Job Description
The Caseworker is a professional staff position providing comprehensive casework services for infants, toddlers and children up to 12 years of age in the Bruner Reception Center and their families, or Youth 10 to 16 years of age at New View Reception Center. The Caseworker should be committed to a service philosophy that is child centered and family focused.
Rising Ground Founded as an orphanage in 1831, Rising Ground has been at the forefront of evolving community needs. Driven by the belief that each of us can thrive when life has hope and opportunity, Rising Ground provides caring support and proven paths to positive change, helping children, adults, and families rise above adversity, and each year, Rising Ground is a positive force in the lives of more than 25,000 individuals. We do this through 50 programs in 70 locations throughout New York City and Westchester. Our strong belief and commitment to diversity shows not just through our work with supported persons but is integral to the building of a strong staff that reflects the communities we serve. Rising Ground is headquartered in downtown Brooklyn.
Benefits At Rising Ground, we encourage everyone to live a healthier life. When you enroll in health care benefits — medical, dental, and vision care, you and your family can take advantage of each plan’s preventive services, which will help everyone to stay well. Another way to remain healthy is to eat right and keep active. Ultimately, we all benefit when we make the right choices, whether through diet and exercise or health care services. You can also take advantage of other important benefits, including life and accident, disability benefits, the retirement savings plan, and the employee assistance program.
Physical Requirements Must have the ability to complete all standard administrative and support tasks including but not limited to climbing up and down stairs, operation of computers/phones/fax/printer/copy machine, and the ability to lift boxes, furniture, and equipment up to 30lbs. Must be able to travel from the various locations and sites of Rising Ground. Physical and PPD Clearance.
Annual Salary $50,000 - $55,000
Casework with Youth - Maintains on-going qualitative youth, social work, and child care staff contacts in accordance with regulatory mandates.
- Participate in interdisciplinary team and conduct assessments of children including completion of child status reports, discharge summaries and other required reports, specifically status reports for ACS and placement recommendations.
- Maintain regular contact with children and birth families to encourage regular visitation in accordance with approved visitation plan, provide supervision of these visits.
- Visits at family’s homes and within the community will be required.
- Participate in all required meetings internally, externally and as required by ACS.
- Work closely with ACS to facilitate placement of each child in the most appropriate and least restrictive setting. Ensure documentation is entered in CONNECTION in a timely manner.
Casework with Collateral Persons - Maintains regular contact and efficacious working relationships with significant parties involved in the service planning and provision process, i.e. child care staff, educational personnel, court and legal representatives, foster parents, medical personnel, and other caseworkers involved.
- Assures a holistic, culturally sensitive, family centered and child-focused presentation of case particulars.
Normative Issues - Supports and maintains dependable responsible professional and accountable staff behavior, positive program norms and teamwork primacy.
- Supports program philosophy/objectives; effectively integrates with other disciplines; confronts and discourages negative behavior, attitudes and program norms; maintains enthusiasm, sharing “the work” and participation in program activities.
- Other related task that may be assigned.
- Bachelor’s degree in social work or related field from an accredited college or university required.
- A record of success and achievement in foster boarding home or residential child care work is helpful.
- Computer literacy essential; knowledge of CONNECTIONS preferred.
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