Case Planner (Enhanced Family Foster Care)

Children's Aid Job Listing•Bronx, NY

About The Position

The Case Planner works in Children’s Aid’s Enhanced Family Foster Care program, which places children with supportive families in their own neighborhoods when their parents cannot provide the stability, safety, and support needed for children to thrive. The program serves children in a range of situations, including those awaiting reunification with birth families and those requiring specialized care for chronic medical or developmental conditions or trauma. The Case Planner collaborates with therapists, education specialists, social workers, children, and families to support permanency as quickly as possible. The schedule may be in person or hybrid, as determined by department needs, and may be adjusted as organizational needs and work dynamics change. Children’s Aid’s mission is to help children in poverty succeed and thrive by providing comprehensive support to children and families in high-needs New York City neighborhoods. The organization emphasizes children’s health, family stability, education, and social and emotional development, and its values include putting children and families first, pursuing equity, striving for excellence, collaborating, and acting with compassion.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, or a related field.
Valid driver’s license.
Excellent verbal, writing, and organizational skills.
Flexibility and the ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
Computer literacy.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, or a related field.
Foster care experience.
Bilingual Spanish/English skills.

Responsibilities

Understand and promote the organization’s mission, vision, and core values in alignment with organizational policies and procedures.
Work collaboratively with therapists, education specialists, and social workers in the foster care program.
Manage a caseload of approximately 10 children with varied levels of mental health needs.
Provide intensive casework and fieldwork services to children and their birth and foster families, with the goal of achieving permanency as quickly as possible.
Conduct outreach to connect children and families with agency and community treatment resources.
Use CONNECTIONS, the child welfare computer system.
Coordinate Family Team Conferences.
Participate actively in case consultations.
Maintain written case records.
Perform other duties as assigned.