What are the responsibilities and job description for the Behavioral Health Social Worker position at Rosie's Place?
Job Description
Job Description
Description :
Rosie’s Place was founded in 1974 as the first women’s shelter in the United States. Our mission is to provide a safe and nurturing environment to help poor and homeless women maintain their dignity, seek opportunity, and find security in their lives.
Over the years, we have become much more than a shelter. We are a multi-service community center that not only provides meals and shelter but also creates answers for thousands of women a year through wide-ranging support, housing, and education services. Rosie’s Place relies on the generous support of individuals, foundations, and corporations and does not accept any city, state or federal funding.
THE OPPORTUNITY
Reporting to the Clinical Director, the Behavioral Health Social Worker will utilize social work practices and theories to deliver compassionate and trauma informed group and individual level programming to guests of Rosie’s Place who experience mental health needs, substance use disorder and who may not be otherwise connected to supportive services. This role focuses on facilitating groups, providing individual triage and stabilization services, implementing activities in the common spaces of our day center and engaging guests in behavioral health programs that promote social and emotional health.
The Behavioral Health Social Worker will receive weekly clinical and administrative supervision from the Clinical Director, which includes supervision towards LICSW credentials. Access to CEU’s to maintain license will be available.
Requirements : Direct Care
- Provide triage and stabilization assessment to guests experiencing acute moments related to mental illness, substance use, domestic violence, or trauma.
- Conduct one-on-one interventions to support guests in crisis, utilizing trauma-informed approaches and crisis intervention techniques in a dignified and respectful manner.
- Develop drop-in individual activities that help guests to develop social and emotional skills that will support development of positive self-regard, sense of self-efficacy and social awareness and emotional regulation.
- Develop psycho-educational group activities to enhance guests' capacity to manage daily life challenges.
- Assist guests in navigating and accessing longer-term mental health and social services through care coordination, advocacy and appropriate referrals to community resources.
- Provide short-term case management to guests as they access new services and establish care.
- Provide supported referrals to services and community resources as needed, which may include accompanying guests to offsite appointments.
- Maintain a high level of knowledge about guests currently engaging with Rosie’s Place.
- Connect with new guests to encourage engagement with available services.
Administrative
QUALIFICATIONS
COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS
The starting salary range for this position is $75,000—$85,000 commensurate with experience.
Rosie’s Place offers a robust benefits package, including medical, dental and vision insurance, 403(b) retirement plan, pension contributions, paid vacation, and more.
WORK EXPECTATIONS AT ROSIE’S PLACE
We are a hands-on team and seek employees who are passionate about our work and service to our community. The Behavioral Health Social Worker is a full-time, exempt position. This position works on-site at Rosie’s Place and engages regularly with staff, guests, and volunteers. This position will require travel between Rosie’s Place facilities and community locations.
Schedule : Monday – Friday 8am – 4pm, with occasional weekends and evenings required.
We continue to adapt to safety protocols related to COVID-19 as we understand them, and all employees must follow our safety protocols. Among these protocols, we require all employees to be up to date with their COVID vaccinations. Requests for medical or religious exemptions from the COVID vaccination are considered.
HOW TO APPLY
Please submit your resume and cover letter through Rosie’s Place’s online portal to apply.
Commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
At Rosie's Place, we believe diversity, equity and inclusion are core components of justice. We commit to acting daily to dismantle injustice to ensure that opportunities and equitable outcomes are available to all members of our community regardless of individual characteristics including race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, age, sexual orientation or perceived ability.
Equal Opportunity Employer
We value diversity in our workplace and strongly encourage applications from individuals from all identities and backgrounds. We are an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, age, sexual orientation, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by law.
Salary : $75,000 - $85,000
