Family Stability Manager; MSW

Schedule:

40 hours weekly Monday to Friday (plus some evenings and occasional weekend)

Locations:
Prince George’s county with travel across MD and DC

The mission of Playtime Project (Playtime) is to cultivate resilience in children experiencing family housing insecurity by providing and expanding access to transformative play experiences.

We do this by:

• Creating ongoing play opportunities that nurture healthy child development
• Challenging systemic injustice by advocating for policies and practices that reduce the risk of chronic homelessness
• Connecting families with critical support services and supplies in the community to meet their concrete needs

We are a 23-year-old community-based nonprofit based in D.C. and Prince George’s County, MD. The Family Stability Manager is a social work position coordinating Playtime’s continuum of care for families needing resources and referrals beyond housing. Playtime’s focus is on supporting the social-emotional health and stability for the families we serve. This includes ensuring that Playtime families have the resources and support they need to access child care, educational advocacy, disability services, and meet concrete needs.

We fund this position primarily through private foundation support, individual donations and some county grants.

You are a dedicated social worker who is looking for a non-traditional environment where you can make an impact, rather than be bogged down by bureaucracy and excessive caseloads. Successful candidates will come with knowledge of evidence-based practices grounded in therapeutic play techniques, research on Adverse Childhood Experiences, and multicultural competency. Experience with systemic advocacy, community partnership building and trauma-informed and responsive practices is key.

Excellent rapport-building skills and ability to motivate and support vulnerable families is also important. Knowledge of child and youth development, domestic violence, homelessness, mental health, and solution-focused case management and motivational interviewing techniques are ideal.

The Family Stability Manager will lead our social work services including coordinating a caseload of priority families from the programs we serve. Outreach to community providers to vet and provide resources and referral support focused on children’s wellbeing is key. Needs assessments and referrals for parents will center on such domains as early childhood development, educational advocacy, disability services, and meeting concrete.

With guidance from the Executive Director, the Family Stability Manager will also supervise social work interns working individually and in groups with children during Playtime’s programs. Partnering with Playtime’s program team and outside agencies to establish family wellbeing initiatives will be a great opportunity to infuse Playtime’s model with social work best practices. In addition, you can grow your skills by helping to design trainings for staff, volunteers and interns.

• Degree in social work from an accredited program (or relevant academic background)
• 5 years of professional social work experience with children and families
• Licensure in DC (LICSW) or MD (LMSW/LCSW-C)
• Experience with crisis management, strengths-based assessment and case management, and therapeutic interventions that are trauma-responsive
• Knowledge and connections with resources, services and programs that benefit children and families experiencing homelessness in Prince George’s County especially
• Access to car and ability to travel to our sites in Prince George’s county several times per week to include evening hours. Occasional travel to DC and occasional Saturday events
• Demonstrated ability to build,…