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Social Worker

Bronx Family Network
place Brooklyn, 11224
local_atm $70,000 - $80,000 a year
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Full Time

About Job

Location: Brooklyn, NY

Salary: $70,000–$80,000 per year (commensurate with experience)

Employment Type: Full-time

Overview: Bronx Family Network is hiring for a dedicated and compassionate Social Worker to join our team at a family homeless shelter in Brooklyn, serving 48-unit families with children. The Social Worker will be responsible for coordinating both inpatient and outpatient mental health and substance abuse services, and providing direct psychosocial support to high-risk families.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Manage a small caseload of high-risk families with children.
  • Facilitate weekly mental health and substance abuse workshops and onsite support groups.
  • Assess clients’ psychosocial needs and develop individualized treatment plans.
  • Conduct strength-based, client-centered psychosocial assessments.
  • Provide counseling and connect clients with appropriate community and government resources.
  • Collaborate with service providers to coordinate care.
  • Work with individuals from diverse cultural, ethnic, and socioeconomic backgrounds.
  • Utilize knowledge of medical and mental health diagnoses, disabilities, and treatment procedures in all aspects of service delivery.

Qualifications:

  • Master’s Degree in Social Work (MSW) required.
  • At least 1–3 years of experience working with families, particularly in a shelter or supportive housing setting.
  • Strong knowledge of community-based resources and systems of care.
  • Excellent communication, organizational, and crisis intervention skills.

Benefits:

  • Competitive salary
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance
  • Paid time off and holidays
  • 401K

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $70,000.00 - $80,000.00 per year

Benefits:

  • 401(k)
  • 401(k) matching
  • Dental insurance
  • Employee assistance program
  • Employee discount
  • Flexible spending account
  • Health insurance
  • Health savings account
  • Life insurance
  • Paid time off
  • Parental leave
  • Retirement plan
  • Vision insurance

Schedule:

  • 8 hour shift

Work Location: In person