Social Worker, Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network

Social Worker Position

The Rocky Mountain Immigrant Advocacy Network (RMIAN) is a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing free immigration legal services and social services to adults in immigration detention and to children and their families across Colorado. RMIAN promotes knowledge of legal rights, provides effective representation to ensure due process, works to improve detention conditions, and promotes a more humane immigration system, including alternatives to detention. RMIAN believes that justice for immigrants means justice for all. We respect the needs and celebrate the contributions of the individuals and communities we serve. We believe our clients are equal partners in accessing justice. And we value respect for all human beings, regardless of race, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or legal status.

RMIAN's Social Service Project has an opening for a full-time social worker to work with clients provided legal assistance by the Detention and Children's Program. The position would begin as soon as possible. This social worker will work with detained adult clients in immigration detention, including some served under the National Qualified Representative Program described above, as well as non-detained youth and parents served by RMIAN's Children's Program. Currently, RMIAN's operations are primarily remote during the COVID-19 pandemic, but subject to change.

Responsibilities:

• Maintain caseload of detained adult, some non-detained adult, and some non-detained child/youth and family clients
• Through interdisciplinary model, collaborate closely with attorneys throughout clients' immigration cases
• Work in trauma-informed and strengths-based ways with clients to complete biopsychosocial assessments, engage in therapeutic conversations, conduct needs assessments, set goals, and implement ways to deal with current life stressors and symptoms of behavioral health conditions
• As appropriate, administer screening tools to track clients' behavioral health symptoms
• As appropriate, support clients' legal cases by helping to draft personal declarations, arranging forensic health evaluations, communicating with family and other support networks, gathering health records, and attending court hearings
• Advocate for improved detention conditions and access to appropriate healthcare for clients
• For detained clients, create written plans for post-release services for submission to the Immigration Court and/or Immigration and Customs Enforcement
• As needed, meet clients upon release from detention and coordinate their access to transportation, accommodations, and other immediate needs
• Connect released and non-detained clients to desired and appropriate behavioral health treatment, medical care, housing, public benefits, and other supportive services in Denver, other parts of Colorado, other states, or clients' countries of origin
• With client consent, communicate with mental health treatment providers to coordinate support

Qualifications:

• Master of Social Work degree from accredited program
• English and Spanish fluency required, both oral and written
• Ability to pass required background checks
• Access to reliable personal transportation

To apply, please send all the following items to View email address on click.appcast.io: (1) a tailored, authentic cover letter that explains (a) why RMIAN's mission excites you and (b) why you are an ideal fit for this particular role; (2) resume; and (3) a list of three professional references.

The start date for this position is as soon as possible. Please apply promptly.