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Permanency Care Manager (26511)

Northern Rivers Family Services

Schenectady, NYFull-time$23–25/hrSeen 1w agoSeen in employer's feed 4 days ago

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Compensation
$23–25/hr
Location
Schenectady, NY
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Driver's License

Job overview

The Permanency Care Manager works with children in care, the Department of Social Services, foster families, and birth families to support permanency across multiple settings. Reporting to the Program Coordinator, the role is on-site with some travel. It includes coordinating appointments and transportation, attending and facilitating meetings, supporting birth families, and participating in treatment and discharge planning.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Appointment CoordinationTransportationMeeting FacilitationSupervised VisitationParenting Skills FeedbackTreatment PlanningDischarge Planning

Qualifications

Associate's Degree or Equivalent Education and ExperienceTwo Years Social Services ExperienceDriver's LicenseReliable Safe Clean TransportationNight and Weekend AvailabilityOn-Call Rotation

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Tuition Assistance
Paid Time Off
401(k) Match

Full job description

Salary Range $23.00 - $25.00 Hourly

Position Type Full Time

Travel Percentage Up to 50%

Description

As a Case Manager, you will work with the children in care, the Department of Social Services, foster families, and birth families in the journey toward achieving permanency in multiple settings. You will report to the Program Coordinator and work on-site with some travel. Mileage reimbursement offered!

Responsibilities:

  • Work with foster and birth families to coordinate all appointments for children, including providing transportation if another plan cannot be found.

  • Attend all client-related meetings, including Counsel on Special Education, Termination of Parental Rights, staff meetings, service provider meetings, emergency meetings, court, and others.

  • Facilitate meetings with other service providers.

  • Support birth families including providing supervised visitation and feedback on parenting skills and communication regarding progress/problems of children in care and obstacles toward permanency.

  • Participation in treatment and discharge planning.

  • Regular case documentation.

Requirements and Education:

  • Associate's Degree and two year of experience in social services, or equivalent education and experience.

  • Ability to work night and weekend hours and be part of an on-call rotation to support foster families in after-hours crisis.

  • Driver's license and reliable, safe, and clean transportation and a willingness to transport clients in own vehicle.

Benefits

  • Health care package: medical, dental, and vision

  • Tuition reimbursement

  • Paid time off

  • Holiday Pay

  • 401 (K) plan

  • Life Insurance

  • Loan repayment assistance

  • Free training/CEU opportunities

About Northern Rivers

At Northern Rivers Family of Services, we work together to make a difference in our client's lives. Northern Rivers empowers children, adults, and families to change their lives and build stronger communities.

Northern Rivers Family of Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We hire great people from a variety of backgrounds, not because it is the right thing to do, but because it makes us stronger! All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status, or any other characteristic protected under applicable law. We cherish the unique contributions of our diverse staff and are building a culture where everyone has the opportunity to do the meaningful work.

How this job compares

Set against the 2,990 open Case Management jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 29, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$23–25/hr
  • New York median$24–26/hr160 hourly ranges
  • US median$25–37/hr1,074 hourly ranges

This range's midpoint, $24/hr, is 5% below the New York median midpoint ($25/hr) — in the middle half of Case Management hourly ranges in New York.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 414 open Case Management jobs in New York and 2,990 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in New York
Experience
This posting asks for at least 2 years of experience; Case Management postings that state a minimum ask for 2 years at the median (2,040 postings).
Education
679 of the 2,990 open Case Management jobs (23%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 29, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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