Employment Opportunities - Jewish Family Service of Greater New Haven

Jewish Family Service of Greater of New Haven currently has the following job opportunity.

Aging Adult Services- Care Navigator

Jewish Family Service of Greater New Haven, CT

Job Details

Full-time 35hrs/week

Salary range $41,000 – $45,000

Benefits

Generous Paid time off
Defined Pension Plan and 403(b) Plan
Comprehensive Health Benefits

Position Summary

A Care Navigator is responsible for coordinating the individualized care goals of clients throughout the continuum of care services available. In this role, you function as a client advocate, educator, and are a key point of contact and liaison between the client and all other appropriate services. The key function of a Care Navigator is their ability to encourage and empower the client and/or support system to identify action steps they feel ready and safe enough to choose. If you are a solution-oriented thinker who can provide multiple avenues to wellness and support the client in their choice points, than this is the job for you.

Responsibilities include

Navigates clients and/or their support systems through the continuum to eliminate barriers to health care and enhancing client autonomy and wellbeing.
Supervised by the Aging Director to ensure aging life-care association standards in a trauma-informed environment.
Understands and works with the complexities of the older adult health care system and serves as an expert in area resources.
Provides group opportunities as needed in community education outreach programs/workshops/seminars/support services.
Is diligent with documentation requirements and confident operating electronic health records.
Can function independently, adaptively, and thrives in an independent environment.

Cultural Competence

Employee will be sensitive and responsive to the ethnic, racial, cultural, socio-economic, religious, and national diversity in JFS’s service population and among its employees.

Qualifications

Associates degree or higher in Nursing, Social Work/ Social Services, or related field
Experience with older adult services in the greater New Haven area preferred
Must have car and be comfortable meeting with people off-site and in the community
Feels comfortable working within diverse communities and participating in ongoing DEI best practices
COVID-19 considerations: we have guidelines in place to protect our staff and clients from exposure to COVID-19 and are constantly reviewing and adapting our practices based on published scientific information.
Background checks

Driver’s License
Personal Car Insurance 1,000,000/ 3,000,000 liability

To apply please send a cover letter and resume to Elanit Linder, Director of Aging Adult Services at elinder@jfsnh.org. Jewish Family Service is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).

More about JFS GNH

JFSGNH traces its roots to 1881 when community lay leaders created the Hebrew Benevolent Society to provide assistance to newly arriving Russian immigrants to the New Haven area. The demand for aid was so great that additional Jewish community members established similar groups (e.g., Hebrew Charity Society, Mishkan Israel Sisterhood Philanthropic Works). In 1919, they merged to become United Jewish Charities.

Upon the hiring of a professional social worker, this former lay agency set the foundation for the current professionally staffed social service agency. In 1920, a collaborative effort with other area organizations emerged as Community Chest—now known as the United Way.

By 1940, United Jewish Charities emerged with a new name, Jewish Family Service of New Haven. And finally, 75 years later, in order to better reflect JFSGNH’s expanded outreach and community presence throughout the entire Greater New Haven region, the agency once more officially changed its name to become Jewish Family Service of Greater New Haven. Aging Adult Services are just one program of many that offer wrap around services and basic needs to people living through vulnerable moments in their lives. For a full program listing, please visit www.jfsnh.org.

OUR AFFILIATIONS

JFSGNH is a licensed social service agency supported in part by the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven. We are a member of the Network of Jewish Human Service Agencies (NJHSA), the CT Council of Family Service Agencies (CCFSA).

Mission: Jewish Family Service of Greater New Haven (JFSGNH) supports and strengthens individual, family, and community life by providing a wide range of social services. We welcome people of all ages, abilities, races, ethnicities, sexual orientations, gender identities, and faiths. JFS is guided by the compassionate and ethical values of Judaism.

School Social Worker for Jewish Day Schools

Jewish Family Service of Greater New Haven, CT

Job Details

Full-time | Part-time Estimated: $43,000 – $50,000

Full-time position is 35 hrs./week, year round. When school is out of session or on breaks, the candidate works at the JFS clinic and/ or Jewish Summer Day Camps in New Haven.

