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About the Role
The Forensic Social Worker (FSW) plays a vital role in the legal team, collaborating with attorneys and interdisciplinary staff to develop comprehensive mitigation packages for clients. The FSW's primary responsibility is to gather life history information through client and collateral interviews, highlighting factors such as mental illness, cognitive functioning, substance use, trauma, medical conditions, and poverty that may have contributed to a client's involvement in the criminal justice system.
Responsibilities
- Interview the client, performing a thorough bio-psycho-social assessment, which may include crisis intervention, brief treatment, or short-term counseling.
- Identify and interview collateral sources of information, including family members, friends, teachers, social workers, community members, and others connected to the client.
- Request, review, and analyze life history records (e.g., school, medical, psychiatric) to document specific arguments within written reports.
- Develop casework plans with attorneys and alternative sentencing plans, and provide advocacy in court.
- Assess a client’s readiness for treatment and make referrals to substance abuse treatment, domestic violence, mental health counseling, shelters, etc.
- Other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- MSW degree and New York State (NYS) license in social work (LMSW or LCSW) preferred OR the ability to obtain LMSW licensure within 6 months of hire.
- Strong diagnostic skills with a background emphasis in working with clients with MICA, physical illnesses and disabilities, mental health, intellectual disabilities and developmental delays, and histories of substance use.
- Ability to interface with Judges, District Attorneys and Correctional Personnel.
- Ability to negotiate with community-based treatment centers.
- Ability to write persuasively.
- Excellent written and oral communication skills.
- Excellent organizational skills.
- Proficient in Microsoft 365.
- Ability to work within a team model.
- All applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States for any employer without sponsorship for a work visa or permit.
- LAS will provide a letter documenting employment status for citizens of Canada and Mexico to obtain a TN visa.
Skills
- Bio-psycho-social assessment
- Crisis intervention
- Brief treatment
- Short-term counseling
- Casework planning
- Advocacy
- Referral services
- Persuasive writing
- Written communication
- Oral communication
- Organizational skills
- Microsoft 365 proficiency
Location
- Bronx
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Not specified
Education Level
- MSW degree
- LMSW or LCSW license preferred or obtainable within 6 months of hire
Salary/Compensations
- $83,631 - $125,627
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Paid vacation
- Disability insurance
- Life insurance
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF)
- State and Federal loan forgiveness programs
- Potential assistance from New York state for loan repayments
About the Company
- The Legal Aid Society is committed to a work culture of zealous advocacy, respect, diversity and inclusion, client-oriented defense, access to justice and excellent representation.
- We are dedicated to building strong professional relationships with each of our clients, understanding their diverse circumstances, and meeting their needs.
- Every member of our community is expected to continuously learn about identity, bias, and systemic forms of oppression and participate in efforts to dismantle bias in all forms.
Equal Opportunity
- As an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) Employer, The Legal Aid Society prohibits discriminatory employment actions against and treatment of its employees and applicants for employment based on actual or perceived race or color, size (including bone structure, body size, height, shape, and weight), religion or creed, alienage or citizenship status, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, disability, marital status, relationship and family structure (including domestic partnerships, polyamorous families and individuals, chosen family, platonic co-parents, and multigenerational families), genetic information or predisposing genetic characteristics, military status, domestic violence victim status, arrest or pre-employment conviction record, credit history, unemployment status, caregiver status, salary history, or any other characteristic protected by law.