Job Description

Our mission is: To work in partnership with the community to develop, operate and support programs that reduce vulnerability and promote personal growth, stability, and self-sufficiency among low-income residents.

The Social Worker will have two areas of Case Management focus: Housing and Linkage with Benefits and Community Service Providers. This worker will assess client needs and strengths, create service plans and implement through referral and linkage to Agency and Community resources for entitlement programs, employment and vocational rehabilitation services, mental health services as well as to numerous other essential support services for homeless clients. Monitoring and ongoing assessment are essential components of this worker’s duties in order to assist clients to become physically and mentally healthier, housed and in safe stable environments and as independent as possible. At all times, the Social Worker will provide customer service to both internal and external customers that meets or exceeds the standards set by the Agency.

Requirements

• Possession of a master's degree in social work from a college or university approved by the Council of Social Work Education, or possession of a license, issued by the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners, as a Graduate Social Worker.
• Knowledge of the principles, practices, and theories of social work and human behavior. Knowledge of the diagnosis, treatment, and management of social, mental, and emotional dysfunctions. Knowledge of current social, economic, and health problems. Knowledge of individual, family and group therapy dynamics and techniques.

• Licenses and Certificates: MSW, LMSW Possession of a valid license, issued by the Maryland Board of Social Work Examiners
• Physical and Environmental Conditions: The work of this classification is essentially sedentary but may include occasional walking, standing, and/or other limited physical activities. Some positions within this classification require traveling between work sites.
  
  

Benefits

• Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
• Retirement Plan (401k, IRA)
• Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
• Paid Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)

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