Case Planner

Job Description

Astor’s Prevention Services/Family Connections is a time-limited, evidence-based model that utilizes a home-based approach to address both the concrete and clinical needs of the family. Prevention services utilize comprehensive family assessment tools to identify behaviors related to risk and to develop Core Outcomes that address the identified child welfare concerns within a family.

The Case Planner provides in-home counseling services to families in need of support in developing skill and competencies that will enable them to keep their children in the home and out of placement. The Case Planner will maintain a caseload of 12-14 families and provide change focused interventions with families to improve parental functioning, address life stressors, and improve overall familial functioning. This is happen over a course of 6 to 12 month length of service and a minimum of 2 face to face contacts with each family per month. The Case Planner will have to have at least 1 late night per week to meet the needs of working families.

You must have:

· Must have a Bachelor’s Degree.

· Case Planner experience required.

You should have:

· Experience with the population served is preferred.

Job Responsibilities:

· Provide weekly change focused interventions with families, primarily in the home, however sessions can take place at the location that best meets the family’s needs during that week, such as at school, the local park, day care center or at Astor offices.

· Provide counseling to improve parental functioning, address life stressors and improve overall familial functioning.

· Assess the safety of all children in the home and actively intervene to ensure child safety.

· Assess all children along the following domains: physical development, cognitive development, emotional development and social/behavioral functioning.

· Assess the well-being of all family members, including the impact of domestic violence, substance abuse and/or mental health problems on each member’s functioning.

· Maintain contact with all providers of collateral services, including schools, day care programs, mental health service providers, substance abuse treatment service providers and probation officers as needed.

· Provide crisis intervention as needed.

· Develop service plans in collaboration with the family.

What we provide:

· 4 weeks paid vacation annually.

· 13 paid holidays.

· 4 personal days.

· 1 sick day per month, accruable to 150 days.

· Fully paid individual LTD and life insurance.

· Eligible for participation in agency medical and dental plan both individual and family, with small employee contribution.

· New longevity incentives.

· Opportunities to make a difference in the lives of children and families in need.

· Collaboration with a team of dedicated professionals in a supportive and dynamic environment.

· Room for growth and advancement within the organization.

Salary: $42,642 - $46,906/year

Astor Services, a leading provider of behavioral and mental health services in the Hudson Valley and The Bronx, is dedicated to nurturing the emotional and mental well-being of children, adolescents, and families. With a history spanning over seven decades, we are committed to providing comprehensive care and support to help our clients thrive.Company Description

Astor Services is a community based, non-profit organization that provides children mental health services, child welfare services, and early childhood development programs. Astor serves children and families in New York State Mid-Hudson Valley region and the Bronx.

Through a wide variety of premier quality education and mental health services, Astor provides support for pre-schoolers, children with behavioral and emotional health problems, children at risk of placement in foster care, and families that need assistance in developing the skills necessary to raise their children in an environment filled with increasing challenges. Astor currently serves thousands of children each year through its prevention, early childhood, special education, community behavioral health and residential treatment programs.

We are committed to providing high quality treatment and child development services for youngsters and their families in the least restrictive setting and at the earliest possible point of intervention. In 1966, Astor opened its first outpatient mental health clinic in Rhinebeck. Today, the agency operates a wide range of community-based behavioral health treatment programs as well as early childhood development and parenting programs at multiple locations in the Hudson Valley and in the Bronx, New York.

Astor values a collaborative approach to service development and delivery. The services we provide today are the response to identified needs in the communities where they are located and are often delivered in partnership with other service providers such as schools, BOCES, day care providers, foster care agencies, shelters, etc. Astor is partnered with the Robin Hood Foundation, Department of Education, New York City Council, and Bronx Partners for Healthy Communities.

Full-time