Clinical Social Worker - Families Thriving (62568)

Job DetailsJob Location: 189 Allen Street - New York, NY 10002Position Type: Full TimeSalary Range: $67,000.00 - $67,000.00 Salary/yearUniversity Settlement partners with 40,000+ New Yorkers in Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn every year to build on our collective strengths as we achieve healthy, stable, and remarkable lives. For nearly 140 years, we’ve fought poverty and systemic inequality by building highly effective social services in collaboration with our neighbors. Established in 1886 as the first Settlement House in the United States, we bring the values of that movement into the 21st century by meeting New Yorkers where they live, listening deeply to all perspectives, and creating space for responsive cooperation.  

 

Joining with our neighbors to make stable foundations where people of all ages can grow and pursue their dreams, we build community strength. We infuse a commitment to civic engagement, equality, and communal action into each of our programs, which include early childhood education, youth development, healthy aging, mental health and wellness, English classes for adult immigrants, community centers, and the arts.   

 

University Settlement's (USS) Families Thriving is wraparound family support program offering support and resources for helping families unlock their own power and remove barriers to having more success and peace. We do this by partnering with families and communities to create lasting impact on multiple levels through an antiracist lens and a strengths-based approach. We believe: families are the experts on their family, in taking an approach that’s holistic and family/community-drive, fostering connection and empathy within all members of our community, and dismantling barriers, especially inequity.

 

Through a connected continuum of supports and services we work collaboratively with children, families and community partners to develop treatment and interventions that are strengths-based and family-driven, support independence and sustainability, and lead to more success at home, at school, and in the community. Families Thriving provides mental health services, the internationally acclaimed evidence-based model, Triple P (Positive Parenting Program), as well as psychoeducation, assessments, and supportive services to families with children ages 0-21 in Manhattan and Brooklyn. With community partners, such as schools and organizations, Families Thriving offers a fee-based menu of professional development trainings, Connection Circles, workshops and consultations.

 

This position will be a key role in expanding Families Thriving to strengthen mental health support and access for youth and families. Positions are community-based and are available for Brooklyn and Manhattan.

 

Responsibilities:


Provide trauma-informed, healing-centered and culturally competent assessments, individual and family therapy, counseling, psychoeducation and advocacy for a caseload of at-risk children and families
Provide community-based services with locations including at school, home, after-school programming, and/or at a community location
Support program in conducting intensive and creative outreach and family engagement to communities, children/youth, and families in under-served areas
Develop individualized treatment plans and facilitate service delivery within the context of the child/youth/family’s self-identified needs, goals and ethnic, religious and cultural identities as well as identifying other needed service components
Coordinate and collaborate on treatment plans and program implementation with service providers and community partners
Become fully knowledgeable of the mental health resources and youth department strengths/needs in service areas
Maintain complete case management records, data collection, and documentation in the program’s Electronic Health Record systems according to Medicaid and funding requirements
Support with facilitating workshops and presentations in the community 
Provide case management, crisis intervention, prevention and resolution as needed to further goals
Become trained and well-versed in the program’s Electronic Health Records, TREAT and Salesforce
Participate in team meetings, individual/group supervisions, and case conferences
Opportunity to provide clinical and task SIFI Supervision to MSW students and staff who provide home and community-based treatment to children and families through New York State Medicaid’s Children and Family Treatment and Support Services (CFTSS)
Other related duties as assigned by Clinical Supervisor and/or Program Director.


 

Qualifications:


Bachelor’s Degree required and certification in an Evidence Based Practice consistent with CPST or Bachelor’s Deree with three years applicable experience in children’s mental health, addiction, foster care/child welfare/juvenile justice or related human services field
Master’s Degree in Social Work, Psychology, or in related human services, plus one year of applicable experience preferred; LMSW or LCSW is a plus
SIFI a plus
A mover and shaker with a growth mindset; ability to multi-task a multi-faceted workload with positive energy, an innovative spirit and creative problem solving
Firm understanding of racial inequity, strength-based and family-driven work, child and youth development, attachment, trauma, and family dynamics
Demonstrated ability to work with and engage hard-to-reach populations as well as families, youth and young adults impacted by trauma, racial inequity, poverty, complex stressors, violence, mental health, etc.
Experience providing clinical community and home-based services from an antiracist and trauma-informed approach
Ability to navigate and support families and staff effectively through crises
Excellent verbal, written and technology skills are required
Strong organization and time management skills
Proven track record of effectively working autonomously and in a fast-paced environment
Comfortable with telehealth as well as traveling to and working in families’ homes, communities, and schools in Manhattan and Brooklyn; experience providing home-based services a plus
Bilingual skills in English/Spanish, English/Cantonese or English/Mandarin a plus


 

Work Schedule: Full time, Monday - Friday, Flexible schedule including some evenings, 35 hours per week 

 

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive community. We support a broadly diverse team who will contribute to our organization. We are an equal employment opportunity for all regardless of race, color, citizenship, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran or reservist status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.