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About the Role

Lantern Community Services seeks a Social Worker experienced with formerly homeless individuals with chronic medical conditions in a supportive housing environment. This role focuses on assisting residents in stabilizing their lives, maintaining housing, and achieving personal goals. The ideal candidate possesses strong clinical knowledge and a passion for helping others.

Responsibilities

• Provide integrated counseling and case management services to engage residents and promote health, wellness, personal growth, and housing stability.
• Collaborate with residents to develop client-centered, recovery-oriented service plans with short and long-term goals.
• Utilize a harm reduction approach to support formerly homeless individuals with mental health and substance use issues.
• Make referrals and liaise with care coordination agencies, health and mental health providers, substance use programs, and employment providers.
• Engage residents through apartment visits, community outings, and escorts to appointments.
• Develop safety plans and collaboratively manage crises with the team.
• Develop and implement groups and programs to foster an inclusive community.
• Maintain confidential resident records, documenting interventions, assessments, and correspondence.
• Collaborate with the Leasing and Compliance team to ensure housing stability.
• Participate in staff and clinical meetings and individual supervision.
• Participate in group clinical supervision for advanced licensing.
• Engage in training programs, including evidence-based models, to ensure high-quality service delivery.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• MSW required; LMSW preferred.
• Bilingual Spanish/English preferred.
• One year of experience working with adults and/or families impacted by poverty, chronic homelessness, mental illness, substance use, or medical issues.
• Ability to work independently and as part of an interdisciplinary team.
• Highly organized and able to manage a diverse caseload.
• Able to work well under pressure, including in crisis situations.
• Flexible with work schedule when necessary.
• Experience with ETO or other electronic record-keeping systems.
• Knowledge of HIV/AIDS, mental health, substance use, or chronically homeless populations.
• Experience working with evidence-based models, specifically Motivational Interviewing.

Skills

• Clinical knowledge
• Harm reduction approach
• Client-centered planning
• Recovery-oriented services
• Crisis management
• Interdisciplinary collaboration
• Record-keeping
• Motivational Interviewing

Location

• New York, NY

Work Type

• Full-time
• Onsite

Experience Level

• One year of experience

Education Level

• MSW
• LMSW preferred

About the Company

• Lantern Community Services helps New Yorkers impacted by homelessness move from surviving to thriving by pairing safe, supportive housing with wraparound services that build lasting stability and independence.
• Lantern was recognized as a Top 2025 Workplace by City & State New York.

Equal Opportunity

• Lantern Community Services provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants.
• Lantern values the diversity of our clients, staff, Board of Directors, and partners.
• By bringing diverse individuals and viewpoints together, we create more vibrant, healthy, and just communities.