Social Worker

Good Shepherd Services•New York City, NY

12d•Onsite

About The Position

The North Bronx Family Service Center is a Child Welfare prevention program for families known to ACS due to allegations of abuse & neglect or mental health issues. The Social Worker provides home-based, intensive, strength-based, comprehensive services using the Solution-Based Casework (SBC) framework.

Requirements

Master�s degree required or a candidate of a master's program
Must have strong organizational, interpersonal, and counseling skills
Must be able to work at least 2 evenings per week to accommodate working families� schedules
Must have strong inquiry skills and ability to seek and share internal and external best practices
Must have a commitment to work from a strength based, trauma-informed & youth and family development perspective

Nice To Haves

Child welfare experience preferred
SBC trained and/or SBC certified a plus

Responsibilities

Provide home-based and on-site individual, family, and group counseling, as well as short-term crisis intervention, including advocacy and outreach for designated caseload of twelve (12) families.
Engage families immediately upon referral, at times participating in Administration for Children�s Services (ACS) Child Safety Conferences.
Implement and integrate the principles and procedures of Solution-Based Casework (SBC): assessment, family and individual level outcomes, action plans, and documentation and celebration.
Handle case-related crises with professionalism, urgency, and care, including incidents involving reports to the State Central Registry.
Conduct screenings and assessments for mental illness, and child safety and well-being, including assessing caregiver capacity, home environment and conditions, discipline methods, etc.
Integrate the practices of SBC into every counseling session.
Ensure every child has been seen and properly assessed every month.
Meet appropriate case work contacts for each family ensuring that all children are seen and assessed monthly.
Represent participant needs, concerns, and perspectives at all required ACS and GSS meetings and trainings.
Collaborate closely with ACS, schools, medical and mental health clinics, and other resources serving family members.
Provide consultation to and collaborate with Family Workers as needed to ensure high-quality services to families.
Facilitate referrals to treatment facilities, mental health providers, and other service providers, including escorts to appointments as needed.
Actively participate in Family Team Conference to provide case information, updates, and assessments in order to obtain recommendations for continued case practice or case termination.
Participate in case consultation, continued SBC training, and the SBC certification process.
Prepare and maintain FASP documentation, monthly statistical reports, and case work notes in adherence with agency policy.
Provide Court reports as needed to inform as to families� progress or lack of progress in achieving outcomes.
Maintain appropriate utilization of state and city databases including PROMIS and Connections, as well as other agency databases as needed.