Floating Case Planner
Floating Case Planner
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Job Description
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Description
Under the Division Director the Floating Case Planner will assist case planners within the Division with daytoday social services tasks. They will be responsible to support constructive services to children in foster care that improve their functioning. Connect parents to services that address family challenges and assist them with reuniting with their child. Their assignment can include filling in temporarily for a vacant case planner position to supporting their colleagues with family visit coverage school visits safety contact etc.
Job Responsibilities
- Creates in partnership with child biological family and foster family service plans which address safety behavioral educational psychological and permanency needs.
- Monitors safety wellbeing and progress against other critical outcomes by facilitating regular casework contacts and by documenting the same in progress notes and other case documentation.
- Schedules and supervises mandated visits between child and natural family; conducts ongoing required interviews in person with child natural family and foster family; independently makes all related field visits to homes schools courts prisons hospitals and other sites as case may require.
- Attends weekly at minimum supervision with the supervisor to present and discuss case situations and provide update on status of current work; carries out supervisor directions regarding planning and service follow up.
- Attends all Family Court hearings on assigned cases; provides testimony regarding case status and Agency position; follows up on court directives.
- Participates actively in Family Team Conferences and other meetings to advance permanency for children and families.
- Works closely with Integrated Services (Medical Mental Health and Case Management) to ensure that the medical and mental health needs of children and the biological family are being monitored appropriately necessary medical training is being received and provided to foster parents and birth parents services are being provided according to treatment needs and external collaborations are occurring as needed in order to ensure safety permanency and wellbeing.
- Utilizes individual and unit data collected by the city state federal and agency data and accountability departments in order to measure/monitor performance and ensure that all outcomes are being met.
- Serve as an alternate support coverage by facilitating the Family Team Conference (FTC).
Qualifications
Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree or equivalent
- Preferred if there is Knowledge of Child Welfare System
- Excellent written oral organizational and interpersonal communication skills and be a collaborative team player
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office including Outlook and Excel
- Computer proficient knowledge of Connections
- Ability to work flexible hours some evenings as needed to meet client needs
- Ability to use public transportation to travel throughout New York City or Agency vehicle when available
Benefits
At HeartShare we offer a comprehensive benefit package based on fulltime/parttime status. You can expect:
- Paid time off (holidays vacation in accordance with school calendar sick and personal)
- Professional development opportunities
- Team environment
- Medical and dental benefits
- Employerpaid life insurance
- Optional insurance (life disability etc.
- 403(B) retirement plans
- Flexible spending account (dependent care medical parking and transit)
- Employee assistance program
HeartShare is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). If you need to request accommodation during the recruiting process please reach out to .
About HeartShare
For over 100 years HeartShare has dedicated itself to improving the lives of people needing special services and support. The HeartShare team now 2100 employees and growing helps individuals develop to their fullest potential and lead meaningful and enriched lives.
Employment Type
Full-Time
