Social Worker

Title:    Social Worker

Unit:     Behavioral Health Services

Salary Range:  $65,000 – $70,000

Reports to:  Clinical Director, Behavioral Health Services

Status:  Full-Time; Regular, Exempt

Location: Long Island City

Days/Hours: Monday through Friday, generally 9:00am-5:00pm, 4 days on site and 1 day remote, with 1-2 days 12:00pm-8:00pm

Position Summary:

The Social Worker is a member of the Better Living Center, an Article 31 Office of Mental Health Outpatient Treatment and Rehabilitation Center. The Social Worker is responsible for providing therapy to clients with histories of criminal justice involvement. The role may also include providing services through Fortune’s OASAS-licensed 822 substance use clinic, depending on client volume. The position may involve some delivery of telehealth services from a home location, and will also involve on-site work at Fortune Society’s Long Island City location.

Core Competencies:

Mission Fit

This person will demonstrate an interest in, and talent for, working with persons with criminal justice system involvement.  The successful candidate will have an understanding of the impacts exposure to the criminal justice system may have on clients and will demonstrate commitment to helping them overcome these difficulties. The successful candidate will also have demonstrated a commitment to using respectful, constructive means of communication when interacting with clients and colleagues.  The individual will utilize a strengths-based, person-centered model and endorse the concept of looking for the best in people, rather than judging them by their worst decision(s). 

Client Engagement

The successful candidate will be able to complete required screening tools to build comprehensive psychosocial evaluations.  While engaging in services with clients, the successful candidate will be able to practice multiple theoretical frameworks and tailor their therapeutic approach to the client based on ongoing assessment and clinical need. The person will also demonstrate positive attitude with flexibility of schedule in rolling with the changes that a person newly entering therapeutic services demonstrate.

Time Management & Personal Organization

This person will demonstrate excellent time management skills including making, keeping and/or rescheduling appointments on their own personal calendar as well as psychiatric appointments for clients on their caseload.  Successful candidate will be excellent at maintaining personal organization in pursuing numerous tasks in parallel, managing his/her/their time to maximize efficiency, and will be good at completing paperwork accurately and in timely manner.   All of this requires good computer navigation skills as well as effective typing speed.

Basic Office Skills

This person will have to record their client interactions into Fortune Society’s databases, and therefore have competency using a computer (knowledge of MS Office and electronic health record systems) and use of other tools such as cell phones and Zoom.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conduct initial client assessment and psychosocial interviews;

• Develop a therapeutic alliance with clients;

• Provide ongoing individual counseling and weekly group counseling;

• Write and update individual client-based, goal-orientated treatment plans following agency guidelines and timeframes;

• Maintain detailed case records, with all case notes completed within 48 hours of interaction.