- Professional
- Escritório em Pleasantville
Job Summary:
Work in partnership with case planning and interdisciplinary treatment team to assure a safe and permanent outcome for every child. Provide case management for youth therapeutic services to children and their families.
Essential Generic Job Functions:
Client Contact to Support Permanency
• Participate in family team conferences.
• Participate in family and/or sibling visits as requested.
• Meet with youth and families in their home and community while in care and post-discharge.
• Crisis intervention and support as needed
Teamwork to Facilitate Permanency
• Assist in developing comprehensive, intensive, short-term plans to stabilize the youth and familial situation to avoid a potential disruption of placement
• Facilitate and support communication between the youth, family, any other outside stakeholders, and the JCCA team
• Collaborate with team members and Local Department of Social Services to generate and support individualized case management, referrals for treatment and discharge plans.
Document of Permanency Services
• Maintain progress notes in NYS EHR Connections and complete monthly contact grid.
• Development of a formal written discharge support plan
OTHER TASKS AND REQUIREMENTS:
• Represent agency in Court Hearings
• Refer and follow-up with community resources
• Available for evening and weekend work and participation in special events
• Complete FASPS, PHR's and court reports as assigned
Knowledge, Education and Skills Required:
•· Bachelor's Degree in Social Work, Human Services, or related field
• Demonstrate ability to collaborate with client and teams that are culturally and professionally diverse. ,
• Computer Literacy (specifically Microsoft Word, Excel).
• Ability to navigate NYS Connections system.
• Solid organizational and follow-up skills
• Excellent telephone and interpersonal skills
• Excellent writing skills.
• Ability to work independently
Knowledge, Education and Skills Preferred:
- Fast Learner/Adapts Quickly to new tasks
- Bilingual/Spanish preferred
