The Family Center has extensive experience in developing programs for families affected by cancer, HIV/AIDS and other serious illnesses. The agency has been a pioneer in the research and design of services addressing permanency planning and disclosure.
The following are current openings at The Family Center:
» ASSESSMENT AND ENROLLMENT COORDINATOR
» ESLS Outreach Specialist
» Legal Intern
» Staff Attorney
» YouthNet Case Planner
Title of Job: ASSESSMENT AND ENROLLMENT COORDINATOR
Description: The Family Center is a not-for-profit organization providing social and legal services to families affected by parental illness, absence and loss. The Family Center has been the pioneer in the design and research of health care coordination and education, permanency planning and advocacy services that address the myriad of issues that challenge families. Please visit our website at www.thefamilycenter.org to learn more about our services.
The Family Center is implementing a new data base, EVOLV-CS, to track all outreach and service activities as well as report outcomes. The Assessment and Enrollment Coordinator is responsible for both completing initial intake assessments and follow-up to ensure that new clients are connected to services effectively and efficiently and for ensuring that all assessment and outcome data going into EVOLV-CS, is accurate and timely. The Assessment and Workflow Coordinator reports to the Director of Social Services and works closely with other Department heads and supervisors.
Responsibilities:
- Conduct intake assessments for all new clients by phone and triage based on needs and urgency.
- Provide referrals and information to callers not eligible for The Family Center’s services.
- Participate in weekly case assignment conferences to review eligibility determinations and assignment of clients.
- Ensure that all new clients are thoroughly assessed and expediently assigned to appropriate programs and staff.
- Set and monitor workflow tasks related to case assignment, assessment, service planning and outcome measurement using database monitoring tools and reports.
- Monitor information entered into referral organization database component to ensure non-duplicative, accurate records for all community partners.
- Work closely with managers and supervisors to maximize integration of all database functions into work of all staff, pinpointing areas for additional support, and training.
- Some field work required.
- Special projects as requested.
Requirements:
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelors Degree required, Masters Degree preferred.
- At least two years experience in social/medical/public health research or service environment.
- Excellent assessment and communications skills.
- Excellent computer skills and experience with database systems.
- Bilingual Spanish required.
RESUMES WITHOUT COVER LETTERS THAT INCLUDE SALARY REQUIREMENT WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
PLEASE EMAIL RESUME WITH COVER LETTER TO: JOBS@THEFAMILYCENTER.ORG. PLEASE PUT "ASSESSMENT AND ENROLLMENT COORDINATOR" IN SUBJECT LINE OF EMAIL.
The Family Center is an equal opportunity employer.
Please email resume and cover letter with salary requirements to jobs@thefamilycenter.org
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Title of Job: ESLS Outreach Specialist
Description: The Family Center is a not-for-profit organization providing social and legal services to families affected by parental illness, absence and loss. The Family Center has been the pioneer in the design and research of health care coordination and education, permanency planning and advocacy services that address the myriad of issues that challenge families. Please visit our website at www.thefamilycenter.org to learn more about our services.
The ESLS Outreach Specialist oversees outreach for a new program which focuses on early childhood development of children who are HIV-affected and under 7 years old. The ESLS Outreach Specialist reports to the Program Coordinator.
The Family Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Responsibilities:
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Coordinate all program outreach efforts and activities.
- Assist Program Coordinator in developing and implementing targeted outreach strategies to meet program deliverables.
- Establish and maintain relationships and formal linkages with community-partners, including CBOs, medical providers, government offices, professional coalitions and community business.
- Coordinate and provide trainings and presentations on various aspects of The Family Center’s services to a range of audiences.
- Conduct community visits including home visits
- Maintain a small caseload
- Conduct intake assessments and new client orientation.
- Assess needs and provide information, advocacy and referrals to meet those needs.
- Coordinate and deliver group interventions, including support groups, recreational programs and educational workshops.
- Oversee planning and operations for Saturday programming, including managing the calendar of Saturdays activities, addressing facility, personnel and client-related issues that arise.
- Special projects as requested
Requirements:
- Bachelors degree in Social Work or related field
- Tuesday thru Saturday schedule
- Ability to work some evenings
- Experience with families affected by HIV/AIDS.
- Excellent communication skills with attention to detail and follow-up
- Excellent presentation skills
- Bilingual (English/French and/or Haitian Creole)
- Ability to multi-task
Please email resume and cover letter with salary requirements to jobs@thefamilycenter.org.
Cover letters without salary requirements will not be considered.
Please put ESLS OUTREACH SPECIALIST in the subject line of the email.
Please email resume and cover letter with salary requirements to jobs@thefamilycenter.org
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Title of Job: Legal Intern
Description: The Family Center’s Department of Legal Services assists clients in a number of practice areas including: (1) Trust and Estates (standby guardianships, wills, advanced directives); (2) Family Law (matrimonial work, support, custody, and guardianship for children and adults); (3) Income maintenance (fair hearings, SSI/SSD); and (4) Housing (nonpayment, holdover, repairs cases and succession planning). We work with clients on both transactional and litigated matters and meet with clients in our offices, their homes, hospitals and local CBO’s.
