Principal Responsibilities:

Location: Senior Services at Amalgamated/ Park Reservoir Houses - NORC Program Under the Sponsorship of the Riverdale Y

Minimum Qualifications:

• Engage older adults in the NORC office, and in other community settings to
• gather information about their strengths, needs, abilities, and preferences
• Assess older adults' presenting problems using a multidimensional psychosocial
• assessment
• Partner with older adults to establish a plan of care to address presenting
• problems
• Implement interventions indicated by the plan of care, including benefits and
• entitlements, advocacy, referral to community resources, problem-solving, and
• supportive contacts
• Maintain regular contact with older adults to ensure timely follow-up to presenting problems
• Update older adults' contact information, consents, and assessment data on an annual basis
• Evaluate older adults' plan of care to ensure that the services provided are effective
• Participate in case conferences and weekly team meetings with NORC program staff
• Provide regular updates to the Program Director about older adults' presenting problems
• Respond to crisis situations as appropriate
• Assist and/or facilitate group programming
• Document all services provided to and on behalf of seniors in the electronic database via detailed case notes and worker logs
• Maintain confidentiality of all client information and adhere to New York City
• Department for the Aging policies and professional standards of conduct
• Attend NORC Partners Meetings and trainings with outside agencies as needed
• Other duties as assigned

• MSW required. LCSW preferred
• Knowledge of older adult issues strongly encouraged
• Bilingual English/Spanish or English/Russian preferred
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills

Salary:

$55,000 - $65,000

Agency Information:

The Riverdale Y is a 75,000 sq. ft. Jewish Community Center that provides educational, recreational, cultural, and wellness programs for children and adults of all ages and backgrounds. The Y features an early childhood center; summer camps; large after school program; senior center; performing arts center featuring theater, dance and music schools; and a health & wellness center that includes cardio and free weight studios, group exercise classes, gymnasium, swimming pool, steam room, sauna and massage therapy.