Description

University Settlement partners with 40,000 New Yorkers on the Lower East Side and in Brooklyn every year to build on their strengths as they achieve healthy, stable, and remarkable lives. For 135 years, we’ve collaborated with our communities to pioneer highly effective programs that fight poverty and systemic inequality. Established in 1886 as the first Settlement House in the United States, we bring the values of that movement into the 21st century by meeting New Yorkers where they live, listening to their perspectives, recognizing their excellence, understanding them as complete individuals, and creating space for them to organize. Joining together with our neighbors to advocate for justice and equality, we help build community strength. 

We work with New Yorkers of all ages. We infuse a commitment to civic engagement, equity, and communal action into each of our programs, which include early childhood education, mental health and wellness, benefits assistance and eviction prevention, adult literacy and education, healthy aging, community and recreation centers, performing and visual arts, and youth development.

The Prevention Program is funded through the Administration for Children’s Services and provides comprehensive home and community-based preventive services to children and their families. The Program integrates Mobility Mentoring, an evidence-based model that is grounded in science emphasizing a growth mindset, high expectations and belief and investment in all children and families.

Case Aides provide a variety of supportive casework services for both case planners and children and families referred to by the Administration for Children Services (ACS), or self/community providers who are deemed to be at risk of foster care placement. 

JOB SUMMARY: University Settlement islooking for Case Aides (CA) for its Brooklyn Preventive Program. The CA provides a variety of supportive casework services for both case planners and children and families referred by the Administration for Children Services (ACS), or self/community providers who are deemed to be at risk of foster care placement.

RESPONSIBILITIES: 

• Provide clerical assistance to casework staff, program supervisor and Site Director
• Retrieve educational, medical, mental health and other relevant documents from various providers
• Provide advocacy/referral assistance to client-families as needed
• Perform Family Home Assessment
• Monitor visits in the absence of the casework and supervisory staff
• Provide escort service for parents and children as assigned
• Document all visits and collateral contacts
• Flexible hours including Saturdays as needed
• Assist case planner with family related service needs
• Participate in program meetings and supervision
• Entries into connections & PROMIS are updated, accurate and submitted within deadline
• Assist in filling charts and ensuring charts are accurate and updated
• And any other related duties the program may require

QUALIFICATIONS:

• High school diploma or HSE required, BA in Social Work or related field is preferred
• Prior experience in child welfare or other social services, including day care, youth services or other related programs that involves direct work and contact with children and families
• Excellent organizational, time-management, follow-up, and administrative skills with attention to detail
• Self-starter with the ability to work independently, and as a part of a team, in a fast-paced deadline-driven environment
• Good verbal and written communication skills required. Must be computer literate
• The ability to work independently as well as contribute to a team
• Strong clinical skills and ability to work under pressure with high risk, crisis-oriented cases 
• Very good interpersonal/communication skills, including ability to write well and meet copious amount of documentation in a timely manner 
• You have a strong commitment to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion 
• Bilingual Spanish/English fluency strongly preferred 
• Possess computer skills and willing to learn new systems

Work Schedule: Full-time, 35 hours a week, with generous benefits. Some evenings and weekends may be required.

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive community. We support a broadly diverse team who will contribute to our organization. We are an equal employment opportunity for all regardless of race, color, citizenship, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran or reservist status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.

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