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 and Family Residential 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. 

 

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Social Worker is the most senior level of direct care staff working with residents of the Jewish Board’s Domestic Violence Programs responsible for supplying necessary clinical intervention within the realm of the program.  Provides cultural competent and sensitive services to clients.

 

 

KEY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

 

Client Engagement

• Conducting comprehensive evaluations and psychosocial assessments


• Carries a caseload of residents, and provides services to those residents within the scope of program regulations and agency mission.


• Developing treatment plans in collaboration with clients and family members (as appropriate), to identify treatment needs and interventions and review/revise treatment plans to reflect client’s treatment progress and changing problems/goals


• Providing individual, group, family, collateral treatment and crisis services/interventions


• Be actively self-reflective & self-aware of how clinical and administrative practice impacts clients, families, and the communities we serve


• 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

• 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.

 

Documentation

• Maintaining documentation according to the standards and time frames established by the Jewish Board, regulatory agencies and/or funding sources.


• Completes regular and timely documentation of all resident interactions, including progress and informational notes.

 

EDUCATIONAL / TRAINING REQUIRED:

• Master’s degree in Social Work, LMSW or LCSW certification preferred

• A minimum of one year of relevant experience working with Domestic Violence survivors preferred

 

Additional Qualification needed:

• Willingness to work with families affected by Domestic Violence, many 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

 

WORK ENVIRONMENT / PHYSICAL EFFORT

• The work environment generally does not involve physical risk or hazardous conditions.


• To perform the essential functions of this job, the incumbent is routinely required to sit (70% of the time) and stand (30% of the time)

 

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.