Clinical Social Worker Associate

Are you interested in a career where you can make a difference and do what you are passionate about and receive personal fulfillment? 

Do you bring experience and training with in-home and in-office family therapy, then the Albert J. Solnit Children’s Center is looking for you to be part of their team.  

The State of Connecticut, Department of Children and Families seeks a qualified individual for a Clinical Social Work Associate position #96227.  This is a full-time, first shift, thirty-seven and a half (37.5) hours per week position located at Albert J. Solnit North Campus, 36 Gardner Street, East Windsor, CT 06088. 

The work hours will be 9:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. and requires 1 weekend day and 1 evening a week in an effort to accommodate our families. The formal schedule will be worked out with the clinician’s immediate supervisor. This clinician will spearhead the enhancement of the facility’s family programming and will be expected to work in a complex milieu setting with an interdisciplinary team including: child care staff, Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Rehabilitation Specialists, LCSWs, Nurses and school personnel.  

The Albert J. Solnit Children's Center – North Campus Psychiatric Residential Treatment Center provides treatment, educational and rehabilitation services to some of the most complex adolescent males between the ages of 13 and 17 and their families in the state of Connecticut. Consistent with the DCF mission statement of “working with families and communities for children who are, healthy, safe, smart and strong” we provide treatment for and return them to their families with recovery services in place by utilizing a strength based, family-centered relational approach based on youth-adult partnerships with a program model designed to focus on treatment strategies which are trauma informed and gender responsive.

Located in East Windsor, CT the program is designed to be the bridge from hospital to home and community or as a diversionary placement to avoid the need for a hospital stay, providing an educational program, work experience opportunities and rehabilitation, including therapeutic recreation and occupational and music therapies.  

The State of Connecticut offers a hybrid retirement plan where new employees may elect to participate in the State Employees Retirement System which provides a retirement benefit, including retiree health insurance.  Paid time off is also offered, including 12 paid holidays per calendar year in addition to vacation, sick and personal leave accruals.

Please include a resume within the "resume" tab of your application.

For questions regarding this posting please contact: Martina Gillespie, Martina.Gillespie@ct.gov, (860) 704-4224.

• Experience providing clinical services to children, adolescents and/or transition-age youth with complex psychiatric profiles and to their families
• Experience providing case management services in collaboration with community systems of care
• Implementing evidence based practice and working as part of a multidisciplinary clinical team
• Experience providing clinical services to a culturally diverse population
• Fluency in Spanish, both oral and written

AN AFFIRMATIVE ACTION/EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER

The State of Connecticut is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer and strongly encourages the applications of women, minorities, and persons with disabilities.