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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

• 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 critical outcomes by facilitating regular casework contacts and 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 supervision to present and discuss case situations and provide updates.
• 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 client needs are met.
• Ensures medical training is provided to foster parents and birth parents.
• Ensures services are provided according to treatment needs and external collaborations occur as needed.
• Utilizes individual and unit data to measure/monitor 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.
• Must be a 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 to travel throughout New York City or Agency vehicle when available.
• Bilingual preferred.

Skills

• Microsoft Office
• Outlook
• Excel
• Connections

Location

• 89-74 162nd Street, Jamaica, NY, 11432, 5th Floor - Jamaica, NY 11432

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.
• Learn more at www.heartshare.org or follow 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.