Social Worker
The Guidance Center
Bradford, PA
Full-time
Social Service
Posted on November 5, 2017
Social worker licensed clinical social worker required. Provide outpatient mental health therapy. Potential tuition loan reimbursement. Located 1.5 hours South of Buffalo.
Equal opportunity employer.
Social workers help people solve and cope with problems in their everyday lives. One group of social workers, clinical social workers, also diagnose and treat mental, behavioral, and emotional issues.
Duties
- Social workers typically do the following:
- Identify people who need help
- Assess clients’ needs, situations, strengths, and support networks to determine their goals
- Develop plans to improve their clients’ well-being
- Help clients adjust to changes and challenges in their lives, such as illness, divorce, or unemployment
- Research and refer clients to community resources, such as food stamps, child care, and health care
- Help clients work with government agencies to apply for and receive benefits such as Medicare
- Respond to crisis situations such as child abuse
- Advocate for and help clients get resources that would improve their well-being
- Follow up with clients to ensure that their situations have improved
- Evaluate services provided to ensure that they are effective