About the Role
Atlas seeks to address the risks and needs of individuals released on their own recognizance citywide who are at heightened risk of future victimization or justice system involvement. FF-CM is an intensive, family-focused, case management approach that is designed to motivate and link families to resources and services to address referral behaviors and family risk factors. FF-CM is based on the same principles of the evidence-based FFT therapeutic approach: relational-based, strength-based, and respect-based. A key difference, however, is that the FF-CM service is focused on creating linkages to existing community resources to facilitate change. To do so, interventionists first engage families into the change process and motivate them to connect to services. The second part of the process involves Supporting and Monitoring families as they participate in services. Finally, interventionists help the families to Generalize gains and new skills by locking in these changes and planning for the future. The goal of the implementation of the FF-CM model is to increase the engagement of young adults into therapeutic services, namely Functional Family Therapy.
What You’ll Do
- Provide virtual/home-based* Functional Family Case Management to adults and their families, adhering to model fidelity requirements. (*as post-pandemic working conditions allow). Each Interventionist will carry a caseload of 10-15 individuals/families who reside in NYC and are referred to the Atlas Program.
- Provide relationally focused support to individuals and families in-home and/or in the community, wherever it is most convenient and appropriate for the client. Including resources and accesses to resources, and multiple opportunities for linking clients to family therapy services, particularly FFT.
- Actively participate as part of the FFCM team, including attending weekly team consultation, group and individual supervision meetings.
- Maintain timely documentation of case progress notes as required by FFT (within 48 hours).
- Participate in all FFT training, supervision, and consultation activities.
Your Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited university.
- At least two (2) years of experience in community work.
- Experience working with adolescents and knowledge of the juvenile justice and criminal justice systems.
- Proficient knowledge of the New York City Department of Education system, New York City criminal legal system, and community-based resources available to families in New York City.
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
Supervisory Responsibility
No
Work Environment:
Field/Corporate Office
Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:
This is a full-time position. Days of work are Monday through Friday with travel in the New York City 5 borough vicinity. Weekend flexibility required.
Additional Requirements:
- Authorized to work in the U.S.
- Ability to work in-person in New York City (NY) for at least 3 days or more per week.
- Ability to travel to other Rising Ground sites (if required)
- Ability to travel within the community and do visits
- Ability to work some weekends as needed
Benefits Offerings includes:
11 Paid Holidays
Paid Sick Time
Paid Vacation
Paid Personal days
Insurance Coverage
Medical -3 plan options
Dental - 2 plan options
Vision - 1 plan option
Equal Employment Opportunity Statement
It is the policy of Rising Ground that the Agency wholly complies with equal treatment of all employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination as to an individual’s perceived or actual race, creed, color, national origin, alienate, citizenship status, gender, age, disability, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or veteran status in all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, layoff and termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.
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What We Do
Driven by the belief that each of us can thrive when life has hope and opportunity, Rising Ground provides caring support and proven paths to positive change, helping children, adults, and families rise above adversity. With an annual budget of $203 million and 101 programs at 138 sites throughout the New York City and lower Westchester area, we deliver dedicated support to promote safe environments for children and help families thrive through our family stabilization, family foster care and adoption programs; innovative special educational programs that advance learning from early childhood through high school; result-focused programs that help court-involved youth change the trajectory of their lives; caring services that promote independence for children and adults with developmental disabilities; and pro-active community health initiatives that foster well-being. Across programs, we continually engage new, innovative techniques and implement evidence-based models to increase our impact and promote better outcomes.
