Lifeset Specialist

Job Overview

Location: 650 Bloomfield Avenue

Schedule: Full-time, 40 hours per week, 9:00 am – 5:00 pm, onsite and in the community

Hourly: $24.04

• Health, Dental and Vision
• Life & AD&D insurance; STD & LTD coverage
• Generous vacation, personal, and sick time
• Competitive hourly wages and premium holiday compensation
• 401k plan and tuition reimbursement
• Employee discount and rewards program

Note: Benefit eligibility is based on the specific requirements and criteria of each plan. Our recruiting team will provide more information during interviews.

As a Life Set Specialist, you will work as part of a team with young adults ages 17–22 who are transitioning into adulthood and maturing out of DCP+P care. In this community-based program, you will work with 8–10 adults in an evidence-based model to help them achieve identified goals, including housing, employment, and education.

• Provide individual services to 8–10 young adults in home and community settings to support transition to adulthood.
• Meet at least once per week face-to-face with the young person and provide additional support via phone, text, or in person as needed.
• Directly responsible for all interventions for a specific young adult and any necessary resources or supports.
• Assist a young person in identifying goals and work with them to achieve those goals.
• Conduct ongoing assessment of the young person’s needs from a strength-based, solution-focused perspective and develop monthly service plans.
• Document all service contacts within the timelines required by the organization.
• Be on-call rotation and respond in person when determined necessary by the Supervisor, Life Set Model Expert, and Program Director.
• Attend and actively participate in trainings and individual and team supervision sessions.
• Develop and follow up on, and/or implement feedback and recommendations from the Supervisor, Program Director, and Life Set Model Expert.
• Work will be in Bergen, Passaic, Hudson, Morris, and Essex counties.

• Bachelor’s degree in social services with one year of related experience in counseling and/or case management or related field required; master’s degree in social work, psychology, or a related field is preferred.
• Valid driver’s license and insurable under Agency automobile insurance.
• Ability to maintain a flexible schedule.
• Bilingual Spanish preferred.

Care Plus New Jersey is an equal opportunity employer. Care Plus follows Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and NJ Law Against Discrimination. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, age, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal and state laws.