Arts Social Worker

Department: Abrons Arts Center

Location: Lower East Side 10002

Schedule: 3 days a week, 7 hours a day, Wednesday and Saturday on-site presence required, 1 remote workday subject to approval by supervisor

Pay: $34.50 per hour + BENEFITS

Position type: Part Time, Regular, non-Exempt

Organizational overview: Henry Street Settlement opens doors of opportunities to enrich lives and expand human progress for Lower East Side residents and other New Yorkers through social services, arts, and health care programs. Building on its 130+year legacy of innovation and effective programming, Henry Street offers more than 50 programs and is one of New York City’s largest social service agencies.

Program overview: Abrons Arts Center is the home for artistic expression at Henry Street Settlement. It was founded in 1975 as the Arts for Living Center, adjacent to the historic Neighborhood Playhouse--an anchor of arts on the Lower East Side since 1915.

Abrons Arts Center builds a community where artists, learners, and audiences explore creative possibilities. Rooted in the immigrant and working-class history of our Lower East Side neighborhood, we offer free and affordable exhibitions, performances, classes, residencies, and space access.

Job Summary

The Arts Social Worker role is a 1-year pilot position.

As an Arts Social Worker you will support Abrons Arts Center’s arts education program through dynamic social-emotional programming initiatives, clinical care of identified participants requiring one on one support, and case management for the program’s arts education learner community.

As a member of the Henry Street Settlement Community Social Work cohort, this role serves as a key liaison to the broader Settlement campus, representing the Arts Center in Settlement-wide initiatives and connecting other programs to Arts Center resources. The Arts Social Worker is a member of the arts education team.

They report to the Director of Arts Education and Community Engagement and receive clinical supervision with an LCSW-Approved Supervisor to count toward licensure hours.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work is required
• Experience with supporting a diverse community of constituents from youth to adult through clinical, trauma-informed therapeutic treatment models and case management
• Expertise in creating and facilitating creative, artistically driven programming that promotes social emotional development and wellbeing
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Confidence facilitating programming for individuals and large groups

Key Responsibilities

• Resource for arts education team members and faculty to provide support and skill development opportunities in social emotional learning and behavioral management
• Provide case management support for learners and caregivers, connecting them to Henry Street Settlement resources as needed
• Serve as an ambassador of arts education programming throughout Settlement programs
• Support arts education faculty, activity specialists, and learners for the Promoting the Arts Throughout Henry Street (PATHS) program by providing classroom management support, case management, and skill-building opportunities in social-emotional learning
• Organize responsive programming on relevant social/emotional topics for faculty professional development workshops and arts education Community Circles
• Any other duties assigned by the Supervisor and program leadership

Essential Physical Job Functions

• Must be New York City based and available to work on site at our Lower East Side facility
• Must be able to move throughout our 40K square foot facility that includes stairs, elevators, ramps, indoor and outdoor spaces
• Ability to travel to all Henry Street Settlement sites when requested