Case Manager

Make a bigger difference

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.
  

The Jewish Board’s Child and Family Treatment Support Services (CFTSS) programs provide compassionate, high quality, evidence-based services to individuals and families in the communities we serve.  The staff use a culturally competent, person centered approach to help individuals and their families develop skills and resources to improve functioning, to instill hope, and to strengthen resiliency.  Our programs work closely with community partners to address health disparities in our neighborhoods while also celebrating the strengths and resilience of our communities.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

Community Psychiatric Support and Treatment (CPST) services are designed to provide goal-directed functional supports to children/youth and their families to achieve stability and functional improvement in daily living, personal recovery, as well as family and interpersonal relationships that promote school and community integration.  CPST services are conducted primarily in the community for children/youth who may have difficulty engaging in formal office settings but can benefit from home and/or community based rehabilitative services.  The family/caregiver plays an integral role in the support and treatment of the child’s behavioral health needs.

Responsibilities

• Providing restoration, rehabilitation, Crisis Management and support to minimize the negative effects of behavioral health symptoms or emotional disturbances that interfere with the child/youth’s daily living. Examples include (but are not limited to): improving life safety skills such as ability to access emergency services, basic safety practices and evacuation; physical and behavioral health care (maintenance, scheduling physician appointments, recognizing when to contact a physician); self-administration of medication for physical and mental health or substance use disorder conditions, understanding the purpose and possible side effects of medication prescribed for conditions, and other common prescription and non-prescription drugs and drug uses.
• Perform these services in the youth’s home (may include a children’s community residence licensed by OMH), community, office or via telehealth.
• Participate in clinical treatment team meetings, staff meetings, trainings, and supervision.
• Maintain all documentation according to the standards and time frames established by the Jewish Board regulatory agencies and/or funding sources. The ability to travel and navigate the community in order to provide services where the youth and family will benefit most from the services delivered

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree with a minimum of two years of applicable experience in children’s mental health, addiction, and/or foster care/child welfare/juvenile justice.

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.