Case Planner

About the role

As a member of our Preventive Services Program (PPS) team, you will work directly with children and caregivers throughout Onondaga County, providing in-home support, advocacy, education, and case management services. You will help families build on their strengths, access community resources, improve stability, and prevent foster care placements whenever possible.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive intake and assessments of assigned clients.
• Engage and maintain regular contact with assigned clients, meeting regulatory requirements by conducting regular home visits of significant duration minimally twice monthly (one contact per month with children present).
• Maintain comprehensive assessments of families, devising and implementing individualized service plans in collaboration with the Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and all family service providers, utilizing strategies of intervention with consideration to family strengths and all aspects of the family’s life and cultural background.
• Provide casework/counseling, crisis intervention, brokerage and networking advocacy, coordinating services with other service providers, agencies and programs and making referrals for auxiliary services as needed under direction of their supervisor and the DCFS Case Manager.
• Timely completion of required Connections documents, assessments, case narratives, case plans and statistical information, reports and outcome data.
• Maintain liaison activities with collaborative partners.
• Provide case recommendations to the Onondaga County Department of Child and Family Services regarding family engagement, clinical needs or other developmental needs for the youth in the family; and to other service providers regarding client utilization of and need for services, mental health/substance abuse issues, youth, family or community safety, and/or issues pertinent to after care planning.
• Demonstrate cultural competence, as well as integrate understanding into daily responsibilities and participate in meeting the objectives of The Salvation Army, Syracuse Area Services Strategic Plan.

Qualifications

• Minimum education of Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or certificate.
• One Year of related work and/or internship experience (e.g., Social Worker, Case Worker, Program Manager, Coordinator).
• Must have access to private transportation and a valid NYS Driver License.

Benefits

• Loan Forgiveness Program and Remitted Tuition with Syracuse University.
• Free, on-site covered parking.
• On-site daycare and pre-school program with employee discounts.
• Marriage benefit, where you can receive an additional 5 days of paid time off.
• Pension plan and a tax-deferred retirement savings annuity.
• Medical, dental, and vision insurances with telehealth.
• Paid holidays, vacation, personal, and sick days.