Life Skills Caseworker

Center for Hope & Safety; Rochelle Park (NJ); Presencial; USD 35.000 - 52.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Center for Hope and Safety in Bergen County, NJ, seeks a Life Skills Caseworker to empower survivors of domestic violence and their children through independent living skills and comprehensive case management.

Responsibilities include assessment, budgeting, transportation, goal planning, advocacy, and referrals to community services. Bilingual Spanish is required; a valid driver license is necessary for field visits.

Formación

• Bachelor degree required.
• One year of social work or teaching experience with women and/or families required.
• Teaching/training in daily living skills and adult education preferred.
• Bilingual Spanish is a must.
• Valid Driver License necessary for required field visits.

Responsabilidades

• Meet with residents weekly at their apartment or the residential shelter, or approved community location.
• Assist clients with planning, communal living, and a weekly chore list; conduct monthly house meetings.
• Support clients on personal growth, parenting skills, and behavior management of children; lead groups as needed.
• Support children in building self-esteem and coping with emotions.
• Transport clients to appointments, job training, or employment opportunities; provide transportation skills.
• Help clients establish goal plans and monitor progress toward those goals.
• Assist during personal crises and crises at home; perform advocacy work with courts, welfare, and housing services as needed.
• Make referrals to community service agencies as appropriate.
• Assist with holiday donations and activities.
• Maintain confidentiality of all survivors, employees, donors, volunteers, and organizational information.

Conocimientos

Bilingual Spanish

Social work experience

Teaching experience

Communication skills

Educación

Bachelore2e9 degree

Herramientas

Descripción del empleo

Center for Hope and Safety, located in Bergen County, NJ, is a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting victims of domestic violence and their children. We believe every person has the right to be safe, empowered, and free from violence.

Center for Hope and Safety, located in Bergen County, NJ, is a non-profit organization dedicated to assisting victims of domestic violence and their children. We believe every person has the right to be safe, empowered, and free from violence.

The Life Skills Caseworker will work with clients one-on-one, teaching and assisting them with independent living and self-sufficiency, including budgeting, financial planning, shopping, meal planning, house cleaning, personal organization, etc.

Essential Responsibilities

• Meet with residents weekly at their apartment (or the residential shelter when necessary) or an assigned or approved location in the community as needed.
• Assist clients with planning, communal living, and a weekly chore list, including cleaning, organization, recycling, etc. Conduct monthly house meetings.
• Support clients on personal growth issues, parenting skills, and behavior management of their children. If time permits, run groups on related topics, as necessary.
• Support children to build self-esteem and encourage appropriate discharge of anger and expression of feelings.
• Transport clients and/or teach transportation skills to enable clients to have access to appointments, job training, employment, etc.
• Help clients establish goal plans and monitor goals.
• Assist clients through personal crises as well as crises in their homes.
• Perform advocacy work as needed (i.e. legal, police, medical, etc.) in correlation with the prescribed goal plan. Encourage clients to sign up for available community services. such as Housing Authority, Emergency Welfare, etc. May accompany clients to court, welfare, apartment searches, etc.
• Make referrals to community service agencies as appropriate.
• Assist with holiday donations and activities.

Professional Responsibilities

• Maintain strict confidentiality of all survivor, employee, donor, volunteer, and organizational information.
• Demonstrate professionalism, cultural humility, and respect in all interactions.
• Support the Center's commitment to diversity, equity, inclusion, accessibility, and survivor empowerment.
• Perform other duties as assigned to support agency operations and the evolving needs of survivors.

Requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required
• One (1) year of Social work or teaching experience with women and/or families required
• Teaching and/or training in the areas of daily living skills and adult education preferred
• Bilingual Spanish is a must
• Valid Driver’s License necessary for required field visits

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Must be a motivated self-starter
• Strong organizational and communication skills required
• Must be able to work three (3) day shifts (10 am-6 pm) and two (2) late afternoons/early evening shifts (12 pm-8 pm), Tuesday to Saturday, arranged according to the program’s schedule and client’s needs

Physical Requirements

• Ability to sit, stand, walk, bend, and use standard office equipment for extended periods
• Ability to lift up to 10 pounds
• Ability to perform repetitive keyboard and hand movements

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship.