to helping children and families achieve positive outcomes. What You'll Do As a Therapeutic Foster Care Social Worker, you'll provide comprehensive case management and family-centered services for children in therapeutic foster care. Day to day, you can expect to: Conduct assessments, complete social histories, develop individualized treatment plans, and monitor client progress through regular home visits, family meetings, and ongoing case management. Provide crisis intervention, emotional support, and education to children, therapeutic foster parents, biological families, and adoptive families while promoting healthy family relationships and placement stability. Coordinate treatment services, facilitate Family Treatment Team Meetings, collaborate with community providers, and advocate for clients by connecting families with needed resources and supports. Maintain timely, accurate documentation, complete required reports, attend court hearings and case-related meetings, and ensure compliance with agency, licensing, and regulatory requirements. Participate in community-based services, including evening visits…