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About the Role
Provides direct casework services to children and their families as a member of an Independent Living team, performing all activities and administrative tasks associated with handling a caseload in keeping with ACS and OCFS regulations. This role involves fieldwork, potentially driving residents/family members in your vehicle, and requires some evening hours for parent conferences and home visits.
Responsibilities
- Demonstrates fidelity to the agency’s service values and organizational imperatives.
- Attend family/criminal court hearings on behalf of resident youth.
- Attends monthly unit meetings with Director, caseworker and case aide of our other NSP program.
- Facilitates family team conferences to discuss progress and planning toward reunification/ independence.
- Makes home visits at least once a month to discuss challenges, progress with parent/child visits and securement of community resources.
- Provides direct casework services to families.
- Develops action plans with the assistance of the RTC/NSP/NSD team.
- Chairs Apartment Business Meeting (ABM) for RTC program resident youth.
- Strongly advocates for residents/ families in securing community resources; trouble shoots in tenant/landlord conflicts, school placements, etc.
- Timely compliance with all applicable social service-related regs/mandated paperwork and record keeping (OCFS, ACS, courts, etc.).
- Meets with youth at least twice a month to develop a trusting relationship, discuss progress of parent/child visits, school progress and adjustment to RTC/NSP/NSD program.
- Attends, engages and advocates for youth at school conferences and IEP’s.
- Arranges transportation for parents to attend school conferences and IEP’s.
- Writes psycho-socials and treatment reports based on collaboration with fellow team members.
- Develops a safety plan for youth.
- Provides one-on-one counseling and trauma-informed casework, as needed, practice with individual youth.
- Meets biweekly with supervisor and case aide to discuss treatment plans, progress, challenges and ideas.
- Facilitates permanent connections for youth/assures family engagement whenever possible.
- Explores clinical, educational, vocational and legal services.
- Attends training sessions and transitional conferences at ACS and detention centers.
- Develop effective working relations and cooperate with administrative team throughout the entire case management process.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Minimum of a Bachelor's degree required in Social Work or related field with one year experience in child welfare.
- Clean NYS driver’s license and access to own personal car.
Skills
- Casework services
- Caseload management
- Treatment Team Meeting facilitation
- Home visits
- Parent conferences
- Family court hearings
- Family team conferences
- Community resource advocacy
- Record keeping
- One-on-one counseling
- Trauma-informed casework
- Supervision meetings
- Permanent connections facilitation
- Clinical services exploration
- Educational services exploration
- Vocational services exploration
- Legal services exploration
- School conferences
- IEP advocacy
- Transportation arrangement
- Training sessions attendance
- Transitional conferences attendance
- Working relations development
- Cooperation with administrative team
- Case management process
Location
- Five boroughs
Work Type
- Hybrid
- In field
Experience Level
- One year experience in child welfare
Education Level
- Bachelor's degree in Social Work or related field
- Master's degree preferred
About the Company
- Founded in 1826 as a home for orphaned children, St. John’s has evolved into a nonprofit social services agency providing residential care to New York City youth involved in the child welfare and juvenile justice systems.
- Offers holistic, trauma-informed support to young people up to age 21.
- Main campus in Rockaway Park, Queens, houses a Residential Treatment Center, Close to Home Non-Secure Placement programs, administrative offices, clinical services, and an on-site NYC Department of Education school.
- Also operates a Non-Secure Detention residence in Richmond Hill and Limited Secure Placement programs in Brooklyn and Staten Island.
- Dedicated to helping youth heal, grow, and build the skills they need to achieve their goals and return to family or a stable, supportive environment as engaged members of their communities.
Equal Opportunity
- St. John’s Residence for Boys provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected group status.