Social Worker

About Rising Ground

Founded as an orphanage in 1831, Rising Ground has been at the forefront of evolving community needs. 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, and each year, Rising Ground is a positive force in the lives of more than 72,000 individuals annually. We do this through 101 programs across 138 sites, throughout New York City and Westchester. Our strong belief and commitment to diversity is shown not just through our work with supported persons but is integral to the building of a strong staff that reflects the communities we serve. Rising Ground is headquartered in New York City.

About the Role

The Social Worker is responsible for the provision and coordination of casework and therapeutic services for the residents of the Runaway Homeless Youth Shelter TIL Programs located in Coney Island Brooklyn AND Willis Av in the Bronx. The Social Worker will be required to regularly travel to both programs to meet with the residents. This position will be asked to facilitate individual and group sessions and write progress notes for these interactions. Clinical experience and knowledge of CBT or TFCBT preferred.

What You'll Do

• Help the youth identify and develop coping skills to help them successfully reach independence.
• Provide casework and therapeutic services to residents of the shelter including referrals for entitlements, housing, and services, accompanying residents on appointments and fostering/facilitating relationships with other service providers to meet the needs of the residents of the program.
• Develop, in concert with youth and the treatment team, Individualized Service Plans for youth as per DYCD Regulation.
• Develop discharge plans and support networks for residents in the program.
• Provide individual and group counseling and clinical workshops for youth.
• Coordinate and monitor multi-disciplinary service provision including facilitating planning conferences and developing service/treatment plans.
• Ensure the safety of all youth on caseload.
• Maintain daily communication with childcare staff and program leadership.
• Ensure that all residents are in possession of necessary legal documents, i.e., birth certificate, social security card, NY State ID.
• Assist residents with Independent Living preparation, employment, and educational services.
• Maintain up-to-date case record documentation and reports including progress notes, court reports, and all documentation required by city and state governing bodies.
• Provide timely communication to DYCD.
• Participate in staff meetings, multi-disciplinary meetings, and planning meetings.
• Other duties as assigned by supervisor.

Competencies

• Accountability for Excellence: Takes responsibility for all work activities and personal activities; follows through on commitments; implements decisions that have been agreed upon; maintains confidentiality with sensitive information; acknowledges and learns from mistakes without blaming others; recognizes the impact of one's behavior on others; displays a strong commitment to organizational success and inspires others to commit to goals.
• Individuals Supported/Customer/Client Focus: Makes persons served, customers, clients and their needs a primary focus of one's actions; shows interest in and understanding of the needs and expectations of internal and external customers (including direct reports); gains trust and respect; meets or exceeds their expectations.
• Coaching: Providing timely guidance and feedback to help others strengthen knowledge/skills areas needed to accomplish a task or solve a problem.
• Managing Work: Shows ability to plan, schedule, direct work of self and others; balances task requirements and individual abilities; organizes materials to accomplish tasks; sets challenging yet achievable goals for self and others.
• Conflict Management: Uses appropriate interpersonal styles and techniques to reduce tension and/or conflict between two or more people; able to size up situations quickly; able to identify common interests; facilitates resolution.
• Quality Orientation: Monitors and checks work to meet quality standards; demonstrates a high level of care and thoroughness; checks work to ensure completeness and accuracy.

Your Qualifications

• Master's in Social Work
• Good Writing Skills
• Computer Knowledge
• Clean Driver's License preferred
• Clinical Experience preferred

Benefit Offerings include

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

Supervisory Responsibility: No

Work Environment:

This position is based at our TIL sites, a residential program for Runaway/Homeless Female Identified youth in the Bronx and Brooklyn. This position requires the Social Worker to be able to coordinate between both locations. They will be responsible for meeting, tracking, and following up with youth as necessary.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:

This is a full-time position which will require possibly being on-call for youth afterwork hours. Additionally, evening and weekend hours may be 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).

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.