Social Worker

WESTCARE INC•Vega Baja, PR

10d•$15 - $15

About The Position

The Social Worker ensures that clients receive the range of medical care and comprehensive services needed to optimize substance use, mental health, and health outcomes. The role supports clients’ individual, group, and community welfare and helps clients and families develop skills and plans for community reintegration. The position conducts social evaluations and histories, participates in initial interviews to identify needs, maintains participant social reports, and assesses emotional needs, self-esteem, and independent-living abilities. It provides individual and group therapies, leads support and self-help meetings, and offers guidance on housing and employment services. The Social Worker coordinates socio-health resources, collaborates with the team and families, reviews eligibility documentation with the Coordinator and Case Managers, and represents or accompanies clients at court hearings. The role also keeps the Coordinator informed about intervention-related situations and performs other tasks assigned by the Supervisor. Work is primarily performed in an office or residential treatment setting, with some outdoor activities potentially required. The position requires proof of COVID-19 vaccination and booster, or an eligible medical or religious exemption along with a negative PCR or antigen test every seven days.

Requirements

Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Social Work.
Licensed Social Worker and active member of the Social Workers Board.
Two to five years of experience.
Knowledge of evidence-based practices.
Computer knowledge.
Bilingual in Spanish and English.
Submit proof of COVID-19 vaccination and booster, or a qualifying medical or religious exemption and a negative PCR or antigen test every seven days.

Responsibilities

Conduct social evaluations of all Project participants.
Participate in initial interviews to determine participants’ needs and maintain their social reports.
Assess emotional needs, self-esteem, and independent-living capacities for relevant departments.
Prepare participants’ social histories.
Assess participants’ needs in conjunction with the team and peers.
Lead support groups and carry out service activities daily.
Provide individual and group therapies to develop social and community skills.
Guide participants in searching for housing and employment services.
Contribute to social welfare and services at the individual, group, community, and institutional levels.
Coordinate and apply available socio-health resources to participants’ needs.
Support the integral development of clients and their families in collaboration with the team.
Hold self-help meetings with participants’ families and/or partners.
Review records and participant eligibility documents in coordination with the Coordinator and Case Managers.
Keep the Coordinator informed about situations arising during interventions.
Represent and accompany clients to court hearings.
Set goals with participants to support life planning and community reintegration using skills learned in the help center.
Perform other tasks assigned by the Supervisor.