LSSM Employment Opportunities
Refugee Foster Care Supervisor – Full-time
- Qualifications: Master’s Degree in social work, or a related area. Foster care and/or child welfare experience preferred. Bi-lingual applicants preferred, not required.
- Responsibilities: Provide supervision and oversight for 5 foster care program staff. Work in a team with other management staff to guide and ensure quality service provision. Must be able to multi-task, provide court testimony, advocate for clients, etc. Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.
Therapist – Full-time and/or part-time
- Qualifications: Master’s Degree in social work, counseling or related area. Experience providing clinical therapeutic services preferred. Bi-lingual skills in English and Spanish preferred.
- Responsibilities: Provide direct clinical therapeutic services to youth and families in the foster care system. Must be able to multi-task, provide court testimony, advocate for clients, etc. Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.
Case Manager – Full-time
- Qualifications: Bachelor or Master Degree in social work, or a related area. Foster care and/or child welfare experience preferred. Bi-lingual skills required in Spanish/English.
- Responsibilities: Provide direct services youth placed in foster care. Provide case management on all assigned cases. Must be able to multi-task, provide court testimony, advocate for clients, etc. Excellent written and verbal communication skills required.
Interpreter/Case Assistant – Full-time
- Qualifications: High school diploma or GED required. Prior interpreter experience preferred. Bi-lingual skills required in Spanish/English.
- Responsibilities: Provide interpretation services to clients and staff. This includes court and medical interpretation services and document translation.
LSSM has recently expanded services to immigrant and refugee youth placed in foster care. The majority of the youth served by this expanded program are originally from Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador and Mexico. Bi-lingual skills are highly preferred for all applicants. Interested applicants should send a resume and cover letter to the attention of Diane Baird at dbair@lssm.org or fax: 517-321-8247.