- Professional
- Optionales Büro in Pleasantville
Position Summary: Case planning with goal of permanency for children either through reunification with parents, through adoption or kinGAP, or in preparation for independent living. To assure a safe and permanent outcome for every child with a focus on safety and timely permanency.
Responsibilities:
Assess safety and risk as well as protective and promotive factors and collaborate with families to create safety plans.
Continuously identify with the child and family their strengths, resources, and supports needed, and engage families to actively participate in the development and assessment of their service plan.
Work side-by-side with the caregiver/foster parent to support and provide treatment to the child in care.
Collaborate with parent advocates to encourage and support parents in taking steps to address personal and/or family challenges so that their children can safely return home.
Engage families in concurrent planning from the initiation of the child welfare intervention
Identify, support, and develop appropriate family and non-kinship resources to support the child’s goal of permanency
Coordinate with children’s caregivers, schools, medical, mental health and other service providers, and support networks to enhance children’s well-being.
Have ongoing collateral contact with the interdisciplinary team and all service providers to monitor progress and efficacy.
Comply with all Agency, City, State, and Federal requirements related to client contacts, visitation, documentation, mandates, and procedures.
Ensure preparedness, compliance, and participation in all legal matters including paperwork, reporting, and testimony in Family and Criminal Court proceedings.
Complete timely progress notes, FASPS, Psychosocial, Plan Amendments, Adoption summaries, Home studies, court reports, CCS21+ applications, and other required documentation
Schedule, lead, and attend all routine and emergency Family Team Conferences
Develop visiting plans for youth with their with families, viable resources, including separated siblings
Schedule, supervise, and provide coaching of visitation as needed, appropriate, and required.
Prepare individual IL monthly contacts and documentation
Serve as a mentor to less seasoned staff and support onboarding activities for new department members
Crisis Intervention as needed
Assist with hospitalization and discharge planning following hospitalization
Coordinate and facilitate family and sibling visitation/meetings. Supervise as required by the service plan.
Conduct home visits to parents, foster parents and discharge resources
Collaborate with homefinding in identifying, developing, and certifying viable resources and supports for youth
Collaborate with other JCCA divisions to ensure the child’s safe placement in the least restrictive level of care
Complete Special/Exceptional Rate Requests and Reauthorization as necessary
Implement evidence-based models with caregivers, parents, discharge resources and youth.
Attend department and team meetings, consultation and supervision.
Provide extensive outreach advocacy services, and support groups for families as needed
Coordinate with other agency and community based programs such as Health Homes, Behavioral Health and ABC.
Participate in all trainings including training for evidence-based models and other trainings in support of model implementation.
Work with Youth skills coach to develop and teach youth appropriate skills.
Any other duties assigned
Qualifications:
Engage with clients to establish a professional relationship.
MA required, MSW preferred
Knowledge of community resources and ability to effectively negotiate systems for multi-problem families.
Experience with drug treatment populations preferred
Typing skills and computer literacy required
Excellent interpersonal skills
Spanish/English preferred
Drivers’ license
