Family Violence Boro Park Community Social Worker; Part-time

Overview

FLSA: Non-Exempt/Overtime Eligible

Hours Per Week: 20/Part-time

Met Council is America’s largest Jewish charity dedicated to serving the needy. We fight poverty through comprehensive social services and by treating each client with compassion, integrity, and respect. Our programs are staffed by experts who help over 325,000 clients each year and advocate on behalf of all needy New Yorkers. Our services include 100% affordable housing at 21 locations, family violence services, Holocaust survivor assistance, geriatric social work, crisis intervention and the largest free kosher food distribution program in the world.

Our network of 101 food pantries, affordable housing sites, and affiliated JCCs provide services directly in neighborhoods across New York City.

Met Council delivers services to survivors of intimate partner violence and sex trafficking both directly and in collaboration with Family Justice Centers and community-based organizations including our network of 15 grassroots Jewish Community Councils (JCCs) and other community-based providers. Our services are designed to stabilize and strengthen families and preserve communities by assessing needs and bringing to these communities the resources and support they require.

While Met Council serves all people without regard to race, creed, religion, gender, and sexual orientation, we have developed expertise in addressing the social service needs of very diverse segments of New York City’s Jewish and immigrant communities including the low-income elderly, Russian-speaking and other émigrés, and Orthodox Jewish communities. We help and support individuals to regain their independence and move toward self-sufficiency.

The primary role of the Social Worker is to work effectively with clients primarily from the Jewish community in New York City who have been impacted by intimate partner violence. This includes providing a comprehensive intake assessment, assessing client needs, creating safety plans, and providing a continuum of services including determining eligibility for emergency financial grants, providing counseling, referring clients to legal services, and drafting advocacy letters as needed.

The Social Worker will also engage in culturally informed outreach efforts to help build trust and awareness in the Jewish community, particularly in Brooklyn. The employee will also coordinate with identified UJA partner agencies and collaborate efforts as needed.

As part of the Family Violence Team, this staff member will be directly working with clients primarily from the Jewish community. While working directly with clients, this Social Worker must be able to:

• Assess client needs.
• Answer Family Violence Helpline calls and provide immediate crisis support and safety planning services.
• Conduct intake at the Brooklyn Hub and remotely.
• Obtain appropriate documentation.
• Design a safety plan with clients.
• Perform case management services to include assisting clients with applying for Public Assistance, housing, and other public and philanthropic services.
• Provide information and referrals to clients regarding resources in the community.
• Provide support and counseling services to clients in both individual and group settings.
• Determine clients' eligibility for financial assistance.
• Complete applications for assistance.
• Maintain appropriate paperwork and database input (i.e. Salesforce) in a timely manner.
• Establish relationships and work effectively with partner agencies including legal services.
• Demonstrate cultural sensitivity to all clients.
• Provide individual and group psychotherapy to clients.
• Engage in regular outreach efforts in the community in a culturally informed manner.
• Comply with demands of funding grant and assist in preparing grant reports.
• Work collaboratively with the Family Violence team and help cover when staff is out.
• Manage a large caseload of clients.
• Provide educational workshops in an individual and group setting based on community need.
• Collaborate with identified partner agencies from UJA to assist with Jewish communal outreach.
• Participate in formulating community specific outreach events.
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