Position:
Social Work Case Aide

Reports to:
Clinical Director

Schedule:
Monday-Friday (2 days 12-8, including Wednesday)

Requirements:
BA/BSW Preferred; experience in social services, housing, and child welfare.

Job description: Act as support staff for social workers, with particular focus on assisting residents in obtaining housing for discharge and attending court for permanency hearings.

General responsibilities:
• Attend team meetings, treatment conferences and any other meetings deemed necessary by the Clinical Director.
• Read log daily when entering the building
• Work two evenings a week until 8:00pm

Position overview:
The part time Coordinator of Clinical Services must be Spanish-speaking and will provide short- and long-term family counseling to low income children and their families using a Family Systems methodology. Family systems counseling requires the clinician to engage all members of the family (including resistant parties) in a dialogue that explores family relationships (both strengths and challenges), boundary issues, and dysfunctional patterns.

Responsibilities:
• Provide long term family counseling to a caseload of approximately 10-15 families. Clients are seen on a weekly basis for approximately 1 hour.
• When necessary, work with staff to collaborate with outside service providers including teachers, therapists, and child protective workers to ensure appropriate service delivery.
• Complete weekly casenotes to document interventions with the families.
• Participate in regular supervision/check-in with Clinical Coordinator to review progress with cases.
• Support and uphold the agency’s vision and mission as a family centered, and system oriented service provider.

Children’s Corps is an innovative program created to equalize life opportunities for children and families involved in the child welfare system. Inspired by the Teach for America model Children’s Corps looks for individuals who are dedicated to helping vulnerable children and families. Once selected into the Corps, members enter our five-week summer leadership academy, after which they are placed as caseworkers in our partner child welfare agencies throughout New York City and Westchester. Corps members commit for two years and are provided with a full salary, benefits and further training by the agencies. During these two years Children’s Corps provides on-going support, mentoring, and professional development for its members as well as for the agency as a whole. This holistic approach helps ensure not only that Corps members are prepared, but also that the work environment is as supportive as possible.

Every day, child welfare workers across the country interact with children and their families and have a substantial impact on their lives. Finding the right people to do this work is critical. Children’s Corps is seeking highly motivated individuals from all backgrounds, majors and/or professional experiences.

Organization Background
Interborough is an OMH licnesed agency providing mental health services at 4 outpatient clinics in Brooklyn. This is a new program. This is an opportunity to be creative and provide leadership to a new program.

Job Description
Outpatient mental health clinic seeking LCSW to provide leadership and supervision to a mobile team working with 5 middle schools in East New York, Brooklyn Responsibilities include supervision of LMSW and family advocate, mental health consultation and education to school staff, de-escalation of crises, student assessment and ongoing project reports

Qualifications
LCSW needed Experience working with schools and adolescents

Licensure Requirements
LCSW

Languages Needed
Spanish or Creole speaking

Location:
East New York, Brooklyn

Start Date:
Jan 3, 2012

Application Deadline
ASAP

Organization Background:
Kings County Hospital Center Intensive Crisis Stabilization and Treatment Program for Children and Adolescents

Job Description:
Provide time-limited crisis intervention and intensive therapy to children, adolescents and their families in a community setting (school, home, etc)

Qualifications:
LMSW/LCSW and at least one year post-graduate experience working with children.

About Sweet Blackberry: Our mission is to bring little known stories of African American achievement to children everywhere. Unfortunately, our schools often lack the time and resources to teach our children more than a handful of stories of African Americans in history. These triumphant stories of individuals surmounting the odds and making invaluable contributions to our society are inspirational and empowering, illustrating for our children the concept that tremendous obstacles are actually opportunities for greatness. In addition to gaining historical knowledge and perspective, children of all races and ethnicities will feel a sense of shared history.

Sweet Blackberry’s plans are to create content that works across multiple media platforms, leveraging the power of stories to teach and reach young children wherever they may be. Sweet Blackberry was founded by actor/writer, Karyn Parsons (The Fresh Prince of Bel Air). As a new mom, Parsons was motivated by a strong desire to instill a sense of culture and heritage to her daughter. Inspired by her own mother and upbringing, Parsons created Sweet Blackberry—delivering to all children, stories that need to be told and heard. This culture is American culture; this history is American History.

Description
Sweet Blackberry seeks a smart, strategic, dynamic, flexible and creative individual to join our team as the Communications Intern. This is an excellent opportunity to gain hands-on experience in several aspects of internal and external communications a non-profit media company. As an intern you will be instructed, and receive hands-on training, in many activities involved in using social media and the arts for social change.

