BILINGUAL SPANISH CASE MANAGER

Family Service League Inc.; Bay Shore (NY); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Flexible Spending Account

Retirement Savings Plan

Generous PTO

Employee Discounts

Job summary

Family Service League Inc. is looking for a Bilingual Spanish Case Manager for the Home Safe program. The role involves providing direct services to families involved with child protective services and documenting client interactions.

The successful candidate will have a strong background in family services, excellent communication skills, and be able to navigate community resources effectively. We offer a generous benefits package including health, dental, and retirement savings.

Qualifications

• High School diploma with at least 4 years experience with families in a related capacity, or a Bachelor's Degree with 2 years’ experience required.
• Candidate must possess the ability to work with diverse populations.
• Excellent interpersonal and verbal and written communication skills required.
• Valid and clean New York State Driver’s License and a car that is properly insured.

Responsibilities

• Conduct linkage, coordination, advocacy and mentoring.
• Focus on goal achievement around family’s involvement with child protective services.
• Work with clients in a culturally responsive manner.
• Utilize Motivational Interviewing to facilitate change.
• Carry a caseload of 14 families that are visited weekly.
• Complete prompt and accurate documentation.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Community resource knowledge

Multitasking

Cultural competency

Education

High School diploma with 4 years experience or Bachelor's Degree with 2 years experience

Job description

BILINGUAL SPANISH CASE MANAGER

Family Service League Inc. Bay Shore, New York, United States

About this position

Established in 1926, Family Service League is a social services agency transforming lives and communities through mental health, addiction, housing, and essential human services with more than 60 social service programs in over 20 locations.

SCHEDULE

Monday – Friday, 8:30AM – 4:30PM

SUMMARY

Family Service League is seeking a full Case Manager for our Home Safe program. The Case Manager will be responsible for direct service to parents with child protective service involvement, completing program documentation as necessary, and tracking program milestones and outcomes. They will work in accordance with, DSS and FSL parameters. The Case Manager will document all client interactions, act as part of an interdisciplinary team as necessary, meet families individual needs, and be well informed about community resources.

We offer a generous benefits package including the following:

• Health and Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Retirement Savings Plan with a 5% employer contribution
• Life and AD&D Insurance
• Generous PTO (paid time off)
• Up to 11 paid Holidays
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Company paid Short-Term and Long-Term Disability
• Employee Discounts and more!

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Conduct linkage, coordination, advocacy and mentoring.
• Focus services on goal achievement surrounding the factors that contributed to the family’s involvement with child protective services.
• Work with clients in a culturally and linguistically responsive manner.
• Utilize Motivational Interviewing to facilitate change.
• Carry a caseload of 14 families that are visited weekly.
• Utilize the FAST assessment to aid in goals development and assist family in goal achievement.
• Provide parenting education.
• Help parents satisfy court mandates.
• Increase family self-sufficiency to avoid placement or aid in return of children.
• Communicate all crisis situations to the Program Coordinator and skill builder (as applicable).
• Conduct home visits throughout Suffolk County.
• Complete prompt and accurate documentation.
• All other duties as assigned.

QUALIFICATIONS

High School diploma with at least 4 years experience with families in a related capacity, or a Bachelor's Degree with 2 years’ experience required.

Candidate must possess the ability to work with diverse populations, as well as, engage both youth and parents in service delivery.

Excellent interpersonal and verbal and written communication skills required.

Candidate must have knowledge of community resources, possess sound judgement, be reliable, flexible and have the ability to multitask.

Valid and clean New York State Driver’s License and owns a car that is properly insured, registered and maintained to drive from worksite to worksite required.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS

This position requires sitting for long periods of time at a computer and travelling to conduct home visits.