Child Welfare Case Worker

Akicita Federal is hiring Child Welfare Case Workers to provide ongoing case management for Indian children and families served by the BIA Red Lake Agency in Red Lake, MN. Working from the Red Lake Agency office, satellite offices, and in the field across the Red Lake Reservation — including off-reservation placements and court appearances — you will carry cases from initial placement or case opening through in-home services, foster care, and permanency. This assignment is established to stabilize the child welfare program during an emergency reassumption.
- Manage cases from the day a child is placed or a case opens through in-home services, foster care, and permanency planning
- Develop a written case plan with the family within 30 days of placement or case opening and prepare it for federal approval
- Conduct at least one face-to-face visit per month with each child at the placement setting, assessing safety, well-being, health, education, and placement stability
- Pursue a permanency plan within six months of placement; prepare court reports and testify at Admit/Deny, pre-trial, trial, review, permanency, and Northstar Kinship hearings
- Verify before placement that the home is licensed by the Nation and that NACSA checks are complete for every adult in the home
- Refer parents and children to services including substance use treatment, mental health care, parenting support, and IHS, and track their progress
- Arrange and document parent and sibling visitation and support cultural connection
- Provide independent living and transition planning for youth age 16 and older; respond to placement disruptions, runaways, and critical incidents; and document all visits and case activity in FASS-CMS Cloud
Schedule: Staggered shifts within a 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. staff coverage window, Monday through Friday, including evening visits. This position is not part of the investigative on-call rotation.