Case Planner – Preventive FT/R (Bilingual Preferred) – Seamen’s Society for Children and Families – Staten Island, NY

The Organization:

Founded in 1846 to care for the children and widows of sailors in the Port of New York, Seamen’s Society was one of the first organizations, in the US, to care for abandoned children in family settings, rather than institutions. Today, Seamen’s Society for Children and Families is a comprehensive $23 million nonprofit organization that offers foster care and adoption services, mental and behavioral health care services, prevention/family stabilization services, a family day care program, domestic violence intervention and counseling services, health home care management services, education financial support, and a youth tutoring program. The agency’s nearly 200 professionals serve over 1,100 children and 800 families in New York City.

Job Summary:

To provide intensive clinical case management services for families affected by parental and/or child mental health and/or substance abuse, trauma, or intimate partner violence issues that place the family at risk of foster care placement.

• Duties and Responsibilities:
• Assess and refer children/individual/families to supportive and concrete services, housing, financial assistance, education, substance use, mental health, medical, immigration, legal, etc.
• Provide case planning, assessment, crisis intervention, establish goals and objectives and counseling services for families who have a child at risk of Foster Care placement.
• Conduct assessments of families within 30 days of intake and reviewed review and update in 6months after intake.
• Participate and attend all ACS, OCFS, Agency and Model Developer trainings as requested or required.
• Provide crisis intervention and counseling services to children, teens, individuals and families.
• Collaborate with program case aide in supporting families in obtaining resources, support services, and advocacy assistance.
• Collaborate with ACS to monitor compliance with mandated services, and family attendance of court hearings.
• Collaborate with ACS legal team to assure all service needs are being addressed by families.
• Document and maintains all mandated tracking logs/excel sheets, case record electronic systems, and document in a timely manner.
• Complete all program required paperwork, i.e., Progress Notes, Program Family Assessments, Family Assessment Service Plans (FASPs), and other reporting requirements.
• Request, participate, facilitate and or attended, conferences, meetings internal or external to the agency.
• Assist individuals and families in developing services plans addressing safety, stabilization, substance use, mental health, domestic violence, from a harm reduction approach.
• Participate in weekly Supervision, with a planned agenda on family case issues to discuss· Implement Quality Assurance data to drive case practice and improve performance and achieve outcomes.
• Monitor and obtain information on the child/ren school placement and educational performance.
• Monitor and obtain information on the family’s medical needs, including compliance with periodic physicals and immunizations.
• Skills, Knowledge, Abilities:
• Ability to use communication skills that successfully convey and obtain accurate and complete information in a respectful caring manner.
• Ability to communicate effectively with supervisors, co-workers, and other community partners
• Demonstrates ability to organize and coordinate work within schedule constraints and handle emergent requirements in a timely manner.
• Ability to conduct interviews with families to obtain and provide information needed to carry out case management responsibilities
• Knowledge and ability to use critical thinking and analytical skills used to formulate with the family person achievable plans for implementation
• Ability to perform the essential functions of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation.
• Collaboration and facilitation skills that to work with the individual, families and services providers.
• Demonstrates cultural sensitivity and competence in work with families from various ethnic and cultural groups, social economic status and lifestyles.
• Qualifications/Requirements:
• Bachelor’s required, MSW. preferred.
• Bi-Lingual is preferred. Spanish, Chinese/Mandarin, Russian, Italian, French Creole.
• Experience with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, CNNX, PROMIS
• At least two years child welfare and counseling experience preferred.
• Due to the nature of the work environment work hours will be based on needs of program and may vary
• Perform other duties/responsibilities as assigned within scope of position

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $26.64 per hour

Benefits:

• Dental insurance
• Disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Retirement plan
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

Education:

• Bachelor’s (Required)

Experience:

• Child welfare: 2 years (Preferred)
• counseling: 2 years (Preferred)
• PROMIS: 1 year (Preferred)

Language:

• Spanish (Preferred)

Work Location:

• One location

Company’s website:

• www.seamenssociety.org

Benefit Conditions:

• Waiting period may apply

Work Remotely:

• Temporarily due to COVID-19

COVID-19 Precaution(s):

• Remote interview process
• Personal protective equipment provided or required
• Social distancing guidelines in place
• Virtual meetings
• Sanitizing, disinfecting, or cleaning procedures in place