Responsibilities for this position may include:
Drafting text for newsletters (print and digital), website, and press releases
Tracking trends in Entertainment-Education and using this information to create relevant social media posts
Updating the organization’s website
Assisting with the creation of program profiles and other relevant promotional materials
Supporting event planning and management
Helping to maintain contact records in organization’s database
General office support and additional communications work as needed
Other opportunities for those applicants with experience in video and radio production or graphic design may exist

Organization Background:
Founded in 1970, today Palladia, Inc. is one of the largest not-for-profit, multi-service agencies of its kind in New York City. Palladia serves largely urban, poor individuals and families of color and is nationally recognized for its innovative service delivery in the fields of substance abuse, homelessness, HIV, mental illness and trauma, domestic violence, criminal justice services, and family services. Palladia currently serves approximately 1700 persons per day in 28 distinct human service programs including: residential substance abuse treatment programs; outpatient and transitional treatment programs; homeless and domestic violence shelters; alternative to incarceration programs; permanent supportive housing programs; and numerous special initiatives and collaborations.

Job Description:
Palladia (www.palladiainc.org) seeks an energetic, collaborative leader with a sound clinical background to bring his/her staff leadership skills, strategic vision, financial savvy, and astute sense of the funding and regulatory landscape to a strong and adaptable New York City multi-service nonprofit.

The Chief Clinical Officer (CCO) is a newly-created position that, when filled, will merge two divisions at Palladia: Residential Services; and Housing, Outpatient/Community and Centralized Services. As a result, the CCO will oversee the work of hundreds of staff, managing a multi-million dollar annual budget and serving more than 6,000 clients each year in residential substance abuse treatment, out-patient treatment, mental health, supported housing, family, domestic violence, criminal justice, vocational and homeless services. Palladia currently serves approximately 1700 persons per day in 28 distinct human service programs Palladia has been at work for 40 years (having started as Project Return in 1970) and continues to diversify its offerings and introduce evidence-based clinical practices to meet the ever-changing needs of men, women and families. Palladia serves largely urban, poor individuals and families of color and is nationally recognized for its innovative service delivery.

Under the direction of the President/CEO, the Chief Clinical Officer (CCO) will set Palladia’s clinical program standards of care, integrating evidence-based and state-of-the-art therapies with on-going in-house clinical practices. The CCO will be responsible for the development and delivery of high quality and efficient clinical treatment and human service programs for all Palladia clients, residents and tenants. The CCO will also ensure that the division’s newly-merged employees receive exemplary training, support and opportunities for skill development so that they in turn carry out their work in a way that reflects best practices and the highest standards of care, accountability and integrity. The successful candidate will be a collaborative and seasoned leader who: instills confidence in executive colleagues and Board members; can support, inspire and include experienced senior managers; and has an entrepreneurial spirit, offers new ideas and welcomes constructive feedback. The CCO will collaborate closely with a newly-created Chief Operating Officer position. Both the CCO and COO will be members of Palladia’s Executive Committee (EC) and, in accordance with Palladia’s vision, mission and values, will plan strategies and set organizational goals.

OTHER KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
• Establishes clinical and administrative performance goals and motivates the team to meet those goals;
• In collaboration with the COO, supports an existing QA program that meets all licensing and funding requirements, and motivates staff teams to integrate Continuous Quality Improvement activities into their work;
• Maps unmet needs in the NYC metropolitan area and develops plans, alone or in collaboration with partner organizations, to address these gaps;
• Maintains and continues to improve Palladia’s industry leadership position through participation at national and local gatherings and forums;
• Develops reports to analyze and monitor program expenses and revenues, quality assurance goals, performance targets, research projects, and continuous quality improvement goals;
• Analyzes clinical research, evaluation data, and quality assurance reports to modify programs as the CCO and clinical team deem necessary;
• Develops concept/white papers to distribute to professional forums and government agencies to maintain Palladia as a “thought leader” in the industry;
• Regularly reports to the President/CEO, the EC, and the Board of Directors regarding clinical aspects of Palladia’s programming, as well as develops and presents new policies;
• Supervises up to five direct reports;
• Establishes financial requirements to achieve required goals and, by working with the CFO, ensure that the adopted budgets meet such goals;
• Ensures compliance with Federal, State, County and City Agency rules and regulations;
• Ensures compliance with and monitors grants and research initiatives;
• Assists in fundraising efforts to explain the clients’ needs to potential donors, which may include conducting program tours and describing program goals an results; and
• Other duties as may be assigned.

