Social Worker - Wellness Together

Hybrid • 189 Allen Street - New York, NY 10002

• Salary Range: $62,298.60 - $62,298.60 Salary/year
• Position Type: Full Time

Social Worker - Wellness Together

University Settlement partners with 40,000+ New Yorkers in Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn every year to build on our collective strengths as we achieve healthy, stable, and remarkable lives. For nearly 140 years, we’ve fought poverty and systemic inequality by building highly effective social services in collaboration with our neighbors. Established in 1886 as the first Settlement House in the United States, we bring the values of that movement into the 21st century by meeting New Yorkers where they live, listening deeply to all perspectives, and creating space for responsive cooperation.

Joining with our neighbors to make stable foundations where people of all ages can grow and pursue their dreams, we build community strength. We infuse a commitment to civic engagement, equality, and communal action into each of our programs, which include early childhood education, youth development, healthy aging, mental health and wellness, English classes for adult immigrants, community centers, and the arts.

Wellness Together aims to improve the quality of life for older adults who are homebound due to age or infirmity. Through comprehensive case management, various virtual group activities, and volunteer services, the program supports older adults to live their lives to their fullest potential. The program is part of the agency’s LEARN (Longevity through Education, Arts, Recreation, and Nutrition) network that works with older adults. The Social Workers will spend the majority of their time in the community through participant home visits and partnership collaborations.

Responsibilities:

• Provide intake, on-going assessment, and develop individualized, goal-oriented service plan to ensure participants receive the services they need to ensure good health and wellness in their homes
• Screen and assess clients for social determinants of health, mental health, trauma, risk, and substance use
• Provide crisis intervention, prevention, and resolution/
• Perform outreach, information, case assistance, entitlement evaluation, referrals, and advocacy to link services to homebound older adults to promote successful community living
• Maintain relationships with partner organizations and assist with collateral services delivery and follow-up
• Conduct outputs and outcome evaluation as required by funders and program; assist in program planning and evaluation
• Assist with virtual programming activities designed for homebound older adults
• Complete data entry into appropriate database systems and CRM platforms daily, weekly, and monthly.
• Keep client files up to date and provide regular statistical reporting on outcomes.
• Give feedback on newly designed documents or forms for record keeping and outreach purposes
• Coordinate with staff for quality control, integration of services, and program outcomes measurements
• Opportunity to provide weekly supervision for social work interns as needed
• Facilitate peer supervision sessions
• Perform other tasks consistent with this job description as assigned by supervisor

Qualifications:

• Master of Social Work or related field required
• Ability to build and maintain professional helping relationships required
• Ability to relate and communicate with diverse population and groups required
• Resilience and ability to assess unexpected, real time, situations required
• Excellent skills in Microsoft Office
• Must have strong attention to detail and able to work independently
• Must demonstrate strong commitment to working in a multi-cultural environment
• Excellent communication skills
• Prior experience working with older adults preferred
• Bilingual language skills required, preferably fluent in written and spoken in one or more of the following languages (Spanish, Cantonese, Mandarin, Polish, Ukrainian, Russian, Italian), language requirements will change based on needs.

Work Schedule: Full time, Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 5:00pm, 35 hours per week, Hybrid schedule

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive community. We support a broadly diverse team that will contribute to our organization. We are an equal opportunity employer for all regardless of race, color, citizenship, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran or reservist status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.