Part-time position is a 35 hrs./week, 42 weeks per year following the New Haven area Jewish Day School calendars.

Benefits

Generous Paid time off
Defined Pension Plan and 403(b) Plan
Comprehensive Health Benefits
On-Going Clinical Supervision

Qualifications

Master’s degree required
Must have LMSW or must show proof of LMSW test scheduled within two months of hire; or LCSW
Familiarity and use of SEL curricula (Preferred)
Proof of COVID 19 vaccine
Driver’s License
Personal Car Insurance 1,000,000/ 3,000,000 liability

Full Job Description

JFS Greater New Haven (JFSGNH) is currently searching for a part-time or full-time school social worker for our three Greater New Haven area Jewish Day Schools; focusing on their K-8^th Grade student body.

This is an exciting opportunity for any social worker who is interested in teamwork, creating safe and empowered spaces, and who believes in evidence-based practices. Utilizing specific Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) curricula, the ideal candidate will be able to navigate the similarities and differences in the Jewish practices and values that each school community offers, while adhering to the overall goal of increasing social-emotional skills for students, faculty, and guardians.

The school social worker will serve as a specialized resource for youth, guardians, teacher populations, and for the year round position, providing clinical assessment and supports to the Jewish summer day camps. As Synagogues and the JCC are a major part of these communities, it is expected that part of this role will be education, support, and interventions around emerging events that impact the community.

Responsibilities include:

Provide on-site consultation and intervention to the social-emotional needs of youth utilizing SEL curricula.
Provide one-on-one counseling, support groups and trainings to youth, parent, and teacher populations.
Provide community outreach and programming to synagogues, day schools and JCCs.
Serve as a mental health leader in youth group settings.
Utilize electronic recording system, tracking statistics and community needs surveys, and providing weekly reporting and updates to school administrations and in supervision at JFS.
Attend weekly supervision, bi-weekly group supervisions, and all staff meetings and trainings for all staff at JFS.
Actively participate in school development and in-service days at each school.
Demonstrate strong computer skills in MS Office Programs, especially Word; and web-based applications including telehealth platforms.

Primary Relationships

The School Social Worker is directly supervised by JFS but will work collaboratively with the administration and staff of each school to enable a holistic learning environment for students. This employee will see themselves as a member of the clinical team at JFS, as well as part of the three independent school communities.

Cultural Competence

Employee will be sensitive and responsive to the ethnic, racial, cultural, socio-economic, religious, and national diversity in JFS’s service population and among its employees. Further, employee will be able to demonstrate interest and knowledge in Orthodox Judaism heritage and customs as taught by the faculty, administration, and school community at large of all three schools.

Ideal candidates will possess the following:

Master’s degree in social work
LMSW or LCSW
Knowledge of Jewish culture and customs.
Experience with and interest in working with youth and families.
Strong interpersonal skills.
Ability to travel to program and meeting sites
Knowledge and behaviors that reflect understanding and support of the values set forth in the mission and expectations of both Jewish Family Service and the independent communities of each day school.
Knowledge of Evidence-Based Practices, and other relevant bodies of knowledge pertaining to school social work and child development.
Knowledge of social and economic problems facing the community, neighborhood and families.
Ability to provide behavioral health services to individuals with learning or developmental disabilities, including social inclusion and family support. Full-time position is 35 hrs/ week, year round. When school is out of session or on breaks, the candidate works at the JFS clinic and/ or Jewish Summer Day Camps in New Haven.

Work Location: Three New Haven Jewish Day School Campus’; JFSNH office; occasionally remote during remote school days/ breaks

In addition to these three communities, the social worker is a member of the JFS Adult and Child Outpatient Mental Health Clinic. If appropriate, this will allow the social worker to take on some brief clinical cases; the opportunity for clinical hours and supervision towards their LCSW.

To apply please send a cover letter and resume to Alissa Wurtzel, CEO, at awurtzel@jfsnh.org. Jewish Family Service is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE).