Social Worker (Licensed)

Social Worker

The Jewish Board's Youth and Family Division supports domestic violence survivors and their family members. Using a non-judgmental, trauma-informed approach, staff guide the residents to create and meet personalized recovery goals, to stabilize their families, to develop independent living skills, and to plan effectively to be able to live in a healthy and secure manner. Our work is guided by principles that emphasize the critical importance of safe and stable housing, utilize a culturally competent and anti-racist lens, and respect the dignity and legitimacy of each individual's journey.

The Social Worker is responsible for supplying necessary counseling within the realm of the Domestic Violence programs. Social worker will complete necessary assessments, psychosocial assessments, referrals, run support groups and other tasks assigned. Social workers will provide necessary support to clients along their journey from emergency housing to permanent or transitional housing.

Key essential functions include:

• Client Engagement
• Carries a caseload of residents, and provides services to those residents within the scope of program regulations and agency mission.
• Completes client assessments to include, intake assessments, overall client assessments, risk assessments.
• Evaluates and assesses clients functioning, and supports clients in meeting individual goals.
• Practices person-centered and collaborative service planning with clients, also ensuring service plans are completed and signed by residents according to regulatory guidelines and standards.
• Interprets and explains agency policies and procedures to residents.
• Develop safety plans
• Provide individual and family counseling.
• Makes referrals and coordinates services for clients, including but not limited to, medical, mental health, substance abuse prevention and treatment.
• Advocates on behalf of residents with other services providers.
• Links residents to community-based programs and collaborates with other services providers.
• May run groups under supervision.
• Participates in audit preparation.
• Other duties as assigned.

Team process includes:

• Participates in weekly case conference.
• Participates in intake, assessment, discharge, and follow-up conferences.
• Participates in regular staff meetings and trainings. May be asked to travel to offsite meetings and trainings.
• Participates in planning and execution of special and holiday events.

Documentation includes:

• Files incident reports as appropriate.
• Completes regular and timely documentation of all resident interactions, including progress and informational notes.
• Facilitates monthly roommate meetings when appropriate.

Core competencies for the position include:

• Excellent engagement and assessment skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Attention to detail.
• Ability to work independently as well as with a team.

Educational/training required:

• Masters degree in Social Work or similar degree, LMSW or LCSW preferred.
• A minimum of 1-year experience in Human Services preferred.

Additional qualifications needed:

• Willingness to work with individuals with experiences of mental illness, and substance use.
• Compassion and respect for vulnerable individuals.
• Patience and understanding for the sometimes-slow process of stabilization and recovery.

Computer skills required:

• Familiarity with working in Windows environment.
• Ability and willingness to learn new systems and application software.
• Able to read data and documents, including spreadsheets, reports and Electronic Health Records in printed form and on computer screens.
• Able to input data into relevant systems.
• Limited applications of manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination.

Work environment/physical effort:

• Travel in the community.
• Ability to walk up flights of stairs.
• Ability to lift 25lbs.

If you join us, you'll have these great benefits:

• Generous paid time off in addition to paid agency holidays and 15 sick days.
• Affordable and high-quality medical/dental/vision plans.
• Tuition assistance and educational loan forgiveness.
• Free continuing education opportunities.
• 403(b) retirement benefits and a pension.
• Flexible spending accounts for health and transportation.
• 24/7 Accessible Employee Assistance Program.
• Life and disability insurance.
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion working groups that are available for you to join, including Confronting Structural Racism (COR), Coalition Against Anti-Semitism (CAAS), and the LGBTQ Steering Committee.

The Jewish Board delivers innovative, high-quality, and compassionate mental health and social services to over 45,000 New Yorkers each year. We are unique in serving everyone from infants and their families to children, teens, and adults. We are proud to employ and serve people of all religions, races, cultural backgrounds, gender expressions, and sexual orientations. We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams to help support our mission, and we strongly encourage candidates from historically marginalized backgrounds to apply to work with us.

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We are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.