Community Social Worker

Purpose: 

Jewish Community Services (JCS) aims to enhance the well-being of New York City's Jewish community by addressing a wide range of challenges, icluding mental health trends, community or global crises, and specific life-cycle topics like grief and loss. Our services are designed to provide training, resources consultation, adn short-term intervention to large communities and groups. We offer consultation services, screening and referral, short-term case management, supportive counseling, adn informative workshops. 

Position Overview: 

The Social Worker position is responsible for providing training, education, resources, adn short-term interventions to a variety of communal institutions and groups withing the Jewish community. The focus areas can include topics like addressing the mental health impact of antisemitish, loss and bereavement, building resilience, and restoring wellness. Thorugh this work, the social worker will identify individuals who need more clinical intervention and link them to appropriate services within the Jewish Board. This role required a deep understanding of Jewish communal institutions, culture, and practice, adn involves coordinating with other provders to maximinze treatment outcomes. 

Key Essential Functions: 

• Provide training, education and resources to communal institutions and groups within the Jewish community on a range of mental health topics. 
• Develop and facilitate support and wellness groups focused on mental health, resilience, and wellness. 
• Offer short-term interventions and crisis intervention services. 
• Identify individuals in need of more clinical interventions and link them to appropriate services within the Jewish Board.
• Conduct case consultations and provide traning to professional and lay leadership
• Work together with professional and lay leaders from partner organizations to develop programs. 
• Develop and maintain community contacts and relationships with potential partners and service recipients. 
• Coordinate with other providers to maximinize treatment outcomes. 

Core Competencies for the position include: 

• Strong interpersonal/relationship-building skills. 
• Cultural organizational and time-management skills. 
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills.
• Ability to communicate wiht staff adn other professional at all levels. 
• Solution focused and collaborative. 
• High level of self-motivation and stron commitment to achieving goals. 
• Responsible decision making. 
• Sensitivity to issues of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging. 

Educational/Training Required: 

• Master's degree (LMSW, LCSW, LMHC, LCAT, LMFT)

Experience Required/Language Preference:

• Minimum two year's experience. 
• Professional or voluntee experiences working with Jewish communal institutions. 
• Solid clinical skills, and knowledge of evidence-based practices. 
• Strong interpersonal, organizational, and communication skills. 
• Familiarity with trauman and trauma-focused interventions. 
• Hebrew language a plus. 

Computer Skills Required: Experience with excel, data collection, and knowledge on how to se search engines to gather data for resource development. 

Visual and Manual Dexierity: The candidate should be able to read paper and electronic documents and perform significant data entry into various computer programs. Manual dexterity adn hand-eye coordination to travel independently using public transportation. 

Work Environment / Physical Effort: 

• This ole is hybrid; it will include community -based work that required travel to different locations. 
• To perform the job's essential functions, the candidate must travel within the five boroughs carrying equipment such as a notebook, forms, laptop, mobile hotspot and cell phone weighing up to about 10 pounds. 
• To perform the essential functions of this job, the incumbent is routinely required to sit (70% of the time) and stand (30% of the time).
• The work environment geneally does not involve physical risk or hazardous conditions.