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Social Worker – Full Time

Comunilife, Inc

Description

RESPONSIBILITIES: As a member of the Safer Havens Project, the Social Worker will conduct psychiatric and other assessments and develop and implement person-centered treatment plans, and supportive services for formerly homeless residents in the Safer Haven program who are seriously mentally ill adults with co-occurring substance abuse disorders and/chronic health conditions. Services shall include individual, group and family counseling; assisting clients in achieving and maintaining functional improvements in self-care, employment, personal relationships, and housing stability; and providing discharge planning and services.

Qualifications

Must have an MSW and at least three years prior experience working with persons who are formerly homeless, diagnosed with mental illness, living with HIV/AIDS and chronic health conditions. Must be able to participate in program evaluation activities. Experience providing individual, group, and family counseling. Experience designing and facilitating psycho-educational groups is helpful

Contact

Applicants interested in this position please forward a resume and cover letter with the position for which you are applying in the subject and your salary requirements in the cover letter, to: [email protected] or mail to Comunilife 214 West 29th Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10001. Please also visit our website: www.comunilife.org.

Posted on 07/25/11; CVMHA ID #6167