Salary is commensurate with experience. Palladia’s main administrative offices are located at 127th Street and Madison Avenue. The majority of its programs are in upper Manhattan and The Bronx. To learn more about Palladia, go to www.palladiainc.org

Palladia, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Palladia seeks a diverse pool of candidates for this position.

Children's Rights is a national advocacy group working to reform failing child welfare systems through legal action complemented by substantive policy expertise. We work to bring about lasting improvements in child protection, foster care, and adoption in government child welfare agencies. For more information, please visit our website at www.childrensrights.org.

The Children's Rights Policy Department seeks undergraduate and graduate-level summer interns to assist with various research, policy analysis, and advocacy projects pertaining to child abuse and neglect, foster care, adoption and child welfare system performance. Interns will have the opportunity to collect data, research and analyze key policy issues, and assist with the preparation of reports, articles and other written materials. The summer internship is 3-5 days per week; selection of days is flexible. It is a non-paid position.

The Hunts Point Alliance for Children seeks a Family Project Director to lead HPAC’s direct work with children and families, including implementing education case management, providing direct therapy, and coordinating with staff and partners.

Family Project Background
The Hunts Point Alliance for Children Family Project creates a supportive framework for families that allows parents to focus on their children’s education through case management aimed at avoiding family crises due to poor health services, lack of mental health services, inappropriate housing and home basics, and lack of education resources. Staff works with families that evidence a high desire for their children to successfully complete high school and find meaningful secondary work or education afterwards. Benefits to families include access to Education Case Management, Mental Health Services, housing assistance, legal assistance, and an opportunity to participate in parent workshops and events that foster community growth, particularly through completing volunteer hours that Parents additionally commit to volunteer hours with HPAC to create a community

Organization Background:
The PARTNERS Program is a clinical research program designed to serve traumatized, multi-cultural preschoolers, children, and adolescents, and their families. Program staff includes licensed psychologists, post-doctoral fellows, licensed social workers, graduate students, and undergraduate volunteers. Under the leadership of Dr. Elissa Brown, licensed clinical psychologist, we provide outreach, assessment, psychotherapy, and case management services in both our clinic and community-based sites. PARTNERS aims to provide these services in multiple languages. We also conduct community-building efforts to disseminate these trauma-informed, evidence-based services. Our community partnerships include: Child Protective Services, Legal Aid, Queens Family Court, local schools, Queens Library branches, and Queens Child Advocacy Center. As a member of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, the PARTNERS Program also collaborates with national experts.

Job Description:
PARTNERS seeks a qualified clinician to provide empirically-supported assessment and therapy for traumatized, multi-cultural youth, and their caregivers in traditional and non-traditional outpatient settings. Position is part of a multi-year, federally funded grant (Project CONNECT) to evaluate evidence-based practices for children exposed to violence. Project CONNECT will utilize culturally adapted cognitive-behavioral therapy for Latino and African-American children who have experienced physical abuse/assault, sexual abuse/assault, dating violence, and/or witnessed domestic violence. The clinician will work with families at the PARTNERS Program clinic at the St. John’s University Center for Psychological Services and community-based sites in Queens, NY.

The Social Work Policy Institute (SWPI) of the NASW Foundation has launched a new fellowship, the Social Work Child Welfare Congressional Fellowship (CWCF). The fellowship will provide an invaluable public policy learning experience for an experienced child welfare social worker, who will spend one year working on child welfare legislation in the U.S. Senate. Only one fellowship will be granted. Applications for this one-year fellowship are due by Monday, March 5, 2012.

For more information on the Fellowship and application requirements, visit www.socialworkpolicy.org/fellowship.

Background: The Chinese-American Planning Council was founded in 1965 in response to the growing number of Asian immigrants in New York City. It has since become the largest nonprofit provider of social services for Asian Americans in the U.S., serving thousands of people daily through over 70 programs spread throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. CPC’s mission is to improve the quality of life of Chinese Americans in NYC by providing access to services, skills, and resources toward the goal of economic self-sufficiency and integration into the American mainstream.

Title: Part Time Casework Supervisor
Location: New York, NY
Program: Preventive Services for Children

Responsibilities:
· Provide supervision to Child Welfare Caseworkers.
· Conduct supervision and training for all Caseworkers individually or by group.
· Coordinate Caseworkers’ attendances to trainings and workshops outside the agency.
· Conduct intake and initial assessment on referral and walk-in clients.
· Administer the flow of cases in-and out of the agency.
· Coordinate office coverage among staff.
· Prepare reports and records to meet funding source’s requirements.
· Evaluate current procedures and practices for accomplishing activities and functions of the PPRS program.
· Assign or delegate responsibility for specific work or functional activities to all Caseworkers.
· Execute personnel practice on behalf of the Program Director.
· Attend meeting as assigned by the Director.
· Work with other program staff on special projects as assigned by the Director.

