MSW Social Worker with Theater Expertise @ Life Lines Community Arts Project
Job Description
Job Description
Description : Social Worker with Theater Expertise
Life Lines Community Arts Project of Center for Family Life is seeking an MSW Social Worker with a background in theater to join our team of professional artists and social workers.
Based at Middle School 136 / Middle School 821 & Sunset Park High School in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, this unique multi-arts program is involved in interdisciplinary arts projects with middle school teachers and students, co-leadership of high school advisory groups, community-school partnership initiatives, and extended day and summer arts activities for groups of middle and high school youth.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to :
- Direct practice in theater with middle school and high school participants
- Oversight of specific grant-funded components of the program, including data entry and outcome evaluation
- Crisis invention and communication with parents when necessary
- Co-leadership with a teacher of a twice weekly high school advisory class
- Assistance and participation in annual events and productions which include the following : An original improvisational musical that brings to life the struggles and vitality of our diverse community;
Multi-cultural children’s theater, literature-based adaptations; 2 overnight camping trips for rehearsals and community building
Requirements :
- Master’s Degree in Social Work (MSW)
- Experience with (and passion for) leading activity-based groups of youth
- Positive energy, flexibility, and strengths-based perspective are a must
- Desire to learn about and work within a social group work model
- Bilingual Spanish / English or Mandarin / English, preferred
Benefits Include :
- Medical, dental, vision, and life insurance benefits
- Opportunity to participate in additional voluntary life, disability, and 403B retirement plan
- Four weeks of paid vacation
- Weekly individual supervision and ongoing professional development.
Salary range : $55,000 to $63,000 per year, Salary commensurate with experience and bilingual capacity
How to apply : Complete the Paylocity Application AND please E-mail cover letter / resume to Julie Stein Brockway : j.brockway@centerforfamilylife.
org, with MSW Theater as the subject heading
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