Health & Wellness Caseworker

Major Responsibilities:

- Provide culturally sensitive services for individuals who are socially isolated, have previous exposure to trauma and/or are at risk of mental illness. - Perform intakes, screenings, and service planning to ensure clients psychosocial wellbeing needs are met. - Work with staff to identify, screen and support with navigating barriers to care for clients determined to have a high probability of physical and emotional stress. - Provide time-limited case management services to high-needs clients. - Conduct Bridge-to-safety screenings to assess for domestic and sexual violence; provide appropriate referrals to community mental health and/or other service providers. - Ensure accurate tracking and data entry of client notes, assessments, RHS-15 screening, and referrals, in accordance with quality assurance standards of the IRC and funder. - Ensure clients with identified mental health risks or interest in specialty mental health care have linkage and referrals to culturally and linguistically appropriate mental health care partners. - Conduct outreach to existing refugee, immigrant and asylee community to encourage participation and increase referrals to our programming. - Work closely with staff to enhance and implement the program goals. - Other duties as assigned.

Key Working Relationships:

Position Reports to: Health and Wellness Coordinator Other Internal and/or external contacts:

Internal: Direct service staff including SCM, ICM, AT, and R&P staff, Health and Wellness staff at other IRC sites.

External: Other refugee resettlement agencies, ethnic Community- Based Organizations, Community leaders and other stakeholders.

Job Requirements:

- Associate degree with an emphasis in Social Work, Psychology, sociology or an equivalent field of study or work experience. Bachelor’s degree desired. - 2+ years of relevant work experience. A significant portion of this experience would include responsibilities in community-based services, social services, education, capacity building and/or humanitarian relief. - Understanding of community integration, resettlement and migration trauma. - Cross-cultural awareness and communication skills. - Experience with psycho-social programming preferred. - Success working and communicating effectively in a multi-cultural environment. - Experience working directly with underserved populations. - Ability to contribute both independently and as a key team member. - Well organized with excellent reporting skills. - Self- starter with excellent analytical skills combined with the proven ability to multi-task, prioritize duties, and manage time effectively. - Fluency in written and spoken English; fluency in additional language relevant to current refugee populations required (Farsi or Dari) - Access to vehicle and valid driver’s license

Work Environment:

- A combination of standard office environment, remote work, and ‘field’ time within the service delivery area to perform the above outlined responsibilities. - Travel to field site operation often. Access to reliable and insured transportation required.

Posted pay ranges apply to US-based candidates. Ranges are based on various factors including the labor market, job type, internal equity, and budget. Exact offers are calibrated by work location, individual candidate experience and skills relative to the defined job requirements.

Commitment to Diversity and Inclusivity: IRC is committed to building a diverse organization and a climate of inclusivity. We strongly encourage applications from candidates who can demonstrate that they can contribute to this goal.

Gender Equality: IRC is committed to narrowing the gender gap in leadership positions. We offer benefits that provide an enabling environment for women to participate in our workforce including parental leave, gender-sensitive security protocols and other supportive benefits and allowances.

Professional Standards: The IRC and IRC staff must adhere to the values and principles outlined in IRC Way – Global Standards for Professional Conduct. These are Integrity, Service, Equality and Accountability. In accordance with these values, the IRC operates and enforces policies on Beneficiary Protection from Exploitation and Abuse, Child Safeguarding, Anti-Workplace Harassment, Fiscal Integrity, and Anti-Retaliation.

Equal Opportunity Employer: We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

US Benefits: We offer a comprehensive and highly competitive set of benefits. In the US, these include: 10 sick days, 10 US holidays, 20-25 paid time off days (depending on role and tenure), medical insurance starting at $145 per month, dental starting at $7 per month, and vision starting at $5 per month, FSA for healthcare, childcare, and commuter costs, a 403b retirement savings plans with up to 4.5% immediately vested matching contribution, plus a 3-7% base IRC contribution (3 year vesting), disability & life insurance, and an Employee Assistance Program which is available to our staff and their families to support counseling and care in times of crisis and mental health struggles.

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