Background: The Chinese-American Planning Council was founded in 1965 in response to the growing number of Asian immigrants in New York City. It has since become the largest nonprofit provider of social services for Asian Americans in the U.S., serving thousands of people daily through over 70 programs spread throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. CPC’s mission is to improve the quality of life of Chinese Americans in NYC by providing access to services, skills, and resources toward the goal of economic self-sufficiency and integration into the American mainstream.

Title: Preventive Caseworker
Program: Preventive Services for Children
Location: New York, NY

Responsibilities:
· Set up objectives and plan to correspond to case’s needs.
· Determine client’s eligibility for entitlements, such as public assistance (PA), food stamps, Medicaid and social services.
· Advocate for clients’ entitlement and social services.
· Assess family management skills, home conditions, and element of risk to the child, progress in resolving the issue, situation or condition that has led to the provision of services through visitations to home and institutions.
· Discuss parenting skills with clients individually or in a small group.
· Conduct face-to-face meetings with children and guardians with the purpose of guiding a course of action for resolving problems, such as personal and family adjustment, finances, employment, education, food, clothing, housing, physical and mental impairment.
· Advocate for clients’ entitlement and social service needs.
· Follow up clients’ progress through contacts with service providers.
· Work with courts, including family and the juvenile courts, to help children and parents work out satisfactory pattern of relationship and behavior.
· Assist in scheduling family visits.
· Report to casework supervisor discussing case progress.
· Compile monthly statistics pertaining to caseloads, number of clients served, number of case contacts, kinds of services provided and case status.
· Document case progress by recording progress notes.
· Fill out administrative forms for case opening and closure.
· Other duties as assigned by the supervisor.

Background: The Chinese-American Planning Council was founded in 1965 in response to the growing number of Asian immigrants in New York City. It has since become the largest nonprofit provider of social services for Asian Americans in the U.S., serving thousands of people daily through over 70 programs spread throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. CPC’s mission is to improve the quality of life of Chinese Americans in NYC by providing access to services, skills, and resources toward the goal of economic self-sufficiency and integration into the American mainstream.

Title: Case Aide
Program: Preventive Services for Children
Location: New York, NY

Responsibilities:
· Assist Supervisor / Caseworkers in managing case files, compiling monthly progress reports, and other statistical reports as required by the funding source
· Assist with Family Team Conferences as needed.
· Support Caseworkers in organizing workshops, community presentations and social activities.
· Help Caseworkers identify community sources; and act as backup for Caseworkers in providing direct concrete services, i.e. translation and escorting
· Compile educational and outreach materials for the purpose of parenting education
· Other duties as assigned by the Supervisor / Program Director

Qualifications:
· Associates, BA or BS in Social Work, Human Services or related field.
· Must be bilingual and bicultural either in Chinese and English
· Prior experience in education, community outreach, NYC Child Welfare System and family work a plus

Salary:
Commensurate w/ experience, and excellent fringe benefits.

To apply, please send resume and cover letter to:
Judy Ah-Yune, Director of Community Services Division
165 Eldridge Street New York, NY 10002
Fax: (212)226-5351
E-mail: jah-yune@cpc-nyc.org. Specify Position title in subject line.

Background: The Chinese-American Planning Council was founded in 1965 in response to the growing number of Asian immigrants in New York City. It has since become the largest nonprofit provider of social services for Asian Americans in the U.S., serving thousands of people daily through over 70 programs spread throughout Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. CPC’s mission is to improve the quality of life of Chinese Americans in NYC by providing access to services, skills, and resources toward the goal of economic self-sufficiency and integration into the American mainstream.

Title: Program Director
Location: New York, NY
Program: Asian Child-Care Resources & Referrals (ACCR)

Responsibilities:
· Responsible for Asian Child Care Referral program planning, management and development.
· Lead and supervise an assigned team of minimally ten staff members.
· Develop overall program plan, prepare reports and monitor progress of the program.
· Interpret and devise program operation policies in order to assure services are provided in accordance with funding source standard.
· Provide ongoing supervision and evaluation of the program staff.
· Recruit staff and coordinate program training for employees.
· Network with community organizations, employers, and government agencies regarding child care issues.
· Provide community education and conduct presentations regarding CCR&R.
· Work on special projects as assigned by the Director of Community Services.
· Perform other duties assigned by the Director of Community Services.