Case Planner (Medical Foster Care)

Position Summary:

The Case Planner works collaboratively with therapists, education specialists, and social workers to manage a caseload of approximately 10 children with varying mental health needs. The role focuses on providing intensive casework and field services to support permanency goals, while also conducting outreach, coordinating Family Team Conferences, maintaining case records, utilizing the CONNECTIONS system, and participating in case consultations.

Children’s Aid Mission:

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.

Culture and Values

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.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Understand and promote the organization’s Mission, Vision, and Core Values to ensure alignment with organizational policies and procedures.
• Work with a dynamic team of professionals including nurses and social workers in our foster care program for children with special medical needs.
• Manage a case load of approximately 10 children with varied levels of mental health needs.
• Provide intensive casework services and fieldwork for children and their birth and foster families with the goal of providing permanency as quickly as possible.
• With medical staff, team-train foster parents in specialized child care skills.
• Conduct intensive outreach to connect children and families with agency and community treatment resources.
• Utilization of CONNECTIONS, child welfare computer system
• Work in partnership with RN assigned to cases; Collaboration includes conducting home visits whenever possible.
• Coordinate Family Team Conferences.
• Actively participate in case consultations.
• Maintain written case records.
• Work in partnership with RN assigned to cases; Collaboration includes conducting home visits whenever possible.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Social Work or related field required.
• New York State Drivers license required.
• Foster care experience preferred.
• Bilingual (Spanish/English) preferred.

Key Competencies:

• Excellent verbal, writing, and organizational skills.
• Flexibility, and ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
• Computer literacy.