Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Who we are:

UMFS is a nonprofit organization that provides a comprehensive array of programs to support children, teens, and parents as they work to overcome challenges. We equip families with tools for success so they can achieve their goals. As a national leader in helping young people and families, we also proactively identify unmet social services needs and develop the necessary partnerships to address those needs.

What we do:

Our regional centers offer individualized treatment for children and teens who are being placed out of home and have special emotional, behavioral, or medical needs. Our youth and families are supported by a collaborative team of specially trained clinical staff and foster parents, who provide daily behavioral health interventions that align with each child’s individualized treatment plan.

What we are looking for:

A Social Worker to provide clinical social work and supportive services to Treatment Foster Care, Adoption, and Family CARE clients and families. Provide a full range of services including intake, assessment, clinical support, crisis intervention, referral, report writing, family reunification, family recruitment and discharge planning and maintaining case files.

What you will need:

Master’s degree in a field related to social work (sociology, psychology, special education, and counseling) with a minimum of one-year direct service experience or a Bachelor’s degree in a field related to social work with two years direct service experience. Demonstrated ability to apply sound clinical casework and counseling skills to children and families, understand treatment modalities and their implications for services to families and youth.

Why Work at UMFS?

UMFS has been an unwavering champion for children, teens, and families for more than 120 years. Our main campus is in Richmond, Va., and we offer nearly 20 programs at nine locations throughout Virginia.

Work-life balance is critical to the health and well-being of our employees, which is why we offer generous paid leave, 12 paid holidays, flexible workspaces (non-essential employees are currently teleworking in response to COVID-19), and comprehensive health benefits options that include an Employee Assistance Program, vision, and optional dental. We also offer pet insurance. UMFS employees are eligible for a 401(k) that UMFS matches up to 6 percent.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) is at the forefront of all we do at UMFS, and we maintain a culture of acceptance in which crucial conversations are encouraged. UMFS doesn’t exclude anyone on the basis of race, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, genetic information, disability, religion, or economic background.

Flexible schedule, perfect for graduate students or new graduates

- Good clinical experience for those seeking licensure or resume building

- Team approach – PRN staff are included as part of a team, lots of supervision and support

- Good for retired/experienced persons who are not ready to stop giving back to the community

- Great opportunity to stay in the field/hone skills for stay at home parent

- Great for entry level staff needing experience

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Equal Opportunity Employer

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