Case Planner - Foster Care (Positions Availabel in Multiple Location Brooklyn/Bronx/Harlem)
($55,000 + Merit Award + Benefits)
About the Position
The Case Planner in our Foster Care program maintains strong social contracts that explicitly emphasize family permanency planning and the responsibility of all stakeholders to accept nothing less than safe, loving and permanent homes for all our children and ensures that every child is living in a nurturing, safe, and permanent family as quickly as possible. Learn more about what it is like to be a Case Planner at Graham Windham by watching our Realistic Job Previews at http://www.graham-windham.org/careers/employee-videos/.
Duties and Responsibilities include but not limited to:
• Creates, in partnership with the families, service plans for families and children which address safety, behavioral, educational, psychological and permanency needs.
• Monitors safety, well-being and progress against other critical outcomes by facilitating regular casework contacts and by documenting the same in progress notes and other case documentation.
• Collaborates with internal and external service providers and other stakeholders through clear and timely verbal and written communication.
• Participates actively in Family Court Hearings, Family Team Conferences and other meetings to advance permanency for children and families.
• Other duties as assigned.
