ECC LMSW Social Worker

Job Description

Job Description

Social Worker (LMSW)

Early Childhood Center

Seeking an outstanding Social Worker to join our team in our nationally-renowned Early Childhood Center and help our efforts on behalf of low-income children and families .

Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, widely recognized as one of New York’s premier human services providers, is a settlement house founded in 1894 that provides an extensive array of effective and integrated services social, educational, legal, health, housing, mental health, nutritional and fitness which significantly improve the lives of 16,000 people in need each year, ages 3 to 103, on the East Side of Manhattan.

Our clients include older adults, homeless and formerly homeless adults, children and families, recent immigrants, disabled persons, adult learners and more.

For more information on Lenox Hill Neighborhood House, please visit lenoxhill.org and check us out on Facebook or Instagram.

Our Early Childhood Center is a model program and lab school for innovations designed to provide the best possible educational, developmental and social services to 147 low-income preschoolers and their families all eligible for Head Start and to advance the field of early childhood education and development on a national level.

We are accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) and set the standard for comprehensive educational and family services in the preeminent Early Childhood setting.

Our holistic approach prepares children for success in elementary school and in life by offering a seamless, age-appropriate curriculum that strengthens language, literacy, motor, social and emotional and cognitive development, as well as integrated Family Services.

Our educational curriculum includes art, music, movement, swimming, farm to table food and many other components from our multifaceted settlement house.

• Responsibilities : We have an opportunity for an outstanding Social Worker (LMSW) with relevant experience, who will have diverse responsibilities : coordinate services for children in our program;
• provide comprehensive support of their families from intake, assessment and evaluation through the transition to kindergarten;
• responsibility of some of our nine classrooms (e.g., case management; family goal setting, home visits, in-class supports and collaboration with our teaching teams);
• facilitate family-focused support groups; represent the organization with community partners, providers and the NYC Department of Education;

collaborate with other social workers and teachers on program-wide initiatives; and training to families and staff.

• Qualifications : The successful candidate will have experience working with low-income young children and their families;
• a stellar academic career; the ability to prioritize tasks in a fast-paced, high achieving environment; excellent written and communication skills;

the ability to work both independently and as part of a team; and a commitment to achieving excellence on behalf of our children and families.

Spanish fluency is highly preferred. Master’s in social work with applicable licensure ideal.

Salary $65,000 -$70,000 annually

What We Offer

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Extensive paid time off 25 days’ vacation and discretionary time; 13 holidays; and substantial sick time
• Wonderful paid parental leave policy for all staff
• Professional Development Opportunities trainings, lectures and more
• Free Life Insurance 3x annual salary
• Pre-tax Flexible Spending Accounts for Medical, Dependent Care and Parking / Mass Transit
• Supplemental Insurance Coverage (Accident, Hospital and Critical Illness)
• Access to Fitness Center and Swimming Pool
• PSLF (Public Service Loan Forgiveness) Eligible Employer
• The best colleagues in New York

Lenox Hill Neighborhood House is a client-facing and essential community-serving organization. To keep our clients and our colleagues safe, and to comply with various governmental contractual requirements, all new employees must be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 (except where valid medical exemptions apply) and will be required to submit proof before the time of onboarding.

At Lenox Hill Neighborhood House we value respect, diversity and integrity. We are an equal opportunity employer. Lenox Hill Neighborhood House prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and affords equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, pregnancy, age, national origin, disability status, genetic information, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Lenox Hill Neighborhood House conforms to the spirit as well as to the letter of all applicable laws and regulations. The policy of equal employment opportunity (EEO) and anti-discrimination applies to all aspects of the relationship between Lenox Hill Neighborhood House and its colleagues.