Behavioral Health Social Worker

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.

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.

• 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.

• Maintain accurate guest records in our database to track guest support and program effectiveness.
• Ensure confidentiality when handling all aspects of guests’ information.
• Participate in weekly supervision, monthly group clinical supervision, program meetings, and monthly staff meetings.
• Work collaboratively across departments to develop and implement successful programming.
• Perform additional duties as assigned by the Clinical Director and Leadership team.

There are innumerable ways to learn, grow, and excel professionally. We know people gain skills through a variety of professional, personal, educational, and volunteer experiences. We respect this when we review applications and take a broad look at the experience of each applicant. We want to get to know you and the unique strengths you will bring to the work. This said, we are most likely to be interested in your candidacy if you can demonstrate the majority of the qualifications and experiences listed below:

• Master’s degree in social work (MSW) from an accredited program.
• Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker (LICSW) or eligible for licensure.
• Minimum of 2 years of experience in clinical social work, preferably in a shelter or community-based setting.
• Strong commitment to social justice and the mission of Rosie’s Place.
• Fluency in Spanish/Haitian Creole/Mandarin or Cantonese strongly preferred.
• Experience working in a…