Case Assoc

PURPOSE

To connect families to concrete resources and prosocial activities as needed.

POSITION OVERVIEW

The Case Associate functions as a Case Planner and is responsible for supplying appropriate interventions to ensure client care. Working within the client’s community, develops action plans, effectively identifies and utilizes existing resources and establishes new resources for client care.

KEY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Routine community contacts on behalf of social workers, e.g. school reports, medical reports.
• Locates and makes use of appropriate community resources for clients.
• Evaluates actual living conditions of clients through home visits.
• May interpret agency function to client and demonstrate this in terms of concrete help.
• Provides structure to the client, evaluates and assesses usage of independent living skills and provides guidance in these areas to the client.
• May run groups, under the supervision of the social workers.
• In concert with the Sr. Case Planner, evaluates clients for the purpose of beginning, monitoring and following up on individualized treatment programs including child safety.
• Individualizes and understands the needs of the individual client, the family and its support network in relation to each other.
• Identifies appropriate treatment or services providers and facilitates client referral to internal and external and/or community linkage programs.
• Performs individual/group counseling; long or short-term depending on client needs.
• Conducts home visits in which the needs of the family and child safety are assessed.
• Identify help for clients in obtaining needed services. Helping clients and families maintain medical, financial and social resources would be an example of such services.
• Provides case management to clients.
• Identifies and provides access to specific appropriate concrete services when necessary or requested and are in the best interest of the client.
• Performs Community outreach and establishes links with other groups, individuals or organizations which may be helpful to our clients.
• Provides all necessary notes, progress notes, risk assessments.

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Ability to engage families and teens of all backgrounds and cultures in their home and community.

EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING REQUIRED

A BA Degree, with some experience in a community or social group, or at least five (5) years of experience as a case Assistant in a community or social service group, etc.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED/LANGUAGE PREFERENCE

Bilingual preferred but not necessary.

COMPUTER SKILLS REQUIRED

Knowledge of Microsoft Office.

VISUAL AND MANUAL DEXIERITY

limited applications of manual dexterity and eye-hand coordination.