Case Worker- West Seneca Regional Permanency Center

Qualifications: 

Bachelor’s Degree required.  Master's Degree preferred. Any deviations from these requirements must have a waiver approved by the OCFS.

Must have own transportation, a valid driver’s license, and vehicle insurance as required by NYS law.

Bilingual in English and Spanish is preferred.

Job Duties:

• Participate in the pre-admission screening of all families involved in the OCFS Grant program.
• Participate in the assessment and team meetings for all clients.
• Participate as a member of the interdisciplinary team.
• Participate in the development and ongoing maintenance of the Service plans to build goals, tasks towards those goals, and action steps for the family.
• Assist the child, family/caregiver, and community/school staff with understanding the child’s needs and provide techniques and information to better respond to the needs
• Attend regularly scheduled meetings with the post adoptive and post-guardianship families to teach, motivate, supervise and reinforce the positive relationships in the home.
• Act as advocates and liaison for clients (youth and parents) with other professional service providers in the community.
• Facilitates strength-based, solution-focused and trauma-informed engagement, intake, assessment, referral/community linkage, interventions, and cross-agency collaborations
• Ensures accurate, thorough and timely completion of progress notes, safety assessments, pre/post assessment measures, service plans, correspondence and case related documentation.
• Provides individual and group education, training and support to improve parenting strategies, reduce risk, enhance family stability and promote children's safety & well-being.
• Supports high risk and disconnected youth and their families in stabilizing behaviors, enhancing supports and enhancing safety.
• Will provide support to other offices as needed
• Obtains clinical counseling and other related services for members of the family and assists parents/youth in identifying and resolving issues jeopardizing permanency.
• Preparation and completion of all reports, statistical information and other file requirements as per agency policy and state mandated regulations.
• Participates in the ongoing development of and preparation in training for treatment families.
• Empowers and encourages families to make use of all identified resources.
• Assists in marketing programs to referring agencies.
• Intervention in crisis or conflict situations in the treatment family homes assigned, moving towards the resolution of problems and redefining new goals.
• Participation in the on-call rotation.
• Participation in ongoing training as indicated by state regulations.
• Perform other tasks and duties as assigned by supervisor.
• As regulations and programmatic changes occur responsibilities may change to meet these needs and requirements.
• Safety – Follows required safety procedures.
• In-services – Attends all required in-service training.

GAFS Organizational Responsibilities:

• Actively participates as part of the interdisciplinary treatment team for assigned youth and to assist in coordinating and monitoring services that are tailored to the needs of the youth.
  
• Engages in regular supervision with own supervisor, including scheduled evaluations.
• Actively participates in all in-service programs and scheduled meetings 
• Maintains ongoing and open communication with team members and promotes relationships of trust and respect with clients, families, customers, and staff.
• Responsible for emergency on-call coverage, as scheduled
• Fulfills obligations inherent in the major system of the GACFS and the LSS Personnel policies.
• Demonstrates a commitment to organizational and department goals.
• Shares positive and negative information directly with team members and confronts others; to utilize the organizational chain of command.
• Practices good listening skills and communicates well both in writing and verbally.
• Demonstrates personal and professional ethics, attitudes and value systems which enhance team functioning and to be abide by the Standards of Confidentiality.
• Upholds child and family rights as outlined in State Office of Child and Family Services mandates and GACFS procedures.

We can’t wait to hear from you!

Lutheran Social Services is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. 

We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, color, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic as outlined by federal, state, or local laws.