Park Avenue Center is looking for a Social Worker to work within a supportive and nurturing environment. This position works with clients to obtain appropriate, necessary resources. The Social Worker coordinates and collaborates with clients, clinical staff, community-based resources and others to help obtain stable, supportive housing and additional resources for clients upon transitioning out of treatment.

Park Avenue Center (PAC) provides culturally-specific chemical dependency care in the heart of Minneapolis. A top-rated employer, PAC seeks to empower people to improve their lives and to be a place where employees want to work.

Our mission is to Empower People to Improve Their Lives which we accomplish by living our core values of: Clients First - Own It - Believe It - Get Better - Got Your Back

We strive to be A Place where People Want to Work and Clients Want to Come

WHY PEOPLE ENJOY WORKING AT PARK:

• We are mental health
  • co-occurring since 2008
  • on-site mental health clinic
  • support beyond treatment
• Our extraordinary team * multi-year StarTribune top workplace * multidisciplinary * dedicated support team
• We get issues * mental health * addiction * legal involvement * homelessness * family dynamics
• Clients first programming * gender specific * African-American specific * individualized care * complex programs

PAC is seeking a Social Worker (LSW) to work in a positive work environment with a team of supportive professionals.

Essential Functions:

1. Develops and maintains working knowledge of community resources available to clients, including: health insurance options, housing, medication resources and support groups.
2. Participates in client staffing to maintain consistent communication with counseling staff.
3. Meets individually with clients determining needs and facilitating resources; helping clients in their transition from intensive outpatient programming.
4. Facilitates a variety of groups including, but not limited to, activity and psychoeducational.
5. Meets with families, probation, and social workers to develop transition and contingency plans.
6. Maintains appropriate charting to communicate clients' transitional plans.
7. Coordinates correspondence with Probation, CPS, and other concerned persons.
8. Performs other duties as assigned.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

1. Must be LSW or MSW, currently licensed in the State of Minnesota.
2. 2,000 supervised hours working with individuals with substance use disorders preferred but not required.
3. Prior experience with an Electronic Health Records system strongly preferred.
4. Must be able to maintain positive public relations with referring agencies and the business community at large.
5. Must possess good verbal skills and present a positive professional image.
6. Must have a working knowledge of issues regarding confidentiality.
7. At the time of hiring, must be free of problematic substance use for at least the two years.

Additional Information:

We offer a competitive benefits package including generous paid time off, a training stipend, a 401k match up to 4%, employer paid life insurance and short term disability, and a variety of voluntary benefits: medical, dental, vision, voluntary life, and voluntary long term disability.

Benefits:

• 120 hours PTO accrued in year one
• 4% 401k match after 6 months
• Company-paid training,
• Employer-paid life insurance and short-term disability, contribution to medical,
• Access to dental, vision, voluntary life, and voluntary long-term disability.

Details/Hours:

In-person, full-time M-F days
The salary is $52,000-$60,000 based on license status and experience. We offer a competitive benefits package including generous paid time off, a training stipend, a 401k match up to 4%, employer paid life insurance and short term disability, and a variety of voluntary benefits: medical, dental, vision, voluntary life, and voluntary long term disability.

Park Avenue Center is an Equal Opportunity Employer and will not discriminate against or harass any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, familial status, membership or activity in a local human rights commission, or status with regard to public assistance.