Case Planner
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HEARTSHARE HUMAN SERVICES OF NEW YORK
New York, NY, US
Summary
The Case Planner coordinates and monitors services for children to ensure safety, permanency, and well-being while acting as a liaison to community resources. They are responsible for creating service plans, conducting field visits, and providing testimony in Family Court.
Job Description
Job Details: Job Location: 89-74 162nd Street, Jamaica, NY, 11432, 5th Floor - Jamaica, NY, Position Type: Full-Time, Education Level: Bachelors Degree or Equivalent, Salary Range: $25.85 - $29.21Hourly, Travel Percentage: Up to 50% , Job Shift: Day, Sign-On Bonus: $2,000 (one-time; complete payout terms and overall pay breakdown provided in the formal offer)
We are seeking a Case Planner to assist each child with obtaining permanency, maintain safety and a healthy well-being, while in care. The Case Planner is responsible for coordinating and monitoring services for clients and is the liaison to ACS and all community resources as they relate to discharge and reunification. As a core member of the team, the Case Planner engages with other disciplines such as outpatient mental health providers, medical providers, school personnel and clinicians.
Essential Functions and Primary Responsibilities of Position:
Creates, in partnership with child, biological family and foster family, service plans which address safety, behavioral, educational, psychological and permanency needs.
Monitors safety, well-being, and progress against other critical outcomes by facilitating regular casework contacts and by documenting the same in progress notes and other case documentation.
Schedules and supervises mandated visits between child and natural family; conducts ongoing required interviews in person with child, natural family and foster family; independently makes all related field visits, to homes, schools, courts, prisons, hospitals and other sites as case may require.
Attends weekly, at minimum, supervision with the supervisor to present and discuss case situations and provide update on status of current work; carries out supervisor directions regarding planning and service follow up.
Attends all Family Court hearings on assigned cases; provides testimony regarding case status and Agency position; follows up on court directives.
Participates actively in Family Team Conferences and other meetings to advance permanency for children and families.
Works closely with Integrated Services (Medical, Mental Health and Case Management) to ensure that the medical and mental health needs of children and the biological family, are being monitored appropriately, necessary medical training is being received and provided to foster parents and birth parents, services are being provided according to treatment needs and external collaborations are occurring as needed in order to ensure safety, permanency and wellbeing.
Utilizes individual and unit data collected by the city, state, federal and agency data and accountability departments, in order to measure/monitor performance and ensure that all outcomes are being met.
Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree required.
Preferred if there is Knowledge of Child Welfare System.
Excellent written, oral, organizational, and interpersonal communication skills, and be a collaborative team player.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Outlook and Excel.
Computer proficient, knowledge of Connections.
Ability to work flexible hours - some evenings as needed to meet client needs.
Ability to use public transportation to travel throughout New York City or Agency vehicle when available.
Bilingual Preferred.
Benefits
What we offer once YOU join our growing family:
At Heartshare we offer a comprehensive benefit package based on full-time/part-time status. You can expect:
Rewarding Work in a team environment.
Paid vacation, sick, personal days, and holidays.
403(B) retirement plans with employer contribution.
Health, dental, vision and life insurance.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
Flexible spending account (Dependent Care, Medical, Parking, and Transit).
Employee Appreciation Programs and Events.
Tuition Assistance Program.
Professional Development opportunities.
Gympass Discount
Verizon Wireless Discount.
BJs Membership discount.
Discounts on Broadway tickets, movie tickets, theme parks, sporting events, gift certificates & more
Heartshare is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). If you need to request accommodation during the recruiting process, please reach out to [email protected].
About Heartshare
Who WE ARE:
For over 150 years, Heartshare has been dedicated to championing and empowering New Yorkers society has too often overlooked and underestimated.
To learn more about Heartshare, please visit our website at www.heartshare.org or follow us on Twitter LinkedIn YouTube Instagram Facebook
Heartshare nurtures and empowers children and adults diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including autism spectrum disorders, through educational, life skills and vocational training, residential, case management, recreational, family support and health care services. Heartshare affiliates include The Heartshare School, which offers quality education and therapies to children with autism, Heartshare Wellness, which provides critical health services to those with developmental disabilities and case management to those with chronic conditions, and Heartshare St. Vincent’s Services (HSVS), which supports children, adults and families living in crisis due to experiences with poverty. Since its founding in 1914, Heartshare has expanded its reach to over 100 program sites in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island, as well as to 61 of the 62 New York counties through energy grants to low-income families.
Heartshare is proud that 90% of all revenue goes directly to its programs and services. Heartshare is accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Services for Families and Children and is a Better Business Bureau Accredited Charity. For more information, visit http://www.heartshare.org/. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @heartshare and like us on Facebook.
Founded
1914
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Human Services
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Brooklyn, New York
Heartshare nurtures and empowers children and adults diagnosed with intellectual and developmental disabilities, including autism spectrum disorders, through educational, life skills and vocational training, residential, case management, recreational, family support and health care services. Heartshare affiliates include The Heartshare School, which offers quality education and therapies to children with autism, Heartshare Wellness, which provides critical health services to those with developmental disabilities and case management to those with chronic conditions, and Heartshare St. Vincent’s Services (HSVS), which supports children, adults and families living in crisis due to experiences with poverty. Since its founding in 1914, Heartshare has expanded its reach to over 100 program sites in Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island, as well as to 61 of the 62 New York counties through energy grants to low-income families.
Heartshare is proud that 90% of all revenue goes directly to its programs and services. Heartshare is accredited by the Council on Accreditation of Services for Families and Children and is a Better Business Bureau Accredited Charity. For more information, visit http://www.heartshare.org/. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram @heartshare and like us on Facebook.
Founded
1914
Company size
1,001-5,000 employees
Industry
Human Services
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Brooklyn, New York
