Case Planner - Bronx, NY, United States - Children's Aid Society

Description

Job ID: 006616

Description:

Bronx Health Center and Foster Care Services (910 East 172nd St)

$50,000 - $55,000

*Sign-On Bonus Eligible*

Essential Duties:

• Work with a dynamic team of professionals including nurses and social workers in our foster care program for children with special medical needs.
• Provide intensive casework services and fieldwork for children and their birth and foster families with the goal of providing permanency as quickly as possible.
• With medical staff, team-train foster parents in specialized child care skills.
• Conduct intensive outreach to connect children and families with agency and community treatment resources.
• Maintain written case records.
• Work in partnership with RN assigned to cases; collaboration includes conducting home visits whenever possible.
• In-person collaboration is an essential function of the job.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in Social Work or related field required, Master's degree preferred.
• Foster care experience preferred;
• Bilingual (Spanish/English) preferred.

Key Competencies:

• Excellent verbal, writing and organizational skills;
• Flexibility, and ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines;
• Computer literacy;

It is the policy of Children's Aid to provide equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants for employment and not to discriminate on any basis, including race, creed, color, national origin, ethnicity, alienage or citizenship status, gender/sex (including pregnancy), disability, religion, source of income, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, familial status, caregiver status, military status, marital or partnership status, status as a victim of domestic violence, sexual violence or stalking, predisposing genetic characteristics, arrest or conviction record, credit history, unemployment status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

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