Case Planner

ABBOTT HOUSE•Town of New Windsor, NY

9d•$47,000 - $50,000•Hybrid

About The Position

The TFFC Case Planner is responsible for the delivery of social work services to foster families, natural families and children participating in TFFC programming. The Case Planner provides direct therapeutic services to the child and natural family to assist them in coping with whatever issues led to the child’s placement in the program. This includes providing direct counseling to the children and their families, forming and maintaining positive working relationships with foster parents, monitoring of positive time and the ABC charts, coordination of community and school activities and services, coordination and provision of services to natural families, completing and monitoring of all LDSS/ACS paperwork within established time frames, working closely with contracted LDSS/ACS staff, and participating as a member of the TFFC team.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree required
A minimum of 3 years child welfare experience
Valid driver's license required
Excellent counseling, communication, interpersonal and writing skills
Knowledge of community service providers (agencies)
Must be able to use a computer and able to learn software programs
Required to operate a fax, copier, scan, and other office equipment.
Must be able to speak, read and write fluently in the English language
Must be able to write in the English language using correct spelling, grammar, punctuation, etc.
Must have a clean driving record.

Nice To Haves

Master's Degree preferred in Social Work or related field
The Case Planner must be prepared to present the information in the case record at all court sessions.
The worker should be prepared to update the Supervisor on all the cases that are assigned to the worker’s caseload.
The worker should be ready to discuss all cases assigned to their caseload.

Responsibilities

Responsible for meeting with each child assigned on a regular basis to provide professional counseling and treatment services.
Responsible for the coordination and monitoring of all community services to the child.
Responsible for assisting in the placement of the child in school. This includes representing the child and the agency at CSE meetings.
Responsible for working closely with the child’s school and keeping current on the child’s educational performance.
Responsible for meeting with the natural family on a regular basis to provide professional counseling and treatment services.
Responsible for coordinating and supervising family visits both in the natural family’s home, and at the agency, to assess the family’s ability to have the child return to their care.
Responsible for linking and assisting the natural family with community services that will assist them in having the child return to their home.
Responsible for the coordination of discharges and/or transfers and the coordination of all services to the child and family around this activity.
Responsible for meeting with the foster parents on a regular basis to discuss the child’s progress in the foster home, monitoring the foster parents’ completion of behavioral and positive time charts and assist in the resolution of crisis situations.
Responsible for providing the foster parents with notice of training and support groups.
Responsible for assisting the foster parent in coordinating all medical, school and therapy appointments and providing transportation if the foster parent is unable to do so.
Responsible for developing and maintaining a positive working relationship with the contracted LDSS workers.
Responsible for informing the Supervisor of any issues that may arise regarding their cases.
Responsible for maintaining an up-to-date case record for each child on its caseload.
Responsible for the completion of all DSS mandated paperwork within established times frames.
Responsible for coordinating and attending all Family Team Conferences (FTC)/ Service Plan Reviews (SPR) and court functions with LDSS/ACS liaisons.
Responsible for following up all agreements with LDSS/ACS with a letter confirming all agreements made.
Responsible for attending all court dates.
Assists in the re-certification of all foster homes.
Responsible to work closely with the TFFC-Socio-Therapist to coordinate all TFFC services to the child, their natural family, and their foster family.
Responsible to participate in weekly supervision with the Supervisor.
Responsible to attend TFFC team meetings.
Responsible to attend all in-service training as assigned by the Supervisor.
Any other related duties as required.