Solution-Based Casework (SBC) Case Planner
JOB TITLE: Solution-Based Casework (SBC) Case Planner
EMPLOYMENT TYPE: Full-Time
LOCATION: Services provided city-wide (offices based in Queens, Brooklyn & the Bronx)
REPORTS TO: Solution-Based Casework Supervisor
ABOUT AAFSC:
The Arab-American Family Support Center (AAFSC) is a non-profit, non-sectarian organization established in 1994 to provide culturally and linguistically competent, trauma-informed social services. Our mission is to empower immigrants and refugees with the tools they need to successfully acclimate to the world around them and become active participants in their communities. While our doors are open to all, with 36 languages represented across staff, AAFSC has developed cultural and linguistic expertise serving members of NYC’s Arab, Middle Eastern, North African, Muslim, and South Asian (AMENAMSA) immigrant and refugee communities.
AAFSC works across four key priority areas – Promote, Prevent, Get Ready, and Communicate – in order to achieve our ultimate goal of strengthening families. We promote mental and physical well-being and community power. We ensure families are knowledgeable about their rights and equipped to participate in civic society with confidence and security. We strengthen families, prevent child abuse, and work to end domestic and gender-based violence. We provide the tools for learners of every age to succeed. Finally, we uplift the voices and needs of under-represented communities and champion gender, racial, restorative, and immigrant justice.
JOB OBJECTIVE:
To provide high-quality case planning, case work, and case management services to at-risk families referred by the Administration for Children’s Services. These families may be experiencing a wide range of challenges, including personal/marital/relationship problems, financial stressors, acculturation issues, family destabilization, and/or parent/child conflict. The Case Planner provides intensive preventive services to avoid foster care placement and ensure the safety and welfare of children in the home. He or she provides the family with services according to ACS standards and requirements. The Case Planner follows a Solution Based Casework (SBC) practice model. SBC is based on three theoretical foundations: family life cycle theory, relapse prevention/CBT theory, and solution-focused family therapy. Partnership with families in each and every case is critical to reducing risks and solutions should utilize prevention skills to achieve those goals.
PRIMARY DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
Case Management & Advocacy
Ensure timely completion of SBC training & certification.
Conduct home visits and office visits to assess for child safety and risk elements, complying with ACS requirements. Face-to-face contacts should be conducted twice per month, at a minimum and includes home visits (two home visits must be conducted if children 0-2 years old are present) and office visits (e.g., school, doctor’s office, AAFSC), as well as other out-of-home visits (e.g., park). More visits may be required.
Provide case work/case management services to families receiving Preventive Services (12 cases); which includes but is not limited to providing supportive casework, focusing on service goals, and child welfare laws, improving family relationships and bonding, coping skills, parenting, etc.
Ensure joint-home visits are conducted within 5 business days from the date of referral.
Evaluate and assess the current family functioning including child safety and home safety (e.g., assessing other adults in the home, ensuring safe sleep, working fire alarms, window guards, etc.).
Work in partnership with the family to formulate outcomes & service plans with the family.
Ensure all initial intake documents (AAFSC intake, Domestic Violence screening, child trafficking) are completed and processed accurately using AAFSC internal database (i.e., Apricot).
Advocate for the family by linking them to needed services in the community: medical, mental health, entitlements, day care, home health aide services, substance abuse treatment, anger management, etc. and follow up to monitor participation and progress.
In collaboration with the Conference Facilitator, support the facilitation of Family Team Conferences and Service Termination Conferences, as well as other relevant ACS-led conferences. Family Team Conferences must be conducted within 4 weeks of the FASP due date.
Ensure FASPs are launched 30 days prior to the due date and submitted to Supervisor 3 weeks prior to the due date.
Complete Initial, Comprehensive, all Reassessment FASPs, and Plan Amendments for all Advocate Preventive Only (ADVPO) cases offline.
Complete and Submit Child Trafficking Screening for Child Welfare Services and ADVPO cases.
Evaluate walk-ins and community referrals for needed services and potentially for advocacy cases.
Provide case coverage in the absence of a co-worker (as needed).
Schedule and coordinate monthly visits with FSU workers (applicable to FSU cases only).
Quality Assurance, Communication, and Documentation
Complete all documents required by ACS in a timely manner (5 business days) including but not limited to progress notes and FASPs using templates in a manner that reflects the progress or lack thereof, including the reaction of the family to services during the review period or contact.
Complete all ACS and internal forms required for case opening and closing as well as obtain consents and forms needed for other case activities. Obtain and maintain collateral contacts with all other service providers including school and medical reports on a regular basis.
Comply with all data entry requirements for database systems including inputting information in a timely manner (PROMIS, Connections, etc.).
Compile and organize appropriate client intake paperwork, surveys, and forms. Maintain casefiles, database entry, and record keeping in compliance with ACS, OCFS, and AAFSC requirements, in alignment with the Solution Based Casework Model guidelines (as needed).