For Interns, we provide a full orientation in our areas of practice and make sure they have exposure to a wide range of issues and courts
The Family Center is a non-profit agency that works to strengthen families affected by illness, grief or loss. Founded in 1994, The Family Center is the first and only agency in the country solely dedicated to helping clients with life-threatening illnesses stabilize their lives and plan for the future. We offer legal and social services all of which are free, confidential, offered in English, Spanish and French Creole and delivered wherever the client is most comfortable; often, their homes. Our multidisciplinary approach provides necessary infrastructure for clients by helping them to successfully achieve legal and social services goals and address ancillary issues. We are the nation's first program to fully integrate legal and social services to help clients cope with illness and make plans for the future care of children. We developed our multifaceted approach in response to the varied needs of families in crisis.
Practice Areas: Disability Law/Rights, Elder Law, Family Law, Health Law/HIV-AIDS Issues, Homelessness/Housing/Landlord-Tenant, Litigation, Probate/Trust & Estate Issues, Public Benefits/Social Security
Responsibilities:
- The Family Center seeks 2L and 3L interns for the upcoming Spring, 2010 semester. Internships are unpaid and we require that students work 15 hours a week over the course of the semester. Students need to arrange for academic credit or their own funding.
Requirements:
- Currently enrolled in law school
- Internships are unpaid and we require that students work 15 hours a week over the course of the semester. Students need to arrange for academic credit or their own funding.
- Please email resumes and cover letters to jobs@thefamilycenter.org. Please put the word "Intern," into the subject line of the e-mail.
- The Family Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
- Contact Information:
Adam Halper
Phone: 212.766.4522, ext 138
Fax: 212.766.1696
ahalper@thefamilycenter.org
315 West 36th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10018
Please email resume and cover letter with salary requirements to jobs@thefamilycenter.org
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Title of Job: Staff Attorney
Description: The Family Center is a non-profit agency that works to strengthen families affected by illness, grief or loss. We offer legal and social services which are confidential; offered in English, Spanish and French Creole and delivered in the office, client’s homes and local CBOs’. Our multidisciplinary approach provides necessary infrastructure for clients by helping them to successfully achieve legal and social services goals and address ancillary issues.
Staff Attorneys practice in one of three distinct substantive areas including: (1) Family Law; (2) Public Benefits Law; and (3) Housing Law. Additionally, attorneys provide lifetime planning services for clients in the form of wills and advanced directives. For attorneys, we provide a full orientation in our areas of practice. TFC seeks an attorney to work full time in the area of public benefits. The Staff Attorney reports to the Director of Legal Services.
Responsibilities:
- Interview clients as to legal matters at least once per week over the phone and in person
- Represent clients in court, administrative agencies, and other forums in Family Law or Housing Law or Public Benefits Law matters
- Conduct outreach activities and clinics off-site
- Mentor Volunteer Attorneys through TFC’s Pro Bono Program
- Maintain proper files and aid staff in the preparation of research, funding reports and applications
- Keep current on law and procedures within their area of practice.
Requirements:
- Juris Doctor and a demonstrated interest in family, public benefits or housing law
- License to practice law in New York State
- Strong interpersonal, organizational and writing skills
- Spanish speaking required
- Please e-mail resumes with cover letters to jobs@thefamilycenter.org. Please place the words “Staff Attorney,” in the subject line of the e-mail and state salary requirements. The Family Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Please email resume and cover letter with salary requirements to jobs@thefamilycenter.org
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Title of Job: YouthNet Case Planner
Description: YouthNet is funded by the NYC Administration for Children’s Services to address the needs of teens coming out of congregate care or at risk of out-of-home placement, by providing a rich menu of intensive home and office-based services including individual and family therapy and conflict resolution. Youth Net operates out of the agency’s Brooklyn office in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood. The case planner will provide services to youth and their families utilizing motivational interviewing and conflict resolution (collaborative problem solving) techniques.
The YouthNet Case Planner reports to the clinical supervisor.
This is an excellent opportunity for a clinician to provide services to underserved high risk adolescent and their families in their natural environment. You will be able to first hand experience the concerns of the families we serve. It will prove to be an invaluable experience in the development of your career as a social worker.
Responsibilities:
• Provide home- and office-based therapeutic services to high-risk teens and their families residing in Brooklyn, including individual, family and group work.
• Utilize Motivational Interviewing and Collaborative Problem Solving techniques to help families to meet their goals.
• Complete comprehensive assessments and bio-psycho-socials.
• Complete Progress Notes, Family Assessment Service Plans (FASPs) and other documentation as required by the funding agency and program.
• Participate in weekly clinical supervision, unit meetings, and family team conferences.
• Develop and facilitate groups for teens, parents/caregivers and families.
• Special Projects as requested.
Requirements:
• Masters in human services discipline such as social work, psychology, art therapy or counseling.
• Experience working with high risk adolescent and their families
• Familiarity with Motivational Interviewing and Conflict Resolution Techniques.
• Experience providing individual and family and group therapy.
• Bilingual Spanish, a strong plus.
• Familiarity with ACS/PPRS, PROMIS and CONNECTIONS preferred.
RESUMES WITHOUT COVER LETTERS THAT INCLUDE SALARY REQUIREMENT WILL NOT BE CONSIDERED.
PLEASE EMAIL RESUME WITH COVER LETTER TO:JOBS@THEFAMILYCENTER.ORG
Please email resume and cover letter with salary requirements to jobs@thefamilycenter.org
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