Social Worker

Company: Volunteers of America Greater New York
Location: New York
Posted on: May 14, 2025

Job Description:

Volunteers of America-Greater New York (VOA-Greater New York) is an anti-poverty organization working to end homelessness in the New York area by 2050. We operate over 60 programs across New York City, Northern New Jersey and Westchester County including emergency, transitional and permanent housing. Our services extend to families experiencing homelessness, survivors of domestic violence, people living with HIV/AIDS, veterans, youth aging out of foster care, adults with behavioral health or substance use needs, and others in need, including a special education preschool program.

We are in search of new talent in the following position...

Position: Social Worker/Client Care Coordinator

The Social Worker/Client Care Coordinators will enhance existing services to include a thorough assessment of families' long-term goals at intake and development of service plan to incorporate small achievable tasks leading to permanent housing with enrollment and/or referrals to community resources.

East 119th Street Veterans Residence is a single room occupancy (SRO) residence that provides permanent, supportive housing to formerly homeless single veteran men and women, including those diagnosed with a mental illness. To learn more about the program, copy and paste this link into a browser https://www.voa-gny.org/our-vets-programs

Location: 22 East 119th Street * New York, NY 10036

Minimum Qualifications:

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• Master's Degree in Social Work with the expectation that LMSW is acquired within 12 months of hire or a Master's Degree in Mental Health Counseling with License (LMHC).
  
• Knowledge of emotional/behavioral health and mental health, diagnostic classifications.
  
• In addition, the position requires a reasonable combination of skills in the following areas: strengths based, solution focused, and family centered practice; experience working with diverse client populations;
  
  
  Social Worker/Client Care Coordinator Principal Responsibilities:
  
  
• Manage a caseload.
  
• Conduct initial assessment for newly admitted clients within 72 hours of admission.
  
• Complete Assessment Summary and make determination on type of intervention needed.
  
• Maintain service documentation to include client progress notes, observations and interactions about clients and incident reporting when necessary.
  
• Provide on-call crisis intervention support.
  
• Participate in individual service coordination activities, including vocational and educational services and support recreational and/or socialization activities.
  
• Develop community linkages.
  
• Refer client to appropriate community providers to address client needs.
  
• Perform other related duties as assigned.
  
  
  Employees receive an exceptional benefits package including:
  
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  • Medical
    
  • Dental
    
  • Vision
    
  • Prescription coverage
    
  • Life insurance,
    
  • Retirement plan
    
  • Educational Reimbursement Program (includes tuition and license/certification)
    
  • Paid Time Off which is accrued monthly and roles over from year to year. In addition:
    
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    • Paid Birthday Holiday
      
      
      And much more...To learn more about VOA-Greater New York, copy and paste this link into a browser: https://www.voa-gny.org/about
      
      VOA-Greater New York is an Equal Opportunity Employer/Vets/Disabled/Other Protected Categories. Apply today!
      

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