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Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Harrisburg, PA
Family Advocate - Part-time
Career Insights for Family / School / General Case Manager
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What they do
A Family, School, or General Case Manager coordinates the delivery of a range of social and health services to individuals and families. Assess client needs and work with agencies and institutions ensure clients get the help they need. Monitor client and work with other service providers as necessary to address client needs. Provide limited counseling to client and their family.
$47,628 / year median in Pennsylvania
+12% projected growth
Job Description
This is an exciting opportunity to work with Intensive Family Services (IFS), a preservation and reunification program for families involved with York County Children and Youth. You will work as part of a two-person team with a Family Therapist in families' homes and the community. Both the teamwork aspect and the in-home aspect are very important. Compensation is based on the number of billable hours. Administrative duties are reimbursed at a lower rate. Hours of work are flexible, requiring some evening hours. Provides quality, flexible services to clients: Clinical, life skills or advocacy services as appropriate; goal development/treatment planning; engaging clients in treatment process. Provides parenting information through instructional materials and role modeling; facilitates nutritional program as needed; assesses families' needs for community resources; makes appropriate referrals; establishes working relationships with community providers and advocates for clients' needs; explores and facilitates family recreational opportunities; provides budget counseling as needed; implements educational tools for parenting, anger management, family planning, time management, family structure, and home management; teaches social skills to children and youth; teaches sexual abuse prevention; provides transportation to appointments as needed, to support treatment activities; communication and problem solving skills for parents and children; also self-esteem skill development, as needed, to support therapist's interventions; supervises visitations as needed. Attend court, as well as professional meetings when directed; schedule and conduct monthly multi-disciplinary treatment team meetings (MDT), includes preparing the MDT report and providing a copy to the referral source. Performs Lead duties as assigned.