Case Manager - Crisis Intervention - MRSS

Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Newark is currently seeking Full Time Case Managers for our Mobile Response & Stabilization Services Program located in Jersey City, NJ.

Requirements for the FT Crisis Intervention Case Manager

• Bachelor Degree in social work or a related field
• Valid driver’s license

Bilingual fluency in English and Spanish preferred but not required. One year of experience working with children and families, particularly in crisis assessment and intervention, is preferred but not required.

Duties and Abilities

• Provide in-home and community based crisis de-escalation/intervention and assessment, safety planning as well as stabilization and case management services to families and children according to the families' individualized service needs.
• Coordination of discharge/transition services to include referral and linkages to services and supports appropriate to the level of need of the child/family.

Calls are received through a centralized screening entity that determines the need for MRSS services. Once calls are received and information documented, the MRSS worker must respond to the call within 1 hour, as per contract requirements. The program provides services 24/7/365 days a year, within 1 hour of the referrals received.

About the Mobile Response and Stabilization Services Program

Charities’ Mobile Response program, based in Jersey City, New Jersey, provides families with counseling, guidance, and referral services to address juvenile crises and to help in stabilizing and preserving the family unit. The program addresses juvenile behavioral problems, such as truancy, chronic runaways, family disputes, and curfew violations. Mobile Response services are available 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year, to help children and youth who are experiencing emotional or behavioral crises. The services are designed to defuse an immediate crisis, keep children and their families safe, and maintain the children in their own homes or current living situation (such as a foster home, treatment home or group home). Mobile response/crisis intervention workers respond to calls received by the program through a centralized screening entity that determines the need for services. Workers must respond to calls within one hour by traveling to wherever the crisis occurs, such as in the child’s/family’s home, in school, or other community locations. The Mobile Response program utilizes agency-owned cars that workers use to drive to the site of the crisis.

How to Apply

If you are a qualified candidate, passionate about working with children and families, please submit a resume online with desired hourly rate .

AGENCY MISSION

• In response to the Gospel of Jesus Christ, Catholic Charities, as a ministry of the Archdiocese of Newark, serves the poor and marginalized and advocates for their needs in order to promote the inherent dignity and worth of all people without regard to race, religion, or culture.

INTERNAL APPLICANTS

• Please be advised that current employees applying to open positions within the Agency are required to fill out an Agency Internal Job Application Form which is available for download to all employees on HR's public folders in Outlook. Please forward the completed form to HR via email to the agency email address indicated at the end of the application form.