Social Worker

• →Work from a strength based, person -centered perspective to independently conduct psychosocial assessments and provide psychosocial treatment to a wide variety of individuals from various socio-economic, cultural, ethnic, educational and other diverse backgrounds.
• → Assess individuals’ needs and facilitate appropriate linkage to community-based services
• →Must be able to independently assess the psychosocial functioning and needs of clients to formulate and implement a treatment plan, identifying the client’s problems, strengths, weaknesses, coping skills and assistance needed.
• →Responsible for facilitating weekly mental health/ substance abuse workshops and onsite support groups for clients.
• →Work with other members of the team to ensure that appropriate wellness is conducted to engage client’s stability
• →Must have knowledge of community resources, how to make appropriate referrals to community and other governmental agencies for services, and ability to coordinate services.
• →Must have knowledge and experience in the use of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities and treatment procedures. 
• →Must be able to provide consultation services to other staff about the psychosocial needs of individuals and the impact of psychosocial problems on health care and compliance with treatment. 
• →Must have knowledge and skill in the use of computer software applications for drafting documents, data management, and tracking.
• →Provides crisis intervention and stabilization as needed.  May require some after hour’s and or weekend follow-up to emergency situations.
• →Maintains; reviews and signs off on all required documentation/reports and submits all in a timely manner.
• →Identifies program needs and makes recommendations.
• →Ability to work a flexible schedule when needed which consist of weekend or evening hours
• →Comply with all S:US Employee Policies, Protocols, S:US Corporate Compliance Policies, and Department of Mental Health Dept. (OMH) Regulations and Statutes
• →Complete other tasks as deemed necessary by program director
• →Performs related tasks as assigned.

Join a team of employees who care about the wellbeing of others. We believe in fostering a culture built on our core values: respect, integrity, support, maximizing individual potential and continuous quality improvement. From health and wellness resources to generous PTO, professional development, and more, explore all that we offer on our Benefits Page and see how S:US invests in you. 

We believe in fostering a culture built on our core values: respect, integrity, support, maximizing individual potential and continuous quality improvement.  

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, disability, age, sexual orientation, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information and including all other statuses protected by Federal, State and Local laws. S:US is committed to providing access, equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in employment, its services, programs, and activities, including allowance of the use of services animals. To request reasonable accommodation or if you believe such a request was improperly handled or denied, contact the Leave Team at MyMedicalLeave@sus.org.