Mental health substance abuse social worker

Mental Health & Substance Abuse Social Worker
Job Number: 25-05475

Make a difference in your community. ECLARO is looking for a Mental Health & Substance Abuse Social Worker for our client in Lansing, NY.

ECLARO’s client aims to enhance public services and promotes sustainable resource management, offering advanced solutions and services. If you’re up to the challenge, then take a chance at this rewarding opportunity!

Responsibilities:

• Establish a relationship of professionalism, confidence, safety, and trust with youth and other staff from different racial, ethnic, cultural, religious, physical ability, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Expression (SOGIE) and / or socio-economic backgrounds. Supervise and monitor youth, which, depending on a youth's clinical needs, may include 1-to-1 supervision.
• Actively participate as a member of a youth's support team. A support team is a treatment-focused group of professional and para-professional staff who work together to address the emotional and behavioral needs and goal of youth.
• Be confident in engaging with people who may be under physical and / or emotional stress.
• Employ graduated harm reduction strategies while supervising youth. This includes correcting, and in some cases, verbally or physically intervening when a youth displays unsafe behaviors toward themselves or other youth and staff. Harm reduction requires that a Client learn to recognize personal or situational flags that could lead to conflict or harm, provide positive mentorship to youth, and help youth work on their own interpersonal skills and use of self-regulation strategies.
• Take opportunities to improve the well-being of the facility community by being collaborative and informed.
• Supervise and / or assist youth during recreation and education activities, as well as take on various, as-needed assignments.
• Establish and maintain positive, professional, and appropriate relationships with youths' families and loved ones.
• Assist youth in achieving education, work readiness, and community transition goals.

Qualifications:

• Two years full-time direct care experience in the care and programming of youth from ages 6-21; or a Bachelor's degree; or an Associate's degree and six months experience; or a high school graduation or equivalency diploma AND one year of experience or a satisfactory equivalent combination of the above education and experience requirements.
• Direct care experience with youth involved in the juvenile justice system or in an institution, camp, school, community center, youth rehabilitation program, mental health or correctional institution, or residential center.
• Appropriate verifiable part-time experience will be accepted on a prorated basis.

If hired, you will enjoy the following ECLARO Benefits:

• 401k Retirement Savings Plan administered by Merrill Lynch
• Commuter Check Pretax Commuter Benefits
• Eligibility to purchase Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance through ECLARO

If interested, you may contact:
Lea Enriquez
[email protected]
646-695-2941
Lea Enriquez | LinkedIn

Equal Opportunity Employer: ECLARO values diversity and does not discriminate based on Race, Color, Religion, Sex, Sexual Orientation, National Origin, Age, Genetic Information, Disability, Protected Veteran Status, or any other legally protected group status, in compliance with all applicable laws.