Case Manager- Bedford Hills & Taconic

A Hiring Company; Town of Bedford (NY); Presencial; USD 49.500 - 60.500; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A community service organization in Bedford Hills, NY is seeking a Case Manager to provide support for mothers reintegrating into society. The ideal candidate will have a BA in social work or similar, with experience in human services and case management. Responsibilities include developing treatment plans, monitoring client progress, and working closely with community organizations to ensure the success of reentry efforts. This role offers a salary of $55,000 per year.

Formación

• 3 years' experience or 5+ years case management experience in human services.
• Professional or personal experience supporting individuals with disabilities or mental illnesses.
• Must have a valid in-state driver's license.

Responsabilidades

• Provide case management to mothers transitioning back into the community.
• Monitor and evaluate treatment plans and client progress.
• Serve as a liaison between mothers and community organizations.

Conocimientos

Bilingual in English and Spanish

Experience with data entry

Ability to work independently

Educación

BA in social work or a relevant degree

Herramientas

Microsoft Office Suite

Electronic database systems

Descripción del empleo

Case Manager – Bedford Hills & Taconic

Location: Bedford Hills, NY

Shift: Days

Salary: $55,000 per year

Position Summary: Hour Children (HC) is an organization founded to help incarcerated and formerly incarcerated women and their children successfully rejoin the community, reunify with their families, and build healthy, independent, and secure lives. HC provides compassionate and comprehensive services approaching work in an anti‑discriminatory, inclusive environment committed to HC’s standards of justice, diversity, equity, and inclusion.

This position provides case management to mothers and single women who are transitioning back into the community from incarceration. The case manager provides comprehensive case management services as they navigate readiness for connecting with children, reentry, and identifying strengths and challenges to achieving goals. The case manager works closely with other program staff to monitor progress, coordinate referral support, and collaborate with external partners (such as literacy, behavioral health and housing providers) to ensure that services are coordinated.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Working with nursery mothers for successful re‑entry.
• Accomplishes clients’ care by assessing treatment needs; developing, monitoring, and evaluating treatment plans and progress; facilitating interdisciplinary approaches; and monitoring staff performance.
• Admits new clients by reviewing records and applications; conducting orientations. Works closely with counselors, housing specialist and other staff.
• Determines clients’ requirements by completing intake interviews; determining need for therapeutic medical, psycho‑social, and psychiatric evaluations; reviewing therapist evaluations, treatment objectives, and plans.
• Monitors cases by verifying clients’ attendance; observing and evaluating treatments and responses; advocating for needed services and entitlements; obtaining additional resources; intervening in crises; providing personal support.
• Maintains clients’ records by reviewing case notes; logging events and progress.
• Communicates clients’ progress by participating in weekly interdisciplinary meetings and evaluations; disseminating results and obstacles to disciplinary team and family; identifying treatment influences.
• Work with counselors to carry out clients’ discharge by reviewing and amplifying discharge plans; coordinating discharge and post‑discharge requirements; orienting and training family members; providing resources.
• Provide resources to clients, families and others as needed.
• Improves treatment results by studying, evaluating, and re‑designing processes; implementing changes; rewriting policies and procedures.
• Prepares reports by collecting, analyzing, and summarizing treatment and results data and trends; compiling statistics; completing grant and subsidy applications.
• Participate in educational opportunities; reading professional publications; maintaining personal networks; participating in professional organizations.
• Support the nursery program residents.
• Serve as a liaison between the mother and community organizations to meet the needs of the mother and their baby upon re‑entering society.

Qualifications

• BA in social work or other relevant degree with 3 years’ experience or 5+ years case management experience, preferably in human services with equivalent combination of training and experience.
• Professional or personal experience supporting individuals with disabilities, mental illnesses, or challenging behaviors highly preferred.
• Bilingual in English and Spanish a plus (read, write and speak proficiently).
• Previous experience working with adult community and reentry programming preferred.
• Must have a valid in‑state driver’s license.
• Experience with data entry and proficiency with computers including Microsoft Office Suite: Word, Excel, Power Point, Publisher, Outlook, and Internet, and electronic data base systems.
• Ability to work independently, be flexible and dependable, and demonstrate initiative and creativity.

Physical Requirements

• Ability to walk around facility and carry 20 or less pounds.

This role requires the successful completion and approval of a background check and application, to be conducted by the Department of Corrections & Community Supervision in accordance with their protocols and procedures in addition to an Hour Children application.

Equal Opportunity Employer Statement

We are an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Compensation details: $55,000 per year