Community Social Worker

Job Description

Job Description

Scheduled Work Times / Locations

Monday – Friday, 8 : 30AM – 4 : 30PM; 211 Wethersfield Ave. Street Hartford, CT

The Community Social Worker will work to support the mission of Mercy Housing and Shelter Corporation. The Community Social worker will work with our clients to help achieve independence and stability in their communities by providing housing and supportive services. The Community Social worker holds primary responsibility for working towards the goal of each client’s full and productive integration with the community.

Duties / Responsibilities :

• Provide comprehensive planning and active support for the care, treatment, and safety of the agency’s clients.
• Demonstrates understanding and evaluates clients by acknowledging individual psychological difficulty, ethnicity, and history.
• Assist clients with the development of individual treatment plans and goals to provide support for achievement.
• Assist clients to secure a job or vocational program placement.
• Serve as a liaison to provide mediation and advocacy with client / landlord on behalf of the client to develop a workable plan to obtain and / or maintain housing.
• Provide crisis intervention to ensure the clients well-being and stability to remain in the community.
• Monthly monitoring of Client Track, Department of Mental Health, and Addiction Services Data Performance System -DMHAS DDAP and the Homeless Management Information System HMIS for data input / integrity.
• Assist clients with the coordination of health services and, as necessary, schedules client appointments for and provides transportation to physicians, clinicians, and other health care professionals.
• Ensure that clients receive annual medical, dental, and eye exams.
• Maintain communication with clients’ families and conservators.
• Maintain case notes, assessments and treatment plans and submit in a timely manner.
• Act as liaison with other agencies, i.e., DSS, SSI, CRMHC, and other social and vocational agencies to advocate for and assist clients.
• Attend and participate in meetings, conferences, seminars, and trainings’ as required.

Case Management Duties and Responsibilities

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Compensation & Benefits

Physical Demands

The physical demands associated with the essential functions of this job are intermittent physical activity, such as walking, sitting and occasional lifting, stooping, bending, and reaching.