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Social Worker/Session Worker for Bereavement Groups
Career Insights for Family / School / General Social Worker
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What they do
A Family, School, or General Social Worker provides specialized assistance to vulnerable families and children. Intervenes in crisis situations; evaluates individual and family needs, helps clients get access to health care, mental health care or social services such as housing assistance. Advocates for clients and provides follow up visits. May work with teachers, parents and school administrators to help students improve academically and deal with social issues such as bullying.
$71,203 / year median in New York
+14% projected growth
Job Description
Summary:
Lead and facilitate support groups. Provide individual consultation as needed for emotional support to support group participants. The groups run for 8 consecutive weeks, once a week and are from 6:30-8:00/8:30pm.Essential Responsibilities:
- Facilitate bereavement, and other support groups.
- Provide information/referrals to individuals and families involved in support groups.
- Maintain documents, records, statistics and evaluations to ensure the program is rendering quality services to all participants.
- Communicate with support group participants about group goals and structure, schedule changes and any important information related to the group.
- Provide crisis intervention and follow-up services for support group participants when needed.
- Model and promote the organization's mission, values, and guiding principles through positive attitude, appropriate appearance, words, and actions; and comply with the organization's policies and procedures.
- Engage in opportunities to positively interact with members leading to a positive member experience.
Supervisory Responsibilities :
This position has no supervisory responsibilities Position Type/Expected Hours of Work This is a part time position. Support groups meet once a week for a series of 8 weeks. Groups meet for 1-2 hrs depending on the type of group. Required Education and Experience MSW degree required. NYS license to practice required. Clinical license preferred.Knowledge and Skills:
- Experience in working in short-term/solution-oriented modalities and groups required
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills required.
- Demonstrated competency in written, verbal and computational skills to present and document records in accordance with program standards.