Youth Transition Center; YTC Caseworker

YTC Caseworker

As a YTC Caseworker you are responsible for providing intensive case management services to an assigned caseload of youth and their families that are involved in Rhode Island's Juvenile Justice system in the context of a two –three-person team. This position includes evening and weekend coverage and an ability to work collaboratively with a supervisor, team members, and collaborative partners in and outside of the agency.

The Juvenile Justice Outreach Worker reports to their supervisor.

Essential functions include:

• Provide in-home and community strengths-based supervision to clients and families (3x face to face attempts daily and on-call responsibility according to 2/3-person team schedules)
• Work collaboratively with integrated team of caseworkers and the YTC clinician to develop recovery goals, evaluation/utilization review,
• Provide resources, advocacy, informal counseling, mentoring, perform routine assessments, transportation, adaptive living skills and build relationships with clients and families.
• Maintain crisis and trauma counseling and other services to help ensure client and family safety.
• Build and sustain collaborations with community partners, including health, education, vocation, legal and family intervention providers with the goal of increasing access to services.
• Serve as liaison/advocate between the program, community and surrounding neighbors to build partnerships.
• Support activities, services and programs that uphold NASW professional boundaries and are culturally sensitive to clients and families.
• Participate in groups at the RI Training School, therapeutic recreation, restorative justice projects, and community service as assigned by supervisor.
• Attend and participate in all required program meetings including program coordinator meetings, biweekly supervision, group supervisions and all staff meetings.
• Coordinate activities and resources that can benefit all clients and families within TFS
• Complete all case notes and paperwork in electronic health records.
• Any additional duties assigned by the Supervisor.

Qualifications include:

• Associate's Degree
• BSW or bachelor's degree in human service/related field, preferred.
• Valid driver's license and registered/inspected vehicle.
• Experience working with high-risk inner-city youth, youth in the juvenile justice system, and their families.
• Bi-lingual:
  English, Spanish, Portuguese, Khmer, Creole.

Knowledge, skills, and abilities include:

• Novice-2 years' experience in human services, healthcare, and other non-profit agencies.
• Demonstrates a safe, strengths-based environment while continuously using everyday supervision to teach, guide, and support youth and families with their goals and challenges to remain in the home and in their communities.
• Capacity for case management utilizing counseling techniques, program structure, guidelines, and crisis intervention and to use metrics to ensure accountability.
• Strong crisis management, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills, particularly when working with youth of all ages.
• Managed in-home and community strengths-based services to clients and families.
• Skilled in building relationships with internal team, stakeholders, clients and families, schools, law enforcement and other community resources.