Synagogue & Community Healing Social Worker - Hybrid

Camp Young Judaea Sprout Lake; Waltham (MA); Hybrid; USD 56,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid schedule

Travel reimbursement

Dental and vision plans eligibility

Medical insurance after 30 days

Generous PTO

Job summary

Jewish Family & Children's Service is seeking a Synagogue & Jewish Community Social Worker to join the Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Jewish Healing team serving Greater Boston synagogues. The role embeds in partner synagogues and leads bereavement and support groups within the Jewish community.

You will work with clergy, staff, lay leaders, congregants, and families to respond to grief, mental health, and social service needs with compassion and referrals.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree or higher in social work, mental health counseling, marriage and family therapy, psychology, pastoral care, or rabbinic/cantorial ordination.
• Social workers and clinicians must hold or be eligible for Massachusetts licensure (LCSW, LICSW, LMHC, or LMFT).
• Clergy must have completed at least two units of Clinical Pastoral Education and have demonstrated experience in bereavement, grief support, or chaplaincy.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the on-site social worker for selected partner synagogues.
• Consult with and train clergy, synagogue staff, and lay leaders as they respond to community members facing mental health, caregiving, grief, family, aging, or basic-needs concerns.
• Provide supportive consultation, information and referral, short-term case management, and basic needs assistance to congregants, as appropriate.

Skills

Group facilitation

Clinical assessment

Cultural competence

Communication

Education

Master’s degree in social work

Massachusetts licensure eligible (LCSW/LICSW/LMHC/LMFT)

Tools

Microsoft 365

Zoom

Electronic case management systems

Job description

Jewish Family & Children's Service is seeking a Synagogue & Jewish Community Social Worker to join the Betty Ann Greenbaum Miller Center for Jewish Healing team serving Greater Boston synagogues. The role embeds in partner synagogues and leads bereavement and support groups within the Jewish community.

You will work with clergy, staff, lay leaders, congregants, and families to respond to grief, mental health, and social service needs with compassion and referrals.