Michael Reese

Primary roles are to initiate both family and investigative assessments after hours as well as maintain rotational coverage of the CPS intake line. This includes but is not limited to conducting safety assessments, utilizing and creating plans with Temporary Safety Providers to include back ground screening and juvenile petition filing where applicable. Completion of both after hours requests for day staff and assists for other counties received after 3pm. Many assessment cases received are highly sensitive in nature as they often include elements of sex abuse and severe injury which require immediate response and an intense level of interviewing and safety planning.

• Child protective services case management in an in-home services program ensuring child safety
• Children involved remain in the custody of their parents/caregiver while service plans are developed with the family to ensure maltreatment related to abuse and neglect is not occurring
• Home visits are completed based upon risk level as well as referrals for services needed to minimize and eliminate any safety threats identified during the life of the case
• Juvenile petition filing occurs when children remain unsafe and there are no additional resources available to maintain safety in home
• Communication occurs regularly with parents, service providers and any collateral contacts involved with the case
• This would include staffing cases for court, within individual supervision and designated panels

• Management of a caseload of 500+ clients involving application, establishment and enforcement of child support orders
• Requires the ability to use multiple federally regulated computer systems simultaneously to collect and update information required to complete casework
• Requires the use of NCFast, ACTS, ECS, Excel, and court systems etc
• Schedules cases for court hearings to both establish and enforce cases
• Familiarity with Clerk of Courts and justice process related to all aspects of child support and family courts
• Responsible for court filing and completion of all court packets and dockets for hearing to include sheriff service to defendants
• Also, a certified mediator as case management requires an attempt to establish orders in office by assisting both parties with negotiation through facilitating settlement conferences
• High level of customer service and ability to understand and relate to diverse individuals with varying ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds while remaining unbiased and working to ensure the needs of children remain primary

• Provided supervision to CPS social workers who conduct family assessments, forensic investigations and/or case management for families with substantiated reports of suspected child neglect and abuse as defined in the General Statutes of North Carolina
• Conducts comprehensive assessments of child safety, family strengths and needs, and family support systems
• Prepares court summaries and participates in associated court proceedings
• Ability to use best practice strategies and professional judgement in complex situations are essential
• Must have knowledge of child welfare policies and practices (including but not limited to social work investigation, crisis intervention and family functioning and child development) and be able to integrate this knowledge and skill in judicial and other legal proceedings

• Company Overview: The Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare (BMCW) works with families to ensure the safety and well-being of children
• This position involves the supervision of Initial Assessment (IA) social workers who conduct safety assessments of the child(ren) following a call to access reporting child abuse or neglect
• IA Specialists also determine if maltreatment has occurred
• The Initial Assessment worker interviews the family and others involved with the child to get a complete picture of family functioning and identify present and impending dangers
• Services to ensure the safety of the child will be put into place in the home if the child is found to be unsafe
• If the parent cannot or will not control for safety in the home, the child may be taken into temporary physical custody
• The service manager staffs safety decision making throughout the assessment process and makes final determination related to protective and safety planning as well as the decision to take a child into protective custody
• In addition, following any safety or maltreatment decisions, a full Initial assessment document is generated within Ewisacwis (state computer program) which details the family and their functioning outside of the incident
• It is this supervisor's responsibility to read and approve these documents to determine not only safety, but also maltreatment decisions surrounding substantiation of abuse or neglect
• The Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare (BMCW) works with families to ensure the safety and well-being of children

• Company Overview: SaintA provides Ongoing Case Management and Intensive In-Home Services for the Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare
• Supervisory duties include but are not limited to ensuring the effective supervision and safety assessing, development of case managers, case supervision, and overall responsibility related to Federal/ State/BMCW/Agency compliance outcomes
• Program changes also required detention of children who are abused and neglected and working the case through court up to the possibility of adoption
• This required supervision of dual case loads with both in and out of home care cases
• Key responsibilities also include effective mediation, problem resolution and crisis response to staff and stakeholders; as well as representation of the agency in all internal and external functions
• SaintA provides Ongoing Case Management and Intensive In-Home Services for the Bureau of Milwaukee Child Welfare

• Company Overview: CSSW is a wholly owned subsidiary of Children's Hospital and Health Systems providing contracted child welfare services for the Department of Children and Families
• The Relative Coordination program was created to provide supportive services and resources to unlicensed relative caregivers who have been granted Kinship through a CHIPS order
• The Relative Coordinator assists with navigation of the child welfare and court systems, conducts regular face to face and telephone contact with providers, and works with the case manager assigned in reaching permanency for children who are in out of home care
• The ultimate goal of the program is to assist relatives with the foster care licensing process and provide them or connect them to resources to overcome barriers which will help them reach DCF licensing standards
• CSSW is a wholly owned subsidiary of Children's Hospital and Health Systems providing contracted child welfare services for the Department of Children and Families

• Company Overview: CSSW is a wholly owned subsidiary of Children's Hospital and Health Systems providing contracted child welfare services for the Department of Children and Families
• Safety Services is an intensive in-home program requiring case management services for families who have been or are at risk for abusing and neglecting their children
• Primary responsibilities included developing, implementing and maintaining in home safety plans while the abused child still resided with the maltreating care giver
• This was accomplished through weekly assessments, service interventions through community referrals and extreme hands on approach to influencing child safety always
• Community service providers were assigned and monitored for contract compliance through case closure
• Primary goal of services is to help families understand the root causes of child safety factors and connect them to both formal/informal supports to guide them in the long term
• CSSW is a wholly owned subsidiary of Children's Hospital and Health Systems providing contracted child welfare services for the Department of Children and Families

• Primary role and responsibility consisted of monitoring the community supervision of criminal and misdemeanor offenders while upholding orders administered by the court
• In addition, agents plan for the release of inmates who have been sentenced to a term of imprisonment under DOC guidelines
• Agents maintained a generic case load which included sex offenders, drug offenses, homicide, fraud, DUI etc
• Conducted revocation and court review hearings for offenders who fell out of compliance with DOC rules or their judgments of conviction
• Officers routinely completed home visits and office appointments for a caseload of over 200
• Agents also connected clients to community agencies providing housing, mental health, AODA and DV services based upon needs
• Ultimate goal remains rehabilitation and lowering of recidivism rates