On-Call Case Manager

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark is currently seeking Per Diem On Call Case Manager for our Mobile Response and Stabilization Services Program located in Jersey City, NJ.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor Degree in social work or a related field
• Valid driver’s license

DUTIES AND ABILITIES

• Is the second person of a team of two who responds to the dispatches after business hours
• Provide support to the first person on call (full time staff of the MRSS program)

• Provide crisis de-escalation/intervention, and safety planning to families and children when a child is experiencing an escalating behavioral, emotional issue.

The length of service ranges from a minimum of 72 hours and up to 8 weeks thereafter. All service interventions and supports are determined according to the families' individualized service needs. The Mobile Response Worker/on call is not responsible for coordination of services after the dispatch time. His/her responsibility ends at the end of scene when the family is stable. Calls are received through a centralized screening entity that determines the need for MRSS services. Once calls are received and information documented, the MRSS worker and the Mobile Response/On call worker must respond to the call within 1 hour, as per contract requirements. The program provides services 24/7/365 days a year, within 1 hour of the referrals received.

PROGRAM DETAILS

• Catholic Charities’ Mobile Response program, based in Jersey City, New Jersey, provides families with counseling, guidance, and referral services to address juvenile crises and to help in stabilizing and preserving the family unit. The program addresses juvenile behavioral problems, such as truancy, chronic runaways, family disputes, and curfew violations. Mobile Response services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, to help children and youth who are experiencing emotional or behavioral crises. The services are designed to defuse an immediate crisis, keep children and their families safe, and maintain the children in their own homes or current living situation (such as a foster home, treatment home or group home). Mobile response/crisis intervention workers respond to calls received by the program through a centralized screening entity that determines the need for services. Workers must respond to calls within one hour by traveling to wherever the crisis occurs, such as in the child’s/family’s home, in school, or other community locations. The Mobile Response program utilizes agency-owned cars that workers use to drive to the site of the crisis.

HOW TO APPLY

• If you are a qualified candidate, passionate about working with children and families, please submit a resume online with desired hourly rate. Recent graduates are strongly encouraged to apply.

AGENCY MISSION

• In response to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Catholic Charities, as a ministry of the Archdiocese of Newark, serves the poor and marginalized and advocates for their needs in order to promote the inherent dignity and worth of all people without regard to race, religion, or culture.

INTERNAL APPLICANTS

• Please be advised that current employees applying to open positions within the Agency are required to fill out an Agency Internal Job Application Form which is available for download to all employees on HR's public folders in Outlook. Please forward the completed form to HR via email to the agency email address indicated at the end of the application form.

The hourly rate for this position is $15.92/hr.