In full partnership with families and communities, Graham Windham strives to make a life-altering difference with children, youth, and families who are overcoming some of life’s most difficult challenges and obstacles, by helping to build a strong foundation for life: a safe, loving, permanent family and the opportunity and preparation to thrive in school and in the world. With over 500 full-time employees serving children and families in multiple programs throughout the Bronx, Brooklyn and Harlem, Graham Windham provides an exciting and enriching work experience.

About the Program

The Family Treatment/ Rehabilitation Program (FTR) located in the Bronx, Brooklyn and Manhattan offers intensive preventive case management services to families at risk of removal of children to foster care due to neglect and abuse. Risk factors for families served by the FTR program are sometimes advanced as a result of caretakers’ drug use and/ or mental illness. The stressors of poverty, substance use, instability and criminal justice involvement, parental depression, family stress, substance use or domestic violence can greatly compromise a parent’s capacity to care for her children, despite strong desires to be engaged. Using Solution Based Casework, we actively work with parents to help them develop a more active, consistent and productive role in their child’s educational and social development; we encourage families to build connections to positive supports in their community who will help them sustain their progress. Our goal is to partner with families to keep them together while ensuring that children will be safely cared for.

About the Position

The CASAC will provide assessments of client substance abuse disorders and use an eclectic approach of engagement and service delivery. The CASAC will also support the case planning staff in the implementation of case specific goals of families; will be part of a multi-method program and has a consistent strong approach to partnering with families to promote the safety and wellbeing of all children; ensure that our families and staff have access to high-quality resources to meet their needs.

Duties and Responsibilities (but not limited to):   

provide case management, substance abuse counseling, and advocacy services
participate as a member of an interdisciplinary treatment team to facilitate the client recovery and rehabilitation processes
Refer and broker targeted interventions as needed for families and contribute to the healthy integrity of the program’s therapeutic environment
Provides consultation to case planners regarding families who struggle with substance abuse
Participate in all Clinical Diagnostic Team (CDT) meetings.   
Conducts intakes including psychosocial history, makes clinical assessment and designs individual treatment plans
Coordinates consumer treatment with other community based organizations as indicated
Provides individual psychotherapy, group and/or family therapy as indicated
Maintains case records, updates treatment plans, writes progress notes and psychosocial histories
Performs other duties as requested or assigned   

Qualifications:

CASAC certification with MSW and a minimum of three years of direct experience, or
CASAC certification with a BSW and minimum of five years of direct experience
Spanish highly preferred