Senior Clinical Social Worker - Families Thriving

Social WorkerNo weekendsFull-Time

Listed compensation

$74k-$76k

The week · per this posting · Monday – Friday

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Job Description

  • Job Location: 189 Allen Street - New York, NY
  • Position Type: Full Time
  • Salary Range: $73964.80 - $76000.00Salary/year, University Settlement partners with 40,000+ New Yorkers in Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn every year to build on our collective strengths as we achieve healthy, stable, and remarkable lives. For nearly 140 years, we’ve fought poverty and systemic inequality by building highly effective social services in collaboration with our neighbors. Established in 1886 as the first Settlement House in the United States, we bring the values of that movement into the 21st century by meeting New Yorkers where they live, listening deeply to all perspectives, and creating space for responsive cooperation. Joining with our neighbors to make stable foundations where people of all ages can grow and pursue their dreams, we build community strength. We infuse a commitment to civic engagement, equality, and communal action into each of our programs, which include early childhood education, youth development, healthy aging, mental health and wellness, English classes for adult immigrants, community centers, and the arts. University Settlement’s Families Thriving program offers support and resources for helping families unlock their own power and remove barriers to having more peace at home. We do this by creating lasting impact on multiple levels with an equity lens, quality assurance and a strengths-based approach. In collaboration with community partners, the program offers home and community-based services and evidence-based models, individually and in groups, to families in the Lower East Side and Brooklyn with children/youth aged 3-21.

Responsibilities

Provide weekly, individualized and/or group services to youth and/or families in their home/community.

Conduct comprehensive, trauma-informed culturally sensitive assessments of youth in the home/community that assess child/youth and family strengths and needs Conduct a range of clinical and therapeutic services and supports to youth, families, and community partners in their home/community Support with leading community-level interventions, support, and mental health access Conduct intensive outreach to Lower East Side community, children/youth, and families Develop individualized service plans and facilitate service delivery within the context of the child/youth/family’s self-identified needs, goals and ethnic, religious and cultural identities as well as identifying other needed service components Must become fully knowledgeable of the mental health resources Coordinate treatment plans and collaborate with service providers and community partners.

Maintain complete case management records, data collection, and documentation in the program’s Electronic Health Record systems according to Medicaid and funding requirements Provide crisis intervention, prevention and resolution as needed Establish and facilitate workshops, presentations, community partnerships and trainings in the community as needed Become trained in and execute evidence-based models Become SIFI trained and supervise intern(s) as assigned Other duties as assigned by the Program Director.

  • Schedule: Full time

Monday - Friday, Flexible hours, 35 hours per week We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive community. We support a broadly diverse team who will contribute to our organization.

We are an equal employment opportunity for all regardless of race, color, citizenship, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran or reservist status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.:

Key Responsibilities

Provide weekly individualized and group clinical services to youth and families within their homes and communities. Maintain comprehensive case management records, facilitate community workshops, and coordinate treatment plans with service providers.

Requirements

Requires an MSW and LMSW/LMHC/LMFT licensure, along with at least two years of clinical experience working with diverse youth and families. Candidates must be comfortable with home-based work and possess strong organizational and trauma-informed care skills.

Qualifications

Education
Master's degree (postgraduate degree)
Experience
2+ years of experience

Key Skills

Clinical Social WorkFamily TherapyChild DevelopmentCommunity OutreachTreatment PlanningCulturally Competent CareElectronic Health RecordsMental Health SupportStrength-based ApproachTime ManagementTelehealth

Work-Life Balance Analysis

WeekdayDoc's proprietary algorithm rates Senior Clinical Social Worker - Families Thriving at University Settlement Society of New YORK a 6.3 out of 10 for work-life balance — classified as good. This places the position in the Above average in Social Work — ranked against 6,494 active Social Work listings on WeekdayDoc. Contributing factors include no weekend requirements.

Social Worker Career Context

Of the 50 active Social Work listings this role was benchmarked against, 48% are remote, 40% have no call, 68% require no weekends.

Social Work pay on WeekdayDoc is up 2.3% vs. the prior quarter (through Sep 2026).

Social Work by the numbers
MeasureThis jobMarket
Work-life score6.3 / 10 · above average in social workranked against 6,494 Social Work listingslisting-based score, 0–10
Listed pay$74k–$76kSocial Work median $75k (middle half $70k–$84k)37 comparable listings, Oct 2026
Cost-of-living adjusted pay~$69k in purchasing powerNew York index 107.9 (US = 100)BEA Regional Price Parities (2024)
Social Work listings in New York630 active6,556 nationallylive on WeekdayDoc, Oct 2026
Work settingon-sitepeers: 48% remote · 40% no call · 68% no weekends50 benchmarked listings
Sign-on & loan repaymentnot statedNew York Social Worker listings: 4% state a sign-on bonus (median $3k) · 6% offer loan repayment698 active listings, Oct 2026
Social Work pay trend+2.3% vs prior quarter—through Sep 2026
Sources: WeekdayDoc live listing index (6,494 Social Work listings), BEA Regional Price Parities (2024); as of Oct 2026. Same values as the Weekday Verdict and Market Insights on this page.

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Work-life snapshot

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Better work-life than 60% of Social Work listings

Listing-based score, 0–10, across 6,494 comparable listings. Shaded area = the share scoring below this one.

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About University Settlement Society of New YORK

Non-profit Organizations
New York, NY
201-500 employees

Living in New York

Typical 3-bedroom home value
$875k≈ 11.8× annual pay
Typical market rent
$4,089/mo≈ 66% of gross pay
Residents’ average commute
40 min
State income tax
Up to 10.9%
Sources & methodology

Sources: Zillow home values (Sep 2026), Zillow market rents (Sep 2026), U.S. Census ACS 2024 five-year.

Ratios use this listing’s gross annual pay. Not a cost-of-living guarantee.