Therapeutic Case Planner

Salary: $66,300-$70,000/yr

The Therapeutic Case Planner provides comprehensive, trauma-informed, and strengths-based services to parents and families affected by intimate partner violence (IPV). The position focuses on identifying and addressing barriers to children’s health, safety, and well-being while supporting families in achieving stability, strengthening relationships, and reducing the likelihood of future involvement with the child welfare system. The Therapeutic Case Planner is responsible for conducting safety-focused assessments of children and families, developing individualized intervention and service plans, providing supportive counseling and advocacy, and helping families identify and implement sustainable solutions.

Through coordinated case management and collaboration with community partners, the Therapeutic Case Planner supports parents in establishing safe, stable, and nurturing environments for their children. The Therapeutic Case Planner reports directly to the Program Supervisor.

To help children in poverty to succeed and thrive. We do this by providing comprehensive support to children and their families in targeted high-needs New York City neighborhoods. Children’s Aid annually serves children and their families at over 40 sites in New York, as well as through three national program models. Children’s Aid is concentrating its efforts on creating cradle-through-college pathways in high-need neighborhoods, with a focus on children’s health, family stability, education, and social and emotional development.

We put children, youth, and families first: We listen to and incorporate the voices of children, youth and families in all that we do.

We seek equity and transformation in our communities: We courageously work within and outside systems to create opportunities for children, youth and families.

We strive for excellence: We hold ourselves to the highest standards and are committed to continuous learning and improvement.

We are powered by collaboration: Our work is stronger when we trust, partner, and respect each other and the communities we serve.

We are driven by compassion: We lead with kindness, care, and empathy and believe in the endless potential of the people we serve and our team.

• Understand, promote, and demonstrate the organization’s Mission, Vision, and Core Values while adhering to all organizational policies, procedures and professional standards.
• Maintain a caseload of approximately 10–11 families and complete a minimum of two face-to-face contacts with each family per month.
• Conduct joint home visits with the Administration for Children’s Services (ACS) and participate in establishing case disposition by explaining program requirements and benefits of program.

• Administer the ACS Domestic Violence Screening Tool and complete all required program intake and assessment documentation within required time frames.
• Utilize appropriate screening and assessment tools to evaluate the needs, strengths, risks and safety of children and family members.
• Provide crisis intervention, supportive counseling, psychoeducation, safety planning, ongoing safety assessments and reassessments as needed.
• Provide advocacy and support to families navigating child welfare, public benefits, law enforcement, legal and family court systems.
• Assist families in accessing and securing essential services via advocacy and referrals, including safe and stable housing, public benefits, emergency financial assistance, health care, mental health services, substance use services, educational resources, legal advocacy and representation, parenting support and other case management resources.
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