Case Manager - Crisis Intervention - MRSS

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark • Jersey City, NJ

2d • $43,500 - $46,500 • Hybrid

About The Position

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark is seeking Full Time Case Managers for our Mobile Response & Stabilization Services (MRSS) Program located in Jersey City, NJ. The MRSS program provides families with counseling, guidance, and referral services to address juvenile crises and to help in stabilizing and preserving the family unit. The program addresses juvenile behavioral problems, such as truancy, chronic runaways, family disputes, and curfew violations. Mobile Response services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, to help children and youth who are experiencing emotional or behavioral crises. The services are designed to defuse an immediate crisis, keep children and their families safe, and maintain the children in their own homes or current living situation (such as a foster home, treatment home or group home). Mobile response/crisis intervention workers respond to calls received by the program through a centralized screening entity that determines the need for services. Workers must respond to calls within one hour by traveling to wherever the crisis occurs, such as in the child’s/family’s home, in school, or other community locations. The Mobile Response program utilizes agency-owned cars that workers use to drive to the site of the crisis.

Requirements

• Bachelor Degree in social work or a related field
• Valid driver’s license

Nice To Haves

• Bilingual fluency in English and Spanish preferred but not required.
• One year of experience working with children and families, particularly in crisis assessment and intervention, is preferred but not required.

Responsibilities

• Provide in-home and community based crisis de-escalation/intervention and assessment, safety planning as well as stabilization and case management services to families and children according to the families' individualized service needs.
• Coordination of discharge/transition services to include referral and linkages to services and supports appropriate to the level of need of the child/family.
• Respond to calls within 1 hour, as per contract requirements, for services that are provided 24/7/365 days a year.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level