Make A Bigger Difference

Case Planner

For nearly 150 years, The Jewish Board has been delivering innovative, best-in-class mental and behavioral health services. We are unique in serving everyone from infants and their families, to children, teens, and adults. That adds up to countless opportunities to use your skills, training, and compassion to make a difference in the lives of over 45,000 New Yorkers each year.

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POSTED
11/27/24

SALARY
$25.27

JOB TYPE
Direct Care [200s]

REQ
# 24973

LOCATION
123 William St
New York, NY 10038, US

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PURPOSE:
Preventive Services helps keep children safe from abuse, neglect and maltreatment and help them remain at home and in their communities. We collaborate with at-risk families by assisting them to develop the skills to manage crisis and maintain safety and stability by offering a range of clinical and concrete services to help them thrive. Our culturally competent staff addresses the individual needs of the child, each family member residing with the child and their social economic environment. Families seen primarily in their homes and communities

POSITION OVERVIEW:
The Case Planner works with the entire family in evidenced based or non-evidenced based model programs. The Case Planner makes safety-focused assessments of the child and family by providing counseling services, advocacy and refers them for concrete services to help stabilize the environment, improve family well-being, and to reduce the future need for child welfare involvement.

KEY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
• Assess and address any safety and risks concerns related to the children’s health, safety and well being
• Evaluate living conditions of clients through home based contacts
• Identify and provide access to specific concrete services and community resources, when necessary or requested
• Collaborate with external resources in the family’s ecology e.g. school, medical provider, mental health providers, CPS worker, probation, extended family and community members etc.
• May conduct specialized groups for children, adolescents, parents etc.
• Attend conferences at ACS offices and other community based meetings
• Complete weekly progress notes in CONNECTIONS and enter data in PROMIS
• Complete and update timely Family Assessment Service Plan Reports (FASP)
• Attend ACS and JB trainings as required
• Carry caseload size as identified by program service model
• Assess and refer children and families to supportive and concrete services, ie mental health, substance abuse, housing, financial assistance, legal etc
• Participates in internal and external continuous quality improvement projects
• Monitor children regarding their medical needs, such as compliance with periodic physicals and immunizations
• Participate in Family Team Conferences (FTC’s)
• Performs outreach to communities and establish linkages with other groups, individuals or organizations which may be helpful to clients
• Complete agency internal incident reports in Alltrac system
• Assess level of interactions of family members in household including other adults frequenting the home
• Make report to State Central Registry when required
• Identify and monitor high risk families on caseload who are at risk for child abuse, neglect and further system involvement
• Maintain the case records consistent with JBFCS and ACS standards
CORE COMPETENCIES for the position include:
• Travel in the community and home based work
• Evening hours are required on occasion

EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING REQUIRED:
• BA or Masters Level Degree in Psychology, Social Work, Counseling or a related subject
EXPERIENCE REQUIRED/LANGUAGE PREFERENCE:
• Bilingual/Bicultural
• Prior experience working in the child welfare system or with children and families
• Ability to work as part of a team


We respect diversity and accordingly are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, partnership status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
This applies with respect to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, termination, assignments, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs, and all other terms and condition of employment as well as general treatment during employment.
We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified employees with disabilities, without regard to any protected classifications, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. Any employees who need assistance to perform their job duties because of a physical or mental condition should contact human resources.

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Who We Are

The Jewish Board delivers innovative, high-quality, and compassionate mental health and social services to over 45,000 New Yorkers each year. We are unique in serving everyone from infants and their families to children, teens, and adults. We are proud to employ and serve people of all religions, races, cultural backgrounds, gender expressions, and sexual orientations. We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams to help support our mission, and we strongly encourage candidates from historically marginalized backgrounds to apply to work with us.

Our Values.

Our values help guide us in everything we do, from our relationships with fellow staff to the clients and communities we serve.

Treat every person
with dignity
We act with respect and caring towards our clients, colleagues, and communities.
Strive to
be outstanding
We are exceptional professionals in all that we do.
Embrace each
other’s differences
We create a fair and inclusive environment for all.
Engage individuals and families
as our partners
We heal our communities one person at a time through thoughtful collaboration.
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We Are An Equal Opportunity Employer
We respect diversity and accordingly are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, partnership status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

This applies with respect to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, termination, assignments, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs, and all other terms and condition of employment as well as general treatment during employment.

We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified employees with disabilities, without regard to any protected classifications, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. Any employees who need assistance to perform their job duties because of a physical or mental condition should contact human resources.

We respect diversity and accordingly are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, partnership status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

This applies with respect to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, termination, assignments, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs, and all other terms and condition of employment as well as general treatment during employment.

We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified employees with disabilities, without regard to any protected classifications, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. Any employees who need assistance to perform their job duties because of a physical or mental condition should contact human resources.