Caseworker, Social Work

Overview

The Fatherhood Program provides individual, group and family services to non-custodial fathers and their families in Brooklyn. The program mission is to support non-custodial fathers to become more responsible parents through economic stability, healthy relationships, and connection to their children.

• Provide strength based assessment and set goals in partnership with fathers to create and implement individualized service plans.
• Refer, advocate and collaborate within benefits, housing, employment, education, child support, child welfare, criminal justice, mental health, substance abuse systems.
• Facilitate parenting groups based on a provided curriculum.
• Provide support to increase connection with children and healthy relationships with co-parents, including review of child support status, visit coaching and visit hosting.
• Conduct office and community based sessions; accompany clients to appointments as needed.
• Provide crisis intervention and manage emergencies as needed.
• Plan, coordinate and implement events and activities for participants and their families.
• Collaborate across SCO program areas to enhance relationships and effective practice with shared families.
• Complete all required documentation and statistical reports within deadlines.
• Attend weekly supervision, team meetings and all necessary meetings and trainings.
• Strong sensitivity to cultural and socioeconomic characteristics present among staff and clients.
• Familiarity with traditional and diverse perspectives on child discipline and family functioning.
• Committed to being an active contributor to the vision and mission of the program.
• Works to create and support a respectful learning environment.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

• BA/BS; human services field preferred.
• 3-years’ experience working with families and providing parenting services to men preferred.
• Previous direct service work with men and families.
• Demonstrated group facilitation skills.
• Preference given to candidates from the communities in Brooklyn primarily served.
• Self-initiated, motivated and well-organized.
• Possess a social justice perspective and ability to collaborate with culturally and socioeconomically diverse groups.
• Excellent writing and communication skills.
• Facility with data systems and Microsoft Office tools.
• Flexibility to work evenings and Saturdays.
• Non-conventional applicants encouraged to apply.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is required to sit at a desk with ergonomically appropriate equipment and drive/take public transportation to multiple SCO/community partner locations. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform his/her essential job duties. As part of the duties of this job, it may be necessary to assist with the transport of training equipment and room set-ups.

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform his/her essential job duties.