Social worker for Students in temporary housing

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Essential Duties and Responsibilities

Development

• Provide Maintain individual crisis intervention and case management services
• Develop focused, achievable individual service plans that outline short- and long-term goals
• Conduct needs assessment of youth and prioritize objectives
• Provide one-on-one coaching sessions that guide youth through stages of transformation and socio-emotional development.
• Identify and provide internal/external referrals to families as needed, providing regular follow-ups.
• Coordinate and facilitate groups designed to address youth challenges and lead to self-understanding and change
• Support Group Leaders with behavior management techniques and strategies to assist students in a group setting

Outreach and Collaboration

• Build strong relationships and collaborations with participants, families, MAP staff, School Leadership, and external institutions (school, social service, mental health providers, etc.)
• Meet with Principal/School Leadership, Director and Assistant Director for case review once a month
• Serve as a Mandated reporter and follow the chain of command for reporting suspected cases of abuse or neglect
• Provide ongoing supportive counseling and/or crisis intervention to students and their families, as needed
• Partner with internal resources as well as external campus agencies for increased access to comprehensive mental health services
• Attend regular community school and staff meetings to foster relationship building, collaboration

Administration

• Use performance data to continually improve service to youth and progress toward intended outcomes
• Ensure compliance with the requirements of various funding sources
• Conduct assessments by the required benchmarks
• Attend all Division wide Leadership Meetings

Must Have Core Competencies, Knowledge, Skills and Education

• Excellent Relationship Building, Effective Communication and Teamwork skills
• Advanced Training and Experience in counseling elementary school youth, as evidenced by a Master’s level degree in Social Work, Psychology, Mental Health Counseling, Guidance Counseling or related field
• Sound understanding of diverse therapeutic and trauma-informed practices
• Demonstrated ability to partner with families

Preferred Attributes

• Experience with or interest in group facilitation and lesson planning
• School-based experience
• Ability to work some evenings and weekends
• Bilingual (Spanish-English) preferred

How to Apply

Please submit a resume and tailored cover letter to beranobel@mentorapromise.org