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Seamen's Society for Children and Families

Child and family services nonprofit in New York

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Case Management & AdvocacyUpdated on Nov 14
Full-time$72k /yr

About the Job

Requirements

  • Proficiency in Microsoft 365 and knowledge of Connections.
  • Strong organizational, written, and verbal communication skills.
  • Ability to foster relationships among stakeholders and work with families facing difficult circumstances.
  • Strong leadership and group facilitation skills when working with families facing complex challenges and situations.
  • Strong planning, organizational, and follow-up skills.
  • FTC group conferencing process knowledge and skills; FTC training is required.
  • Ability to lead diverse groups toward resolving differences.
  • Ability to perform the essential job functions with or without reasonable accommodation.
  • Ability to handle and resolve recurring problems.
  • A master's degree in social work or a related field is required.
  • Two years of supervisory experience is required, preferably in foster care, along with one year of group work experience.
  • Willingness to work a flexible schedule that includes evenings.
  • Willingness to travel between the Staten Island and Brooklyn sites.

Responsibilities

  • Provide direct supervision and coaching to Family Team Conference facilitators and a case aide.
  • Work with the unit case aide to ensure Family Team Conferences are scheduled for all foster care case-planning units before the FASP due date.
  • Ensure FTC invitations are mailed to families in a timely manner.
  • Ensure the monthly FTC calendar is sent to appropriate staff in advance.
  • Ensure conferences are held in accordance with ACS regulations.
  • Ensure the ACS legal team is invited to conferences in a timely manner.
  • Monitor facilitators' timely documentation in Connections, including FTC invitations, summaries, action plans, progress notes, and Service Plan Review tabs.
  • Use a tracking system to ensure all internal and external FTCs are scheduled, rescheduled, and held in a timely manner.
  • Review and submit scheduler forms to ACS for conferences facilitated by ACS.
  • Monitor rescheduling of missed conferences.
  • Facilitate FTCs as needed.
  • Use a tracking system to ensure internal treatment team meetings are scheduled, rescheduled, and held in a timely manner.
  • Facilitate treatment team meetings as needed.
  • Facilitate internal high-risk meetings.
  • Attend required ongoing training and monitor departmental staff's completion of required training.
  • Attend leadership meetings.
  • Participate in the foster care program's on-call rotation.
  • Perform other related duties as assigned within the scope of the position.

About the Company

Seamen's Society for Children and Families

Child and family services nonprofit in New York

Seamen's Society for Children and Families is a private nonprofit serving children and families in Staten Island and Brooklyn through foster care, adoption and family support. Its programs address threats to children's safety, including domestic violence, substance use and mental illness. Bright Beginnings brings counseling and skills support to eligible Staten Island youth under 21 enrolled in New York Medicaid through home, office, community and telehealth sessions. The agency also runs an early childhood education center and awards donor-funded scholarships for college or vocational study. Founded in 1846 to care for sailors' children, it is headquartered in Staten Island, New York.

Company size
51-200
Company stage
Not listed
Total funding
Not listed
Headquarters
Staten Island, NY
Founded
1846

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