Case Worker

Make a bigger difference
Case Worker
At The Jewish Board, we don't just make a difference - we make a bigger difference as we serve 45,000 New Yorkers every year. Join our dedicated team that's been helping communities across New York City for almost 150 years and see just how big of a difference you can make.
Reasons you'll love working with us:
• If you have a particular age range or population you're interested in working with, you can find your niche here. Our clients and staff are as diverse as the city we work in, and include people of all cultures, religions, races, gender expressions, and sexual orientations.

• We're committed to supporting your career development by encouraging mobility and advancement across different program types and jobs.

• With 70 locations throughout the five boroughs, you can work close to where you live.

• Generous vacation time and 15 paid holidays will help you achieve a healthy work/life balance.

• We offer an excellent benefits package with affordable, high-quality health and dental insurance with low co-pays.

• You'll receive ongoing support through high-quality supervision, specialized trainings from our Continuing Education team, and an education benefit.

How you can make a bigger difference:
The Kaplan House (Manhattan) and Cedar Knolls House (Bronx) provides therapeutic and support services to adolescent's ages 16-21 who are referred through the Administration for Children's Services. Our residents have experienced significant trauma and often struggle with managing their emotional and behavioral needs. The program provides an array of services including medical, clinical, education/vocation, recreation, substance use and additional support services that emphasize family interaction and strengthening of community support networks, as well as increasing independent living skills.
The Caseworker will provide aftercare support and services for discharged youth and their families upon youth achieving their permanency goal. The Caseworker is responsible for conducting monthly home visits/face to face contacts on at least a bi-weekly basis starting from when the youth is placed on Trial Discharge. The Caseworker will then continue to monitor youth for a 6-month period post Final Discharge. Youth may be residing in Supportive Housing, NYCHA Housing, and Section 8 apartments located throughout the five boroughs. Some responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Work 1:1 with youth to develop individualized goals based on their interests and strengths and take measurable steps towards their goals.
• Connect youth to quality schools, employers, programs, resources, and opportunities in connection with their goals.
• Provide advocacy and outreach with community based providers and complete any necessary referrals.
• Collaborate with the treatment team throughout the discharge planning process.
• Provide connection to resources specific to clients' needs.
• Attend Family Team Conferences, Discharge Conferences, and any other pertinent meetings.
• Re-engage disconnected youth and assist them with their desired goals.
• Work closely with the program's College & Career Development Specialist and Youth Empowerment Coaches to expose youth to post-secondary pathways, such college and/or accredited vocational programs.
• Support youth with their transition to adult housing included but not limited to: moving in, obtaining furniture, and supporting them with maintaining housing through IL skills (budgeting, opening bank accounts, etc.)
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:
The Jewish Board is currently looking for talented individuals of all cultures, religions, races, and gender expressions with the following qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree required
• Experience working with at-risk or system-involved young people is strongly preferred.
• A current, valid and clean Driver's license is required for this position

If you join us, you'll have these great benefits:

• Generous paid time off in addition to paid agency holidays and 15 sick days
• Affordable and high-quality medical/dental/vision plans
• Tuition assistance and educational loan forgiveness
• Free continuing education opportunities
• 403(b) retirement benefits and a pension
• Flexible spending accounts for health and transportation
• 24/7 Accessible Employee Assistance Program
• Life and disability insurance
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion working groups that are available for you to join, including Confronting Structural Racism (COR), Coalition Against Anti-Semitism (CAAS), and the LGBTQ Steering Committee

Who we are:
The Jewish Board delivers innovative, high-quality, and compassionate mental health and social services to over 45,000 New Yorkers each year. We are unique in serving everyone from infants and their families to children, teens, and adults. We are proud to employ and serve people of all religions, races, cultural backgrounds, gender expressions, and sexual orientations. We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams to help support our mission, and we strongly encourage candidates from historically marginalized backgrounds to apply to work with us.
More on Equal Opportunity:
We respect diversity and accordingly are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, partnership status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
This applies with respect to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, termination, assignments, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs, and all other terms and condition of employment as well as general treatment during employment.
We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified employees with disabilities, without regard to any protected classifications, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. Any employees who need assistance to perform their job duties because of a physical or mental condition should contact human resources.
Other details

• Job Family Clinical Staff [300s]
• Job Function Medical Professionals
• Pay Type Hourly
• Employment Indicator 8833 - Hospital - Professional Employees
• Min Hiring Rate $27.47

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