Reentry & Behavioral Support Social Worker; LMSW

Job Details:

Job Location:

Yonkers, NY 10701, Position Type:
Full Time, Education Level: 4 Year Degree, Salary Range: $66,300.00 - $70,000.00 Salary/year, Job Category:
Nonprofit - Social Services, YMCA of Yonkers

Job Title:

Reentry & Behavioral Support Social Worker (LMSW)

Status:
Full-Time, Salary Exempt

Hours:

40 hours per week

Salary: $66,300–$70,000 annually

Reports To:

Director of Reentry & Healing Hub

Department:
Reentry & Healing Hub / Social Responsibility

The Reentry & Behavioral Support Social Worker (LMSW) provides trauma-informed, participant-centered counseling, behavioral interventions, and individualized support services through the YMCA of Yonkers Reentry & Healing Hub, a newly established initiative funded by the New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS). Serving justice-involved adults ages 18 and older throughout Yonkers and Westchester County, the Reentry & Behavioral Support Social Worker will play a critical role in helping participants address barriers to successful community reintegration, strengthen coping and decision-making skills, and achieve greater personal, social, and economic stability.

Reporting to the Director of the Reentry & Healing Hub, the Reentry & Behavioral Support Social Worker will support the implementation of a comprehensive, evidence-based service model integrating Cognitive Behavioral Interventions (CBI), trauma-informed supportive counseling, risk and needs assessments, individualized service planning, case management, and community referrals. The position will work collaboratively with Academic & Career Counselors, the Program Coordinator, Peer Support & Intake Specialist, and community partners to ensure that participants receive coordinated services responsive to their individual circumstances and goals.

As a founding member of the Reentry & Healing Hub team, the Reentry & Behavioral Support Social Worker will help establish participant engagement practices, service delivery procedures, documentation standards, and a supportive program environment. The position will contribute to the YMCA's commitment to reducing recidivism, strengthening community safety, promoting personal development, and expanding opportunities for justice-involved individuals to build stable and productive lives.

At the Y, our work is rooted in three key areas:

• Helping adults develop coping strategies, strengthen decision-making skills, overcome barriers, and make meaningful progress toward personal and reentry goals.
• Building trusting, supportive connections with participants, families, colleagues, and community partners that promote accountability and long-term stability.
• Creating a safe, respectful, culturally responsive, and welcoming environment where every participant is treated with dignity and has opportunities to succeed.

• Conduct participant interviews, psychosocial assessments, and structured screenings to identify reentry-related challenges, strengths, behavioral support needs, and available resources.
• Administer or support DCJS-approved risk and needs assessment tools, including ORAS where applicable, consistent with required training and program protocols.
• Collaborate with participants and program staff to develop Individualized Service Plans (ISPs) addressing identified needs and goals related to employment, education, housing stability, behavioral development, and community reintegration.
• Review participant progress, document service engagement, and recommend adjustments to individualized service plans as needs and circumstances change.
• Identify participants who may benefit from specialized behavioral health services and coordinate appropriate referrals to qualified external providers.

• Provide individual, trauma-informed supportive counseling focused on coping strategies, emotional regulation, problem-solving, motivation, healthy relationships, and successful community reintegration.
• Facilitate structured individual and group Cognitive Behavioral Interventions (CBI) using approved curricula and evidence-based practices designed to strengthen decision-making, accountability, and prosocial behavior.
• Support the delivery of the program's required CBI services, including the minimum session expectations established in the approved DCJS work plan, as appropriate to individualized participant needs.
• Facilitate group…