Job Description

Social Worker/Trainer, The Collective of Antiracist Child and Family Systems

The University of Maryland School of Social Work (UM SSW) is accepting applications for a Clinical Instructor.  This full-time, 12-month non-tenure track faculty position will lead the delivery of training, coaching, and technical assistance on the SHARP framework for addressing the contexts of poverty and oppression during service provision.  The SHARP framework offers providers a way to view issues of oppression impacting their client, as well as partnering with clients to create plans of action to counter oppressive policies and structural issues. The five components in the SHARP framework are: Structural oppression; Historical context; Analysis of role; Reciprocity and mutuality; and Power. Through this framework, human service workers can focus their work with clients on addressing both the root causes of poverty and their consequences.

Training will be provided to social workers and other human service workers under a five-year grant from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) for a project called The Collective of Antiracist Child and Family Systems (CACFS). In addition, this position will provide field instruction for UM SSW graduate students and provide services to a small number of families through the Family Connections program in collaboration with families and community agencies.  Family Connections Baltimore, operating under the Social Work Community Outreach Service (SWCOS), develops and implements community-based family strengthening services that support vulnerable families in achieving safety and well-being.

Celebrating almost 30 years of innovative social work practice in the Baltimore area, the Social Work Community Outreach Service (SWCOS) was launched within the UM SSW in 1992. SWCOS’ mission is to advance social justice through mutually transformative community-university partnerships.  A vision where all communities will be equitable and promote well-being, self-determination, individual and collective power.  SWCOS provides graduate level social work students with hands-on experience with critical social issues in an encouraging and creative atmosphere that prepares them to be leaders.

Family Connections (FC), a SWCOS initiative, is a community mental health program, engaging in a variety of service interventions, research activities, and teaching and learning collaboratives, including initiatives that inform policy development related to the negative effects of disinvestment and structural segregation in Baltimore City.  The design of the program emphasizes the need to partner and collaborate with families. This includes meeting them in their homes and community settings with a focus on engagement and re-engagement throughout the work. Intervention strategies include individual, family, and group modalities that enhance family cohesion and strengthen relationships with particular focus on the families’ capacities to provide safety and well-being for every member.

 

UMB requires all faculty, staff, and students to be vaccinated against COVID-19. Exemptions for medical or religious reasons will be processed through Human Resources.

 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Provide training to social worker practitioners and other human service providers on the SHARP framework.
• Develop tools and curricula to train on the SHARP framework.
• Lead communities of practice in understanding and implementing SHARP.
• Support and co-facilitate a community advisory board
• Plan and implement systems for documenting and reporting activities.
• Participate in the planning and implementation of intern education activities that will include collaboration with the Title IVE Public Education for Child Welfare Program and the functions related to TA-FC. 
• Participate in the development of clinical programs and intervention strategies that include staff development and inclusion of evidence supported models.
• Participate in activities related to a family-oriented trauma practice to include: conducting trainings in implementation of the models; conducting seminars for child welfare workers and interns regarding trauma informed practice, conducting trauma informed family practice seminars for SWCOS students.  
• Provide direct clinical interventions for a small number of Baltimore families enrolled in the Family Connections program.  This includes adherence to the principles and interventions prescribed by the model and those that pertain to Trauma Adapted Families Connections (TA-FC).
• Participate in SWCOS program activities including those based on program principles, development of the strategic plan, and regular organization meetings.
• Conduct other duties, as are appropriate and assigned.

Qualifications
Required Qualifications:

• Five years post-Masters in Social Work
• Minimum licensure – LMSW
• Preferred, LCSW-C
• Supervisory experience preferred
• In-depth knowledge and experience in trauma responsive children and family service programs, in particular child welfare agencies
• Demonstrated experience providing anti-racist/anti-oppressive social work services

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Required

Strengthens and supports a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. Experience working directly with people from diverse racial, ethnic and socioeconomic backgrounds. Employs anti-racist and anti-oppressive practices and principles to accomplish work. Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work well with people, including people who may be in crisis. Demonstrated experience training and facilitating; Experience supporting social workers in developing new skills; Experience and demonstrated skill provision of trauma responsive services and related program development, implementation and evaluation; Ability to participate in training social workers and students; Knowledge and experience about family-focused, home based clinical services to families with children in urban environments exposed to trauma and racial injustice; Knowledge and experience about clinical services for children exposed to maltreatment, individuals with substance use disorders, and children with behavior and learning problems; Knowledge and experience about community network development and maintenance; Knowledge and experience in social work graduate education and child welfare is preferred.

 

UMB is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law or policy. For assistance related to employment, please contact the Staffing department at HRJobs@umaryland.edu.

If you anticipate needing a reasonable accommodation for a disability under the Americans With Disabilities Act (ADA), during any part of the employment process, please submit a UMB Job Applicant Accommodation Request. You may also contact HRDiversity@umaryland.edu. Please note that only inquiries concerning an ADA request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.

 

Job: Faculty
Organization: School of Social Work - Instruction
Job Posting: Mar 2, 2022