Senior Clinical Social Worker - Families Thriving
About The Position
University Settlement’s Families Thriving program provides support and resources to help families build on their strengths and overcome barriers to greater peace at home. Using an equity lens, quality assurance, and a strengths-based approach, the program works with community partners to deliver home- and community-based services and evidence-based models, individually and in groups, to families in the Lower East Side and Brooklyn with children and youth ages 3–21. The Senior Clinical Social Worker provides weekly individualized and group services to youth and families in their homes and communities. The role includes trauma-informed assessment, clinical and therapeutic support, outreach, service planning, treatment coordination, crisis intervention, community-level activities, documentation, and supervision of interns as assigned. The position is full time, 35 hours per week, Monday through Friday, with flexible hours, and is based at 189 Allen Street in New York, NY.
Requirements
- Master of Social Work (MSW) degree.
- LMSW, LMHC, or LMFT credential required; clinicians with limited permits will be considered.
- At least two years of clinical experience working with a diverse population of youth and families.
- Firm understanding of strengths-based work, child and youth development, attachment, trauma, and family dynamics.
- Demonstrated ability to engage hard-to-reach populations and families and youth affected by trauma, poverty, complex stressors, violence, and mental health challenges.
- Experience providing community- and home-based services using culturally competent and trauma-informed approaches.
- Excellent verbal, written, telehealth, and technology skills.
- Ability to be a proactive and creative team player.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills.
- Proven ability to work autonomously.
- Comfort traveling to and working in families’ homes and communities.
Nice To Haves
- SIFI trained or eligible.
- LCSW or eligible for LCSW.
- Bilingual skills in English/Spanish, English/Cantonese, or English/Mandarin.
Responsibilities
- Provide weekly individualized and/or group services to youth and families in their homes and communities.
- Conduct comprehensive, trauma-informed, culturally sensitive assessments of youth and families in home and community settings, identifying strengths and needs.
- Provide clinical and therapeutic services and supports to youth, families, and community partners.
- Support community-level interventions, support, and access to mental health services.
- Conduct intensive outreach to the Lower East Side community, children, youth, and families.
- Develop individualized service plans based on the child’s, youth’s, or family’s self-identified needs, goals, and ethnic, religious, and cultural identities, and identify other needed service components.
- Become fully knowledgeable about mental health resources.
- Coordinate treatment plans and collaborate with service providers and community partners.
- Maintain complete case management records, data collection, and documentation in the program’s Electronic Health Record systems according to Medicaid and funding requirements.
- Provide crisis intervention, prevention, and resolution as needed.
- Establish and facilitate community workshops, presentations, partnerships, and trainings as needed.
- Become trained in and implement evidence-based models.
- Become SIFI trained and supervise interns as assigned.
- Perform other duties as assigned by the Program Director.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
