Social Work Supervisor

About Rising Ground

Founded as an orphanage in 1831, Rising Ground has been at the forefront of evolving community needs.

Driven by the belief that each of us can thrive when life has hope and opportunity, Rising Ground provides caring support and proven paths to positive change, helping children, adults, and families rise above adversity, and each year, Rising Ground is a positive force in the lives of more than 72,000 individuals annually. We do this through 101 programs across 138 sites, throughout New York City and Westchester.

Our strong belief and commitment to diversity is shown not just through our work with supported persons but is integral to the building of a strong staff that reflects the communities we serve. Rising Ground is headquartered in New York City.

About the Role

The Social Work Supervisor will supervise and support the case management activities for their assigned RHY programs.

The Social Work Supervisor will report to the Director of Social Services who oversees the assessment, planning, family engagement, and evaluation process for case planners, ensuring compliance with all guidelines, quality assurance standards, and performance indicators according to DYCD and OCFS standards and requirements.

The Social Work Supervisor will be the lead coordinator for guiding referrals, intakes and discharges. The supervisor will also support the case management team with audits and other case management related activities.

What You’ll Do

• Provide effective ongoing supervision feedback to Case Planners who report to Social Work Supervisor.
• Maintain documentation of supervision through the completion of supervisory logs, and progress notes.
• Regularly review all progress notes, court documentation, and other relevant documentation to ensure full compliance and best practices in services provided to RHY youth.
• Develop and maintain a case planning team in each RHY facility who works in collaboration with all milieu staff.
• Set high expectations and enforce strict deadlines for staff to ensure excellence in all areas.
• Monitor all components of Treatment Team meetings including challenges, goals, assessments, treatment plan tool compliance.
• Attend transition meetings, Service Plan Review meetings, staff meetings, admin meetings, treatment team meetings, red flag meetings and discharge meetings.
• Support the principles of each facility’s Evidence Based Model with the end goal teaching the young people to make positive, lasting changes in their behavior by preparing them to be self-sufficient through education and work experience.
• Collaborate with agency departments to meet program goals and objectives including the HR, Training and QI Departments in the areas of performance management, interviewing, mandated training, professional development, PAMS Score card, Evolve needs, and QI goals.
• Ensure that records are accurate and complete in compliance with city, state, & agency regulations
• Coordinate Intakes for youth entering the RHY programs
• Cover for Director of Social Services when needed.
• In the absence of case planner, cover case planner workload as needed.
• Other related task that may be assigned as needed

Your Qualifications

• Master’s degree in human services or related field required / LMSW preferred.

Minimum of two (2) years of experience, with at least one (1) year of experience, in a supervisory capacity in the field of child welfare, or a minimum of three (3) years of experience, with at least one (1) year of experience working with at-risk youth, under qualified supervision.

• Excellent writing and organizational skills
• Experience with juvenile justice system involved youth preferred
• Proficient with Microsoft Office suite
• Commitment to progressive social justice and anti-racist practices
• Belief in an individual’s capacity to change.
• Bi-lingual (Spanish) a plus

Benefit Offerings include

11 Paid Holidays

Paid Sick Time

Paid Vacation

Paid Personal days

Insurance Coverage

Medical -3 plan options

Dental - 2 plan options

Vision - 1 plan option

Supervisory Responsibility: Yes

Work Environment

The Social Work Supervisor position will be based at one of the Bronx RHY facilities. Travel to other sites in Queens and Brooklyn may be required for coverage and audit purposes.

One remote workday per week is permitted upon Director Approval.

Travel (if required)

The Social Work Supervisor will provide their own transportation and work-related travel expenses outside of the facilities will be reimbursed upon review. Ability to travel to all five boroughs.

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position of 35 hours per week. Daily schedule and hours will fluctuate to meet the needs of the team and clients. The Social Work Supervisor will be responsible for maintaining their own schedule appropriate to the needs of the team and youth served, which include both during the day, evenings, and weekends on occasion.

The Social Work Supervisor will be expected to participate in facility treatment team meetings, family engagement, and other events to help to engage youth in placement and streamline services. The schedule requires flexibility to meet the participation expectations. The Social Work Supervisor will be available to respond to program needs after hours or weekend on-call by phone.

Additional Requirements

• Authorized to work in the U.S.
• Ability to work in-person in New York City (NY) for at least 3 days or more per week.
• Ability to travel to other Rising Ground sites (if required).

Physical Requirements

Must be able to pass TCI training.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

It is the policy of Rising Ground that the Agency wholly complies with equal treatment of all

employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination as to an individual’s

perceived or actual race, creed, color, national origin, alienate, citizenship status, gender, age, disability, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or

veteran status in all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring,

compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, layoff and termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.