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Intensive PRS Case Manager - Bilingual Juntos (3693)
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Location: East Orange, NJ
Status: Full-Time
Salary: $63,000 - $66,000 per year
Duties and Responsibilities:
Conduct weekly intensive in-home services required
Provide enhances post-release services for UC who would benefit from intensive, clinical case management services.
Ability to provide trauma-informed assessment, crisis intervention, safety planning and other activities to support the safety and stabilization of the placement
Encourages children served to express their feelings and discuss what is happening in their lives, and helps them to develop insight into themselves and their relationships.
Guides children served in the development of skills and strategies for dealing with their problems.
Prepares and maintains all required treatment records and reports.
Counsels children, individually and in group sessions, to assist in overcoming dependencies, adjusting to life, and making changes.
Acts as client advocates in order to coordinate required services or to resolve emergency problems in crisis situations.
Develop and implement treatment plans based on clinical experience and knowledge in conjunction with children served.
Collaborates with other staff members to perform clinical assessments and develop treatment plans.
Evaluates children served physical or mental condition based on the review of client information.
Meets with families, probation officers, police, and other interested parties in order to exchange necessary information during the treatment process.
Refers children served, or family members to community resources or to specialists as necessary.
Counsels family members to assist them in understanding, dealing with, and supporting children served.
Modifies treatment activities and approaches as needed in order to comply with changes in children served status.
Discusses with individual patients their plans for life after leaving therapy.
Gathers information about community mental health needs and resources that could be used in conjunction with therapy.
Monitors children served use of medications.
Assess the safety and appropriateness of the placement on an ongoing basis using child welfare principles and social work best practices and conduct calls, interviews, and home visits.
Build a network of local pro bono legal resources, food and clothing banks, mental health services, and care providers to establish services for youth.
Participate in regular training and communication sessions with on-site and casework supervisors and headquarters staff.
Position requires up to 50 percent of in-state and/or out-of-state travel with limited notice.
Ability to perform duties and services remotely from home.
Perform other duties as assigned by the supervisor.
Education / Experience: Minimum of a Master's Degree in Psychology, Sociology, or other relevant behavioral science in which direct clinical experience is a requirement, commensurate experience in a relevant field may be acceptable in lieu of a degree
Three years or more years of working with the program population, required. Five years or more years of working with the program population, preferred
Bilingual in English/Spanish.
Current driver's license with a driving record of at least three years
Benefits:
At the Center for Family Services our employees are our greatest resource and we are committed to investing in our staff. We offer a competitive benefits package as well as ongoing resources that will support staff on their personal and professional journey.* Excellent paid time off (PTO) program, including vacation, sick, personal, and holiday
401k Plan
Medical insurance plan options
Dental & Vision Insurance
Prescription Insurance
Life Insurance
Flexible Spending Accounts
Health & Wellness Activities
Ongoing Training & Professional Development Opportunities
Opportunity for advancement
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Worksite address
east orange, NJ, 07017, US
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