Case Aide, Tri County Foster Care (5655)

DescriptionSupervise and provide transportation for visitation. Document progress notes regarding the interactions with the families in Connections. Facilitate pre-visitation meetings with birth parents, focusing on Coaching Family Visit strategies and techniques. Facilitate productive working relationships between birth and foster families. Implement the Sanctuary model of care into visitation while providing guidance to the families in their areas of needs to meet their permanency planning goal.

Responsibilities:

Participate in weekly staff meetings
Provide approx.15 hours of supervised visitation to the families in care
Provide approximately 5 hours of pre and post vitiation meetings with birth families to focus on Coaching Family Visit strategies and techniques
Provide approximately 8-10 hours of transportation time to the families in care
Provide approximately 5 hours of documentation
Assist the program in ensuring that the vehicles, visitation rooms and community areas are in working order
Communicate strengths and areas of need of both the foster families and the birth families to the workers assigned to the case
Complete related tasks/duties as assigned by Visitation and Operations supervisor/Treatment Team supervisor

QualificationsQualifications:

High School Diploma and a minimum of one year of successful human service experience working with high-risk population and/or community-based services.
Valid New York State Driver's License

Equal Opportunity Employer

The House of the Good Shepherd is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We value a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. HGS encourages applications from individuals of all backgrounds and identities, including people of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, veterans, and those with disabilities. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations to ensure equal access throughout the hiring process.