Hope For Youth’s Intensive and Support Case Management (ISCM) program is an out-patient preventative service that provides children and their families with the support and treatment needed to stabilize a youth’s immediate living situation and prevent the placement of children into foster care or a higher level of care. Hope For Youth’s ISCM program, available throughout Suffolk County, can accommodate the needs of up to 48 children and their families.
The ISCM program is designed to help prevent disruption, multiple placements and placements in more restrictive settings. Hope For Youth’s caseworkers utilize proven screening tools such as the Casey Life Skills Assessment and Child and Adolescent Strengths and Needs Screening. ISCM staff work closely with the DSS. Through interdisciplinary assessments, DSS and Child Protective Services provide the Hope For Youth ISCM team with information pertaining to the families past and current functioning so that Hope For Youth’s Case Managers can provide recommendations for going forward. Communication between Suffolk County and HFY is ongoing.
To be a successful Supportive Case Manager you must be willing and able to:
- Providing services to maintain child in current living environment and work to achieve positive outcomes/deliverables as outlined in the service contract/grant.
- Assessing and addressing safety and health concerns in the child’s current home environment and provide appropriate advocacy as needed.
- Conducting twice monthly face to face contacts/home/community contacts, as well as weekly phone contact, and completes all necessary reports, paperwork and forms as outlined in the program operations manual.
- Maintain a caseload of up to 20 clients.
How you will spend your time in this job:
- Field work
- Documentation and related paperwork
- Staff meetings, committees, supervision, Interdisciplinary Treatment Team Meetings
- Training and staff development
- Other assignments, as needed
Will be expected to work out of both the Riverhead Office and the Amityville Office.
Minimum Requirements:
- LMSW (or MSW with a provisional license and a date scheduled to take the exam)
- Valid NYS Driver’s License in good standing
- Access to a reliable vehicle that can be used on a regular basis for home visits and transports.
- Excellent writing skills/time management.
- Ability to be flexible with scheduling (work evenings, possible weekends if necessary).
- On call 24/7 via mobile phone and Internet technologies for around-the-clock communication and to respond to any emergencies.
- Relevant Experience Preferred
- Physical Requirements: read/write reports and log entries, walking/standing for prolonged periods, bending/stooping, kneeling/squatting, climbing stairs, reaching overhead, repetitive wrist/finger movements, driving
Benefits package which includes date of hire eligibility for medical/dental/vision benefits, 403(b) Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts, agency-paid life insurance and disability, as well as Tuition Assistance and free tuition credits, Pension plans and generous paid time off. Medical benefits include 90% Employer paid Health Insurance. Employees may be eligible for Student Loan Forgiveness Programs.
Hope For Youth, Inc. provides residential care, foster care, and preventive and out-patient services to children, youth and families. Residential and foster care services are licensed by New York State Office of Children and Family Services; our out-patient clinic is licensed by New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services. CFTSS services are licensed by New York State Office of Mental Health.
All positions are subject to verification of qualifications including reference checks and background investigation including Staff Exclusion List, DMV record review, State Central Child Abuse Registry, and (where applicable) criminal records and other clearances required by law. Hope For Youth, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer.
Learn more about Hope For Youth at: http://www.hfyny.org.
Only applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.
Job Type: Full-time
Pay: $45,000.00 per year
Benefits:
- Dental insurance
- Disability insurance
- Flexible spending account
- Health insurance
- Health savings account
- Life insurance
- Paid time off
- Referral program
- Retirement plan
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision insurance
Schedule:
- Monday to Friday
- On call
Work Location:
- One location
Company’s website:
Benefit Conditions:
- Only full-time employees eligible
Work Remotely:
COVID-19 Precaution(s):
- Personal protective equipment provided or required
- Temperature screenings
- Social distancing guidelines in place
- Virtual meetings
- Sanitizing, disinfecting, or cleaning procedures in place
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