Foster Care Case Planner

A social services organization in the Bronx is actively seeking a dynamic and compassionate professional to join their staff as their new Foster Care Case Planner. In this role, the Foster Care Case Planner will work towards timely permanency planning for children and youth in foster care. Responsibilities The Foster Care Case Planner will: Assess and monitor for safety and risk Establish immediate contact with families of the children who are placed into care, and with their foster families Conduct required casework contacts with the child, parent, foster parent, and collateral contacts Make assessment-based referrals as necessary to meet the needs of the child and/or parent Visit family and child, as often as mandated and/or necessary to gather social history, to assess family strengths and concerns Coordinate and supervise all visits between the family and child along with separate sibling visits Share responsibilities with agency team for the permanency planning of each child Locate resources and make referrals to any resource that would provide aid to the family and child Evaluate child''s adjustment in foster home, and monitor educational and behavioral performance at home and in school Monitor foster parents in terms of their ability to meet the needs of the child in their home Qualifications Bachelor''s degree in a related field Ability to establish working relationships with clients in need of counseling and supportive services Able to effectively engage parents Ability to apply theory of change Willingness to facilitate groups with parents and foster parents Ability to work cooperatively with agency supervisor(s) Excellent written and verbal communication skills Commitment to work from a strength-based and/or youth development perspective Desired skills Master''s degree in Social Work or at least 1 year of related experience Bilingual, English / Spanish

Created: 2021-11-29