Social Worker for Veteran Justice Outreach Services
New Jersey Reentry Corporation
Jersey City, NJ
- Posted: January 31, 2023
- Full-Time
New Jersey Reentry Corporation is an employment-focused, data-driven, non-profit organization serving court-involved individuals currently seeking a Social Worker ideally having worked with Veterans and has outreach experience. This is a full-time salaried position, Monday through Friday, with a full benefits package.
Job Summary
The Social Worker for Veteran Justice Outreach Services will be working with Veterans who rely on the same skills and motivations as an effective social worker exhibiting compassion, a genuine desire to help others, adaptability, and a willingness to learn new things. Social workers who work with Veterans must also understand their clients' unique challenges. The Social Worker for Veteran Justice Outreach Services must assess clients in the context of their military experience. It would require an understanding of military service and VA services.
General Responsibilities
Job Qualifications
Skills
Job Summary
The Social Worker for Veteran Justice Outreach Services will be working with Veterans who rely on the same skills and motivations as an effective social worker exhibiting compassion, a genuine desire to help others, adaptability, and a willingness to learn new things. Social workers who work with Veterans must also understand their clients' unique challenges. The Social Worker for Veteran Justice Outreach Services must assess clients in the context of their military experience. It would require an understanding of military service and VA services.
General Responsibilities
- The Social Worker for Veterans Justice Outreach Services will assist with recruiting veterans through allied veteran organizations, veteran service officers, nonprofit organizations, and public media;
- The Social Worker for Veterans Justice Outreach Services will have a working familiarity with the distinction between civil, federal, and state benefit programs and those programs offered by the United States Department of Defense and particularly the United States Veterans Administration;
- The Social Worker for Veterans Justice Outreach Services will need to have an acute understanding of the processes required for a Department of Defense discharge upgrade, as well as, a veteran's character of discharge review;
- The Social Worker for Veterans Justice Outreach Services will refer those veterans not receiving proper behavioral and medical benefits to the appropriate local NJRC case manager to ensure that veterans are being provided care during the appeal process with the Department of Defense and the Veterans Administration;
- The Social Worker for Veterans Justice Outreach Services will refer those veterans not receiving proper behavioral and medical benefits to the appropriate local NJRC case manager to ensure that veterans are being provided care during the appeal process with the Department of Defense and/or the Veterans Administration;
- The Social Worker for Veteran Outreach Services will work with General Counsel and Legal Services Project Manager to avail veterans access to NJRC lawyers, legal points of contact, and pro bono agency lawyers.
Job Qualifications
- College degree required
- Masters Degree in Social work (MSW) preferred
- Military experience preferred
- Experience with Veteran Services
- Three years of experience providing social services
- Experience with Google docs and Calendar, I-Cloud management, and Zoom required
- Must be proficient with Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.)
Skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Active listener and service orientation
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to multi-task and coordinate responsibilities
- Creative problem-solving/strategic thinking
- Judgment and decision making
- Advancing the organizational mission
- Personal ownership and accountability
- Building relationships with diverse groups
- Flexibility
- Experience working with diverse teams
- Development of self and others
- Adaptability to change
- Experience delivering quality service
New Jersey Reentry Corporation
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Jersey City, NJ
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