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About the Position:

YAI has an opening for a full-time Social Worker within our Queens Kew Gardens, NY site. The position at YAI provides the opportunity to gain exposure and experience working within the Queens Crisis Intervention Team and other professionals at YAI.

Mission Statement YAI:

YAI is a network of agencies offering people with intellectual and developmental disabilities a comprehensive range of services across all ages. YAI empowers people with disabilities to reach their goals every day. Our enthusiastic staff of over 4,000 professionals believes that everyone has a fundamental right to live, love, work, and learn. If you share our vision and want to help support people to live the fullest lives possible, apply to this position.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide in person intake/home visits to assess service needs and provide needed services.

• Treats people we support with disabilities related to the areas identified in intake, such as, case management, behavior management, and crisis counseling in the home.

• Facilitate Parent Support Groups (In person).

• Participates in interdisciplinary care planning for people we support and their families.

• Participate in utilization/quality assurance reviews.

• Provide outreach presentations on YAI Crisis Intervention and other related programs within and outside of the agency.

• Perform responsibilities as they currently exist or may change in meeting the needs of the department.

Education and Experience:

• MSW (Person should be willing to eventually obtain their license; LMSW)

• Experience with IDD population preferred

• Spanish Bilingual- Fluent (Required)

Additional Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Willing to take initiative

• Exceptional interpersonal, problem solving and communication skills

• Highly flexible personality type

• Proficient in Electronic Health Record.

• Excellent writing skills

• Exceptional organization skills

  Benefits Highlights:

• DailyPay available - Work today, get paid today!

• Tuition reimbursement

• Medical/Dental, and Vision

• Paid Vacation/Holidays and Sick Time

• 403(b) retirement

• Life Insurance

• Discounts on travel, entertainment, wireless services, shopping, and more! Check out our Benefits (http://www.yai.org/careers) page to learn more!

  Compensation: $58,000-$60,000/year

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Vietnam or disabled veteran.

YAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or status as a Vietnam or disabled veteran. YAI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Our Roots:

YAI was launched in February of 1957 out of a small school in Brooklyn, New York. Initially staffed by Co-Founders Bert MacLeech and Pearl Maze MacLeech alone, their pilot program served just seven people. According to Bert, from its very beginning YAI has been dedicated to providing innovative services for the I/DD (intellectual and/or developmental disabilities) community. MacLeech envisioned a, “total life adjustment approach, emphasizing personal growth, social responsibility, employment goals, and the development of independence for the individual.” At a time when institutional living was the norm for people with I/DD, this vision was nothing short of revolutionary.

YAI Today:

Today, YAI has a team of over 4,000 employees and supports over 20,000 people in the I/DD community. This extraordinary growth shows the ongoing need for these important services, and YAI’s success in offering them. YAI supports people with autism, Down syndrome, and Cerebral Palsy, among others. Operating throughout Downstate New York and Northern New Jersey, YAI now offers more than 300 programs for people of all ages.

Better Together:

At YAI, we are driven by our mission of living, loving, working, and learning. This applies not only to the people we support, but to our staff as well. Commitment and passion for the work continue to unite employees and drive the organization forward. Empowering the people we support to reach their goals remains at the heart of our organization.

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