Case Planner - EFFC

Job Description:

Cayuga Centers  is  hiring immediately  for  a  Case Planner - EFFC

Earn $28.00/hour ($30.00 bilingual increase)

Location:  Bronx, New York

About Cayuga Centers

Cayuga Centers is an accredited non-profit, human services agency dedicated to family support and preservation, trauma-informed care, and serving vulnerable populations with the most unique needs. Founded in 1852 in Auburn, NY, we have a long history of delivering high-quality and innovative services to individuals, children, youth, and families. We have 22 offices across 8 states and serve over 17,000 individuals and families annually. Join us!

At Cayuga Centers, we embrace Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB). We do this by taking a firm stance against hatred, inequality, bias, and injustice. We do this by providing our staff with the training, coaching, and resources necessary to grow and serve with cultural humility, acceptance, and understanding. We are responsive to the diverse needs of those we serve and staff, and are committed to ensuring that everyone feels respected, valued, and a sense of belonging.

Cayuga Centers is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee, prospective employee, or applicant based on race, color, creed, hair style/texture, religion, national origin, citizenship status, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws.

About the Program and Position:

The Enhanced Family Foster Care (EFFC) Program supports foster youth in the custody of the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) in New York City. Our EFFC program serves 137 youth ages 0-21 and supports them with a multidisciplinary team that includes a Case Planner, Health Services Team, Psychiatrist, Behavioral Support Specialist, Family Advocate, Case Aide, Family Team Conferencing Coordinator, Education Workforce Specialist, Employment/Internship and Housing Specialist, Fair Futures Coach, Foster Home Recruiter and Licensor and Clinician. Our therapeutic approach to foster care includes direct access to Clinicians and foster parents who are trained at a treatment foster care level implementing the ARC framework. This makes a difference because our team approach provides a space for healing while providing skill-building and future-focused planning for youth in our care.

Cayuga Centers is looking to hire a passionate and dedicated Case Planner for the NYC Enhanced Family Foster Care (EFFC) program to coordinate quality care and support to foster youth. The Case Planner collaborates with foster youth, their families, and foster parents to develop and manage a permanency plan that ensures the child's safety and well-being through regular contact and home visits.

How you get to use your skills…

• Complete monthly in-person home visits with youth, parents, and foster parents to ensure safety, wellness, and permanency 

• Ensure that children are safe and well cared for in the foster home through the development and maintenance of a positive working relationship with the child and foster parents.

• Maintain regular contact with child/foster parents and immediately respond to early signs of disruption.

• Gauge parents' progress in achieving service goals through careful observation of parent/child interaction at visits, feedback from other service providers, home visits, and interviews.

• Continuously explore and identify kinship resources for youth.

• Ensure that each child is progressing toward permanency with the goal of achieving permanency within a year.

• Work collaboratively and communicate clearly and respectfully with colleagues, families, and other service providers. 

• Ensure thorough and timely written and verbal communication with families, colleagues, ACS, OCFS, and other stakeholders on case developments.

• Supervise family/sibling visits both at the agency and off-site.

• Write timely, clear, concise progress notes, FASPs, Permanency Hearing Reports, and other documents.

• Attend weekly supervision meetings to report on cases and present for discussion any problems, difficulties, or unresolved issues. 

• Participate in staff meetings, seminars, and training to maintain and apply knowledge of internal and external case planning procedures and policies applicable to foster care.

• Attend and & play an active role in Family Team Conferences (FTC’s), Interdisciplinary Treatment Team (ITT) meetings, and Parent to Parent Meetings.

• Appear in Family Court hearings related to the children and families served.

• Respond to client emergencies within or outside work hours when on-call. 

• Assist with hospitalization and discharge planning following hospitalization.

• Maintain progress notes and manage the case record in Lauris and Connections. 

• Perform other related duties as requested by the immediate supervisor or leadership.

Salary : $28