Family Case Planner Bilingual Spanish
About the role
The Family Case Planner will carry out a variety of clinically driven preventive service casework activities in collaboration with the FTR Clinical Team. Coordination of services across the substance use, mental and medical health and Family Court systems will also be required. Provide supportive services to children and families and written documentation as required.
Responsibilities
- Welcome clients to the office, providing a trauma informed atmosphere for clients, ensuring clients are escorted to and from sessions in building as needed.
- Maintain a caseload of 8 family cases and address the mental health and substance use issues that they face.
- Counseling around healthy coping skills/ harm reduction/impact of substances on parenting and psychoeducation.
- Complete all other program required paperwork, i.e., Progress Notes, Program Family Assessments, Family Assessment Service Plans (FASPs), and other reporting requirements as related to the FTR program model.
- Maintains timely documentation of assessments/progress notes/collateral outreach/ psychosocial/screenings via statewide and agency systems.
- PROMIS/Connections and OneDrive for ADVPO cases. All documentation completed by 10 days after event date. PROMIS is updated weekly.
- Maintains a calendar via Outlook.
- Participate in weekly Supervision, with a planned agenda on family case issues to discuss and follow through on supervisory directives.
- Be trained, and implement a Solution Based Casework model approach.
- Complete mandated trainings as per guidelines.
- Remain up to date on professional development trainings with a focus on mental health and substance use.
- Monitor and document child contacts in a family for risk and safety as described by the Administration for Children Services (ACS) standards.
- Aim to partner with families to keep them together while ensuring that children will be safely cared for.
- Utilize a collaborative team approach to provide services to families and ensure families progress through the three Treatment phases of FTR.
- Primary Responsibilities And Essential Functions Of Position Welcoming clients to the office, providing a trauma informed atmosphere for clients, ensuring clients are escorted to and from sessions in building as needed.
Qualifications
- Minimum of Bachelors degree in Social Work, Psychology or related degree required.
- Experience working with mental health and substance abuse issues.
- BSW or MSW preferred.
- Child welfare experience preferred but not required.
- Bilingual, fluent in English and Spanish required.
- Good written and verbal communication skills.
- Willing to make home visits.
Benefits
What we offer once YOU join our growing family: At Heartshare we offer a comprehensive benefit package based on full-time/part-time status. You can expect:
- Rewarding Work in a team environment.
- Paid vacation, sick, personal days, and holidays.
- 403(B) retirement plans with employer contribution.
- Health, dental, vision and life insurance.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
- Flexible spending account (Dependent Care, Medical, Parking, and Transit).
- Employee Appreciation Programs and Events.
- Tuition Assistance Program.
- Professional Development opportunities.
- Gympass Discount.
- Verizon Wireless Discount.
- BJs Membership discount.
- Discounts on Broadway tickets, movie tickets, theme parks, sporting events, gift certificates & more.
Schedule
Heartshare is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). If you need to request accommodation during the recruiting process, please reach out to Leaves@heartshare.org.
About Heartshare
For over 150 years, Heartshare has been dedicated to championing and empowering New Yorkers society has too often overlooked and underestimated. To learn more about Heartshare, please visit our website at www.heartshare.org or follow us on Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, Instagram, and Facebook.