Comprehensive Foster Care Social Worker Job at Bridges Homeward, Cambridge, MA

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  • Bridges Homeward
  • Cambridge, MA

Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Recognizing the value in self-care and work-life balance, Bridges Homeward operates on a 33.5 hour work week

P URPOSE: The Social Worker is a member of the Comprehensive Foster Care Program team serving children and youth who are in the custody of the Department of Children and Families. The Social Worker provides direct clinical and case management services to children in foster care placement, provides support to foster families in coordination with the Family Resource Worker, and support's the youth and their team on locating and strengthening permanent connection.

The Agency: Founded in 1873, Bridges Homeward has evolved over time into a group of dynamic, highly dedicated, mission driven professionals meeting the current needs of the Greater Boston community. Bridges Homeward is committed to strengthening and advocating for diversity, equity and inclusion, for our staff and those we serve.  We are seeking staff that align with our commitment, as individuals and as a community, to continually seek to advance racial equity initiatives to address long-standing systemic racial biases and discrimination in our society. Our goal for every person we work with is for them to find permanency; a healthy, nurturing relationship with an adult that they can count on for the rest of their life. Sometimes, permanency in our work means making sure a child can remain with their biological family; sometimes it means ensuring someone with a developmental disability can live with family instead of having to move to an institutional setting; sometimes it means finding a child in foster care a forever family and for other youth it means having a safe, secure parenting relationship with a supportive adult. Bridges Homeward welcome staff with lived experience in one of our area of expertise. Join our supportive team environment today!

Key Job Tasks:

  • Completes weekly home visits with children in foster homes to ensure safety, monitor progress and support placement
  • Utilizes permanency interventions with youth, families and DCF in order to enhance permanent outcomes
  • Provides Case Management and treatment planning for all children on caseload.
  • Providers after hours emergency coverage on a rotating basis

Education & Experience Required

  • Bachelors degree in social work, psychology, education, or a related field plus 1 year experience working with children, youth and families or MSW
  • Professional Social Work licensure (within 6 months of hire).
  • Bilingual preferred but not required

Other Requirements

  • Valid driver's license and properly insured vehicle
  • Fully vaccinated required.

Bridges Homeward supports our employees by offering great benefits:

  • Paid Time Off
  • Medical and Dental Coverage
  • Life Insurance
  • Tax-Deferred Annuity
  • Short- and Long-Term Disability
  • 13 paid holidays
  • 10 sick days per year
  • Financial coverage for Social Work Licensures
  • Tuition remission for undergraduate classes
  • Worker's Compensation
  • Professional Development
  • And more!

CORI/SORI/Finger printing required

Job Tags

Permanent employment, Temporary work,

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