Role OverviewThe Brooklyn Transitions Program is a specialized borough-wide prevention program for families challenged by substance use and/or mental health issues. The Social Worker/Case Worker provides home-based, intensive, strength-based, comprehensive services using the Solution-Based Casework (SBC) framework.
What You Will Do
Provide home-based and on-site individual, family, and group counseling, as well as short-term crisis intervention, including advocacy and outreach for designated caseload of eight (8) families.
Why It Might Be a Fit
Our ideal candidate is passionate about providing high-quality services to families in child welfare, a lifetime learner, continuously developing their clinical skills, and dedicated to modeling strength-based, trauma-informed practice with families and colleagues.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Social Work, Human Services, Psychology, Sociology, Counseling, or other humanities degrees
- Child welfare experience preferred
- Bilingual - English/Spanish preferred
- Strong organizational, interpersonal, and counseling skills
- Ability to work at least 2 evenings per week
- Strong inquiry skills and ability to seek and share internal and external best practices
- Commitment to work from a strength-based, trauma-informed & youth and family development perspective
- SBC trained and/or SBC certified a plus
Benefits
- Salary: $50,000 - $55,000 Annually
- 35 hours, Non-Exempt
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