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Program
Adoption and Kinship Support
Job Type
Full-Time
Location
Manhattan
Salary Range
Starting 60,000

How to Apply:

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    212.696.1550

    Social Worker Family Permanency Center

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    To assist in achieving this mission, NAC is currently seeking a Social Worker Family Permanency Center to join its Adoption and Kinship Support.  

     

    NAC Adoption and Kinship Support programs offers families formed through adoption or guardianship, a place where they can find the support, advocacy, information, and a range of professional health and social services needed to help them create or maintain a successful and permanent home. Our goals are to prevent post-adoptive and post-guardianship dissolutions/disruptions, provide assistance to families so that children may be cared for in their own homes with their adoptive parent(s) or legal guardian(s), and strengthen post-adoptive and post-guardianship families.

     

    • Title of Position:Social Worker Family Permanency Center
    • Position Type: Full Time
    • Pay Range:Based on Experience/ Salary $60,000
    • Location:37 West 26th 6th Floor, New York, NY 10010
    • Department:  Adoption and Kinship Support

     

    NAC provides financial support for social work license (LMSW & LCSW) exam prep courses.

    NAC is an approved provider of Continuing Education Credits for NY LMSW and LCSWs.

     

    Description of Responsibilities: 

    • Provides supportive services to adoptive and kinship families post-finalization with the goal of strengthening and maintaining placements and preventing disruptions/dissolutions
    • Provides family-centered needs assessment, comprehensive psychosocial, trauma-screening, case management and clinical services utilizing individual, family and group work modalities
    • Formulates and implements individualized service plans to identify family goals and needs
    • Support and monitor permanency to assure safety and needs of family are being met
    • Conducts monthly home and community-based visits to families
    • Facilitates support groups and workshops for parents and youth
    • Coordinates services as recommended by NAC’s interdisciplinary treatment team which includes our psychiatrist, psychologist, pediatrician, nurses, educators, parent advocate and resource staff
    • Provides case coordination with hospitals, schools, mental health clinics and community-based organizations
    • Provides information, referral and advocacy services
    • Attends outreach events and assist with recruitment efforts; collaborates with community providers to increase awareness about kinship and adoption resources
    • Attends weekly supervision, monthly staff meetings, case conferences, trainings and workshops
    • Ensures adherence to agency and programmatic policies and regulations; completes all required documentation in our behavioral health record.

     

    Required Education and Experience:  

    • Master’s in Social Work (MSW) or MHC
    • General knowledge of adoptive and kinship families

    Required Skills:  

    • Strong clinical and communication skills

    Additional Benefits

    • A hybrid work model
    • -Excellent clinical supervision
    • -Professional training and development
    • -Career paths
    • Convenient Midtown Manhattan & Bronx locations
    • -A competitive salary
    • -Excellent benefits

    How to Apply:   

    Please indicate Social Worker Family Permanency Center in the subject line when applying.

    Please submit cover letter and resume to: hr@nackidscan.org 


    Equal Opportunity Statement

    New Alternatives for Children, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.

    New Alternatives for Children, Inc. was founded on the principle of inclusion. We strive to create and maintain a diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace at all levels. It is not enough to serve; we must strive to dismantle oppressive policies and practices. Please read our full DEIB Statement here.


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    Every day, NAC’s team of social workers, nurses, doctors, therapists, education specialists, van drivers, and so many more, make a lasting impact on the lives of the children and families we serve. Watch our video below to meet the youth and families whose lives have been changed because of NAC’s work.

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    37 West 26th Street

    New York, NY 10010

    212.696.1550

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    Bronx, NY 10453

    212.696.1552

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