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Case Manager – Children’s Case Management Services

Position Summary

The Case Manager is responsible for providing clinical case management and home-based services to children with Emotional and Behavioral Issues and their families in Westchester County. This is an integrated, strength-based model with strong parental involvement to support the community plan. The Case Manager must establish and maintain the highest of professional standards.

Hours of Work

The Case Manager normally works 35 hours per week; actual hours and schedule to be determined by program needs.

Specific Duties

  1. Provide outreach to engage children and families who are eligible for the program.
  2. Conduct a comprehensive, strengths-based assessment of the child and family and their service needs.
  3. Develop a child- and family-specific service plan in collaboration with each family and their support circle.
  4. Assist families in securing identified services and advocating to other systems for the provision of these services in an individualized and collaborative manner.
  5. Facilitate the creation of a support network for each child and family; convene regular meetings of the family and support circle to monitor progress toward jointly developed service goals.
  6. Provide crisis intervention and stabilization to children and families in the program as needed.
  7. Develop knowledge of and positive relationships with the multiple systems serving families and youth in Westchester County.
  8. Participate in the Westchester County Children’s Service Networks through designated core membership and facilitation of family assessments as needed.
  9. Maintain an up-to-date and complete client case record and provide other written reports and statistics as required by the Case Management Program.
  10. Other designated or related duties.

Qualifications

The Case Manager for Children’s Intensive Case Management must have a Master’s Degree and two years experience with children and families or a Bachelor’s Degree with a minimum of four years experience with children and families. An MSW degree is preferred. Candidates must consent to fingerprinting and a criminal history information records search.

Reporting Relationship

The Case Manager reports directly to the Children’s Case Management Supervisor.

Application Procedure

To learn more about this position, please contact Assistant Executive Director Kelly Darrow by e-mail with MHAEMPLOYMENT as the subject line at darrowk@mhawestchester.org or by phone at 914-345-5900, extension 233.

To apply for this position, please send your resume by email to krzemien@mhawestchester.org with MHAEMPLOYMENT as the subject line or via fax to 914-347-8859 (Attention: Human Resources) or via mail to:

Human Resources
MHA of Westchester
2269 Saw Mill River Road, Building 1A
Elmsford, NY 10523

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