Social Worker

Make a bigger difference

Social Worker

At The Jewish Board, we don’t just make a difference – we make a bigger difference as we serve 45,000 New Yorkers every year. Join our dedicated team that’s been helping communities across New York City for almost 150 years and see just how big of a difference you can make.

Reasons you’ll love working with us:

       If you have a particular age range or population you’re interested in working with, you can find your niche here.  Our clients and staff are as diverse as the city we work in, and include people of all cultures, religions, races, gender expressions, and sexual orientations.

• We’re committed to supporting your career development by encouraging mobility and advancement across different program types and jobs.

• With 70 locations throughout the five boroughs, you can work close to where you live. 

• Generous vacation time and 15 paid holidays will help you achieve a healthy work/life balance.

• We offer an excellent benefits package with affordable, high-quality health and dental insurance with low co-pays.

• You’ll receive ongoing support through high-quality supervision, specialized trainings from our Continuing Education team, and an education benefit.

How you can make a bigger difference: 

PURPOSE:

The Jewish Board’s Adult Residential Division supports adults with serious and persistent mental illness to live in the community with as much independence as possible. Using a non-judgmental, harm-reduction approach, staff model and guide residents to create and meet personalized recovery goals, develop independent living skills, and live in a healthy and secure manner. Our work is guided by principles that underscore the critical importance of stable housing, use a culturally competent and anti-racist lens, and respect the dignity and legitimacy of each individual’s journey. 

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Social Worker is responsible for supplying necessary clinical intervention within the realm of the program. Provide cultural competent and sensitive services. As part of therapeutic team within the Agency, work closely with the divisions’ medical, psychiatric and psychology staff, to ensure the appropriate treatment interventions for the client.

KEY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS (List the functions that are essential to achieve the goals):

• Coordinate all services for consumers, including day programs, medical care, transportation, summer camps, summer programs, recreational, and community inclusion (Person Centered Planning).
• Liaise between Department and consumers family members, and relevant community members. Provide family limited counseling.
• As Team Leader, lead quarterly case conference, and prepare minutes. Prepare integrative treatment plan, based on all assessments from the other professionals and Direct Care Workers.
• Lead weekly team meetings. Keep minutes of team meetings and ensure follow-up as necessary from meetings.
• Conduct quarterly school visits to insure proper placement, progress in program and coordination of goals.
• Attend annual case conference at day program or school.
• Train Direct Care Workers as necessary.
• Participate in audit preparation.
• Work with intake coordinator on intake process for new consumers.
• Work with Direct Care Workers to enhance communication and cooperation between them and consumer families.
• Complete paperwork in a timely manner.
• Other duties as assigned.

EDUCATIONAL / TRAINING REQUIRED (List all that is required to achieve this position):

• Master’s degree in Social Work (MSW) and LMSW/LCSW with a minimum of one year of relevant experience with similar population.

COMPUTER SKILLS REQUIRED (List the computer skills needed):

• Familiarity with Microsoft Office suite of products (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc.).
• Ability and willingness to learn new systems and application software.

WORK ENVIRONMENT / PHYSICAL EFFORT

• Ability to travel to visit residents in apartments or to escort residents in the community. 
• Ability to lift 25 pounds to assist residents and to manage stairs in walk-up buildings as needed.

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

Who we are:

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.

More on Equal Opportunity:

We respect diversity and accordingly are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, partnership status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

This applies with respect to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, termination, assignments, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs, and all other terms and condition of employment as well as general treatment during employment.

 We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified employees with disabilities, without regard to any protected classifications, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. Any employees who need assistance to perform their job duties because of a physical or mental condition should contact human resources.