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Social Worker - Kinship

Job Details

Level

Entry

Job Location

1099 Jay Street - Rochester, NY

Position Type

Full Time

Education Level

Bachelors Degree

Salary Range

$21.50 - $22.80 Hourly

Travel Percentage

Over 50%

Job Shift

Day

Job Category

Family Services

Description

General Description

Under regular supervision, provides treatment through a variety of therapeutic modalities to kinship families to preserve continued safety, well-being, and permanency of the child(ren) in the home; maintains standards as defined by NASW Code of Ethics. Effectively supports ongoing and collaborative communication amongst all program staff and is responsible for ensuring a trauma informed care environment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

+ Provides therapeutic services to families primarily through home visits

+ Services will include but are not limited to individual, couple, family, grandparent(s) or other relatives/child(ren) counseling; parent training/education; advocacy as needed

+ Provide brief case management, information, and referral to a smaller population of families

+ Serve as group co-facilitator for Kinship families utilizing PASTA curriculum

+ Develop and implement community activities for intergenerational families enrolled in the program

+ Works collaboratively with Monroe and Wayne County agencies and NYS Kinship Navigator Program

+ Perform assessments, PSS, ACEs, FAF and other information gathering tools.

+ Attend local community events to educate community and obtain program referrals

+ Meets regularly with supervisor to evaluate and implement professional growth in practice and performance.

+ Inform supervisor in a timely fashion about significant events related to client issues

+ Participate in consistent supervision, ongoing staff trainings, and program development.

+ Initiate professional development through reading and applying current, relevant literature, development of program activities for Kinship families

+ Completes required record documentation in accordance with program policies and procedures

+ Document significant interventions in case records

+ Coordinate service delivery and complete required pre/post- test, evaluations, and screenings

+ Completes all documentation within required timelines

+ Awareness of and active support of the Agency's Mission, Vision, Values and Strategic Plan. Including, but not limited to, supporting the Agency's Core Competency initiatives of being Collaborative and Community Focused, Innovative and Entrepreneurial, and Culturally Competent and Diverse

+ Participates in relevant Agency meetings and/or trainings

+ Actively pursues development of professional competencies related to job role performance through reading, supervision, in-service training and attendance at conferences and workshops.

+ Awareness and active support of the Agency's Mission, Vision, Values and Strategic Plan. Including, but not limited to, supporting the Agency's Core Competency initiatives of being Collaborative and Community Focused, Innovative and Entrepreneurial, and Culturally Competent and Diverse

+ Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Qualifications

**Education:** Bachelor’s degree in Social Work required. Equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.

**Credentials:** Valid and clean NYS Driver’s License. Use of own personal vehicle is required. Driving within Monroe and Wayne Counties required.

**Experience:** Two to three years of experience in the social work field.

**Physical Demands/Work Environment:** The physical demands/work environment described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit, talk, hear, stand, walk, use hands to type and/or perform light lifting. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and ability to adjust focus.The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.