Social Worker - UP TO $5,000.00 SIGN ON BONUS!

WORKING WITH US

The Jewish Board delivers innovative, best-in-class mental and behavioral health 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. That adds up to countless opportunities to use your skills, training, and compassion to make a difference in the lives of others.  
 

Similarly, we support our employees through benefits like, professional development opportunities and paid supervision. Some of our other benefits include:

• Positions offer competitive compensation
• Continuing CME/CEU support through our tuition assistance program
• 15 agency holidays and 15 sick days in addition to generous vacation days
• Health/dental/vision plans that are subsidized up to 80%
• Access to 403(b) retirement benefits and a pension
• Unlimited employee referral bonus opportunities
• Commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) through our many company initiatives, including employee resource groups (ERGs) like Confronting Structural Racism (COR), Coalition Against Anti-Semitism (CAAS), and the LGBTQ Steering Committee

ABOUT THE JOB:

The Jewish Board’s Domestic Violence Shelters within our Adult Residential division provide compassionate, high quality, evidence-based services to individuals and families in the communities we serve. We operate emergency and transitional shelters to help those who are experiencing family or domestic violence. Our staff use a culturally competent, person centered approach to help individuals and their families develop skills and resources to improve overall functioning, in instill hope and to strengthen resiliency. 

Services include:

•          Crisis intervention

•          Domestic violence advocacy

•          Individual, group and family therapy

•          Legal advocacy

•          Childcare

•          Independent living skills

•          Medical consultation

•          Psychiatric services

The Social Worker provides client evaluation and social work services to DV Shelter clients. They will support shelter caseworkers and social workers in the screening, assessment, and referral of clients for clinical mental health services. The Social Worker engages trauma-informed best practices and works directly with victims of family or domestic violence providing direct advocacy and support, safety planning, case management, and connections to supportive services in the community. Our Social Workers work within our shelters for survivors with and without disabilities and provide comprehensive services to families and single individuals to assist them in recovering from their experiences of trauma.

KEY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Obtain, analyze and evaluate case data.
• Carry out treatment processes.
• Analyze and evaluate course and results of treatment processes.
• Record material and case summaries.
• Utilize Agency resources as well as community resources to perform related tasks.

TO QUALIFY
 

The Jewish Board is currently looking for talented professionals of all cultures, religions, races, and gender expressions with the following qualifications:

You should have:

• Master’s Degree in Social Work (MSW), LMSW/ LCSW certification preferred   

• The ideal candidate must have a minimum of one year experience of relevant experience working in the field of domestic violence, substance abuse or community outreach. 

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.