Case Planner (Preventive - Queens, NY)

Overview Rising Ground provides caring support and proven paths to positive change, helping children, adults, and families rise above adversity. Each year, Rising Ground positively impacts the lives of more than 25,000 individuals through 101 programs in 138 locations throughout New York City and Westchester. Our strong belief and commitment to diversity is integral to building a strong staff that reflects the communities we serve. Do not pass up this chance, apply quickly if your experience and skills match what is in the following description. Family Support Program is looking for visionaries eager to utilize an evidence-informed model to support families in navigating, surviving, and thriving in their worlds. Join us in this groundbreaking initiative to provide an evidence-informed intervention called Solution Based Casework (SBC). We also provide case management services, advocacy, referrals, assistance with childcare, housing, income support, food pantries, and medical and mental health services. The Solution Based Casework (SBC) Model prioritizes working in partnership with families, focuses on pragmatic solutions to difficult situations, and celebrates family successes. Through the SBC Model, case planners help strengthen families, stabilize, and maintain family functioning while continually assessing for risk and safety issues. Services are provided to at-risk families referred by the Administration for Children's Services or self-referred. Responsibilities Case Planner will have a caseload of 12 families. They will perform assessments of children and family needs, implementing preventive services to avert foster care placement and disruption of the family unit. Work includes counseling families toward resolving individual and family-level concerns, outcomes, and developing family-led action plans. This is facilitated by utilizing agency and community resources to assist families in achieving and maintaining self-sufficiency and independence. Non-traditional work hours may be required; Case Planners must make themselves available based on the family's availability. Conduct case work contact visits 2X per month; in the home, community, and/or at school. Perform face-to-face counseling sessions as mandated and as appropriate, based on need. Record and document assessment results, case plans, services provided, visits made, and progress towards goals in database systems (CONNECTIONS and PROMIS). Ensure that case management activities, documents, record-keeping, and reporting comply with regulatory guidelines and quality standards in a timely manner. Provide and arrange for appropriate referrals; community-based and other services related to the needs of the child/ren and family (i.e., social, emotional, therapeutic services, medical, educational, vocational, financial, legal, childcare, home management, entitlement advocacy, substance abuse treatment, anger management, and parenting skill training). Monitor treatment activities and levels of participation and effectiveness; advocate for additional needed services. Promptly address all safety and protection needs of the child; ensure that living environments are safe. Investigate and respond to all reports of suspected neglect, abuse, or exploitation of children; immediately report and address unsafe or reasonably suspicious situations consistent with the actions of Mandated Reporters. Maintain professional and technical knowledge. Participate as a responsible, cooperative member of the interdisciplinary team; contribute to team efforts; maintain positive relationships with the Edwin Gould/Rising Ground constituency, i.e., children, families, caretakers, representatives of governing agencies, colleagues, service providers, and the community; interpret the program to service providers and community, and assist in developing community collaboratives. Work is performed under the supervision of an administrative manager, usually a Preventive Supervisor. Close supervision is received in the form of review of case work plans, one-on-one supervision, case work conferences, and case presentations. Qualifications Bachelor's degree in social work or related field from an accredited college or university required. Experience in children and families in a Human Service setting and/or Child Welfare System. Familiarity with using PROMIS and Connections. Computer skills in Microsoft Office suite and excellent writing skills are required. Fluent in speaking Spanish/English preferred. Hybrid (2) Remote (3) In-Office Flexible schedule Benefit Package (Medical, Vision, Dental, PTO, 401k matching) $53,000 - $55,000 Annually Differential pay for bilingual speaking (English/Spanish). EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT It is the policy of Rising Ground that the Agency wholly complies with equal treatment of all employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination as to an individual's perceived or actual race, creed, color, national origin, alienate, citizenship status, gender, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or veteran status in all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, layoff, and termination and all other terms and conditions of employment. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Created: 2025-01-03