About the Role
Assist each child with obtaining permanency, maintaining safety, and ensuring a healthy well-being while in care. Coordinate and monitor client services and act as a liaison to ACS and community resources for discharge and reunification.
Responsibilities
- Create service plans addressing safety, behavioral, educational, psychological, and permanency needs in partnership with the child, biological family, and foster family.
- Monitor safety, well-being, and progress against critical outcomes through regular casework contacts and documentation.
- Schedule and supervise mandated visits between child and natural family.
- Conduct required interviews with child, natural family, and foster family.
- Make independent field visits to homes, schools, courts, prisons, hospitals, and other sites as needed.
- Attend weekly supervision to discuss case situations and follow supervisor directions.
- Attend Family Court hearings and provide testimony.
- Follow up on court directives.
- Participate in Family Team Conferences and other meetings to advance permanency.
- Collaborate with Integrated Services (Medical, Mental Health, Case Management) to monitor client needs and ensure appropriate services.
- Utilize data to measure performance and ensure all outcomes are met.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree required.
- Knowledge of Child Welfare System preferred.
- Excellent written, oral, organizational, and interpersonal communication skills.
- Collaborative team player.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Outlook and Excel.
- Computer proficient.
- Knowledge of Connections.
- Ability to work flexible hours, including some evenings.
- Ability to use public transportation or Agency vehicle for travel throughout New York City.
- Bilingual preferred.
Skills
- Microsoft Office
- Outlook
- Excel
- Connections
Location
- Brooklyn, NY
Work Type
- Full-Time
Education Level
- Bachelors Degree or Equivalent
Salary/Compensations
- $25.85 - $29.21 Hourly
Benefits
- Comprehensive benefit package based on full-time/part-time status.
- 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.
About the Company
- For over 150 years, Heartshare has been dedicated to championing and empowering New Yorkers society has too often overlooked and underestimated.
- Visit our website at www.heartshare.org or follow us on Twitter LinkedIn YouTube Instagram Facebook.
Equal Opportunity
- Heartshare is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).
- If you need to request accommodation during the recruiting process, please reach out to Leaves@heartshare.org.
