IPS Case Manager

Interested in working for a non-profit organization rooted in a tradition of care and compassion? Join our team! CORA is a fast-paced, growing organization with over 500 team members and growing with a lucrative benefits package to offer. Our team has been helping children and families experiencing emotional, academic, and social challenges which impede their development and productivity throughout Philadelphia for the past 50 years and we have continued to put our community first.

CORA Services is a non-profit agency whose mission is to assist youth, children, and families experiencing emotional, academic, and social challenges which impede their development and productivity. CORA provides this assistance throughout the greater Philadelphia area. "Children are the Heart of the Matter".

CORA is in search of a Intensive Prevention Services (IPS) Case Manager to work with our clients and families receiving services.

Intensive Prevention Services (IPS) is a program rooted in strong clinically minded care and social justice. Many of our client referrals come through a police diversion program which gives youth ages 10-19 the opportunity to participate in counseling rather than be arrested for minor offenses such as theft, possession, or minor assault. Our IPS Case Manager works in collaboration with the IPS team, appropriate social service agencies, court personnel and other significant persons in implementing service plan goals.

• Starting rate: $20.75

• Rate is commensurate with credentials and experience.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBLITIES:

• Engage clients, their families and other significant persons in a collaborative relationship

that will enhance the potential for the client’s completion of service with positive outcomes

• Work collaboratively with members of the IPS team to implement the service plan goals
• Assist with group programming with an emphasis on resiliency skills. Assist other IPS cohort

with group programming, as necessary

• Maintain an ongoing awareness of availability of community resources and facilitate

client/family access to appropriate resources and services necessary to support and supplement
service goals

• Provide case management services to clients enrolled in both group and Targeted Intervention in

community settings most conducive to achieving desired goals with clients. Settings include but are
not limited to clients’ homes, schools, court, recreation centers and treatment facilities

• Participate in regular team consultations with CORA and DHS/Court staff to provide service

updates and collaborative planning

• Participate in all necessary interdisciplinary functions and meetings
• Assist with transportation of clients
• Document client services in designated electronic databases
• Uphold the mission, vision, and values of CORA Services, which includes valuing all individuals,

supporting the individual’s potential for growth, and enhancing a programmatic service system
approach

• Perform other duties as assigned IPS Leadership

EDUCATIONAL REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s level degree in one of the helping professions

EXPERIENCE/KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS:

• Documented case management experience or experience working with youth in a group counseling

setting

• Experience providing direct service in community locations preferred
• Experience working with at-risk youth preferred
• Ability to work evening hours
• Valid Driver’s License

BENEFITS:

• Medical benefits with two options of coverage (coverage begins on the 1st of the month following date of hire), dental and vision with generous company contribution
• Company paid Life/Accidental Death & Dismemberment and Long-term Disability coverage
• Voluntary programs including Short-term Disability and Life Insurance
• 403(b) Retirement Plan with generous company contribution after one year of service
• Generous paid time off package
• Warm, welcoming, and supportive environment!

Does this sound like the perfect fit for you? come join our WINNING team, apply here and connect with us today.

CORA Services has been named 2023 TOP WORKPLACE in the Philadelphia Region and received and the 2021 TOP WORKPLACE WOMEN-LED CULTURE EXCELLENCE AWARD, which signifies our commitment to developing and sustaining a culture that supports, promotes, and values its employees. We provide our employees with solid benefits, a positive atmosphere, meaningful work and a culture of strong leadership, which in turn drives growth and innovation.

Please note: All new hires are expected to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to starting work with CORA Services.

CORA Services, Inc., provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.