Job Description
A social services organization in New York City is looking to add a new Case Worker to their team in the Brooklyn. In this role, the Case Worker will be responsible for providing all case management services.
About the Opportunity:
- Schedule: Monday to Friday
- Hours: 9am to 5pm or 6pm (Must be able to work at least 2 evenings per week to accommodate working families schedules)
- Setting: Solution-Based Casework
Responsibilities :
The Case Worker will:
- Provide home-based and on-site individual, family, and group counseling, as well as short-term crisis intervention, including advocacy and outreach for designated caseload of eight (8) families.
- Engage families immediately upon referral, at times participating in Administration for Children's Services (ACS) Child Safety Conferences.
- Implement and integrate the principles and procedures of Solution-Based Casework (SBC): assessment, family and individual level outcomes, action plans, and documentation and celebration.
- Handle case-related crises with professionalism, urgency, and care, including incidents involving reports to the State Central Registry.
- Conduct screenings and assessments for substance use, mental illness, and child safety and well-being, including assessing caregiver capacity, home environment and conditions, discipline methods, etc.
- Integrate the practices of SBC into every counseling session.
- Ensure that every child has been seen and properly assessed every month.
- Meet appropriate case work contacts for each phase of treatment: Initial, Baseline, and Stabilization.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree required in (Social Work; Human Services, Psychology, Sociology, Counseling and Humanities degrees considered)
- Child welfare experience required
- Bilingual - English/Spanish preferred
- Must have strong organizational, interpersonal, and counseling skills
- Must be able to work at least 2 evenings per week to accommodate working families' schedules
- Must have strong inquiry skills and ability to seek and share internal and external best practices
- Must have a commitment to work from a strength based, trauma-informed & youth and family development perspective
- SBC trained and/or SBC certified a plus
Job Tags
Temporary work, Afternoon shift, Monday to Friday,