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| Social Worker Needed, New York City |
Ad ID : 107 |
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| Vacancy information |
Posted: | Friday, April 18, 2008 |
| Expires: | Thursday, April 08, 2010 |
| Job Title: | Mental Health Inpatient Coordinator |
| Job Location: | New York City |
| Type of Position: | Full-Time Permanent |
| Number of Openings: | 4 |
| Annual Salary: | from $46877 to $65958 |
| Starting Date: | May 1, 2008 |
| Education Required: | Masters |
| Years of Experience Required: | 5 |
| Overnight Travel: | None |
| Vacation Time: | More Than 3 weeks / year |
| Job Code: | JVN: 067-08-10156C |
| Options: | Health/Dental Benefits · 401k, Retirement and/or Pension Plan · Paid Holidays, Vacations, and Sick Leave · Flex Time · Casual Dress |
| More about the job: | Duties
liaison between families children and hospital caregivers to ensure that discharge/outpatient care plans are appropriate, practicable and based on the family and individual’s strengths and needs
Participate in Family Team Conferences organized by foster care agencies, as well as discharge planning
Provide a combined child welfare/mental health care perspective during conferences
Establish linkages for specific children with appropriate community based services
Assist planning teams and other appropriate agency staff in developing appropriate care plans and linkages for foster care youth
close interaction with Conference Facilitators Assist children families and inpatient service providers with understanding implications of discharge/outpatient care and placement plans
Assist parent/youth advocates in ensuring child and family concerns are addressed during conferences
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| Company Profile and Contact Information | |
| Company name: | NYC Children's Services |
| Company type: | Employer |
| Company Size (number of employees): | Over 50,000 |
| Division : | Family Support Services |
| Department: | Child and Familiy Health |
| Company Profile: | New York City Children’s Services
New York City Children’s Services is responsible for the protection of New York City’s children and the support of the City’s families. Children’s Services provides Head Start and Day Care Services; investigates reports of abuse and neglect; provides foster care and adoption services to families; and facilitates children’s and families’ access to appropriate preventive services. The Commissioner and his representatives, in loco parentis, are mandated to oversee the medical and mental health care provided to these children.
Child and Family Health
The Office of Child & Family Health (OCFH), under the Division of Family Support Services, is charged with ensuring that all foster children served by Children’s Services have timely access to quality, comprehensive physical and mental health services, and that these services are provided in a continuous and coordinated manner. OCFH supports Children’s Services and its operations through quality improvement, research, education/training, advocacy, direct services and individual case consultation in the areas of health, mental health, substance abuse, and domestic violence. OCFH works closely with the Office of Policy and Planning in developing programs, practices and procedures related to health, domestic violence, substance abuse and mental health. Specific responsibilities of OCFH include: 1) informing child welfare and child care policies and practices with knowledge of clinical issues and perspectives in physical and mental health disciplines; 2) improving child welfare outcomes through better integration of medical, mental health, substance abuse services, domestic violence and child welfare services; and 3) working with the medical, mental health, developmental, substance abuse and other relevant service systems to strengthen partnerships and advance Children’s Services’ agenda.
The Mental Health Inpatient Coordination Unit (MICU) is responsible for ensuring linkages to appropriate community-based services for children, stabilizing placements and reducing recidivism from a hospitalization standpoint. MICU is designed to provide consultation, coordination and policy clarification to staff at Children’s Services, foster care agencies and psychiatric inpatient units. Reporting to the Assistant Director for MICU, the Inpatient Coordinators will provide specialized case coordination services for foster children and teens admitted to psychiatric hospitals. Coordinators will remain involved in cases from the start of the hospitalization until the time that the child is re-stabilized in an aftercare setting.
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| Company website address: | www.nyc.gov/acs |
| Contact email: | donald.leichter@dfa.state.ny.us |
| Phone number: | 2123418968 |
| Fax number: | 2125130139 |
| Address: | 150 William St, 14th floor New York New York 10038 USA |
| Contact Name: | Donald Leichter |
| Preferred Method of Contact: | Company Web Site |
| Login Stats: | User has logged in 2 times since registration on Friday, April 18, 2008.
Activity: last login date was Monday, March 23, 2009. |
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Full Category Title: Categories > MSW > Job Offers > New York > Social Worker Needed, New York City
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