Social Worker Counselor

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Job description

Era Living is seeking a full-time Social Worker/Counselor to become the newest member of our Social Services team at Lakeshore in Renton, WA!

Competitive Compensation and a Complete Benefits Package including:

• Company Sponsored Health Plan
• 401k with Generous Employer Match
• Vacation & Sick Leave
• Leadership & Longevity Bonuses
• Employee Discount Programs
• Employee Assistance Program
• The advantages of an environment that supports your development and recognizes your achievements!

**Eligibility contingent on meeting requirements of each benefit (hours worked, age, etc.)

Primary Responsibilities:

As our new Counselor/Social Worker you will lead a wide-range of groups and workshops, and provide general advocacy and social service support within our state of the art retirement settings. This role provides professional social work/counseling and support to our residents assigned populations of seniors and their families, working within the context of a community based interdisciplinary team, including individual, couple, family and group counseling, outplacement/transition services as required.

• Lead or co-lead support and/or psycho-educational groups
• Provide behavioral interventions and develop behavioral treatment plans and related staff training
• Produce written psycho-social assessment for residents
• Establish treatment plans for residents
• Assume supervision of social work or other counseling discipline graduate student(s) as requested
• Take on-call assignments for active Almost Like Family resident clients
• Work within context of multidisciplinary team, integrating social work treatment goals within larger community multidisciplinary plans for specified residents

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Working knowledge of clinical counseling theory(ies), particularly in relation to working with senior population
• Ability to conduct psycho-social assessments
• Ability to establish professional, clinically sound treatment plans
• Ability to lead and/or facilitate support, psycho-educational and clinical counseling groups
• Ability to read, write and communicate in English
• Ability to pass DSHS background check, required
• Must comply with the Washington State COVID-19 vaccination requirement for healthcare workers

Education and Experience:

• Master of Social Work Degree or equivalent, required
• Associate Licensure, required
• Washington State Social Work or Counselor Licensure, preferred
• Minimum of two years Senior Living industry clinical experience, preferred

About Era Living:

If you are passionate about improving the quality of life for older adults and exemplify a values based approach to your work, demonstrating integrity, credibility, consistency, strong team orientation, and outstanding communication, we welcome your application!

Era Living has been voted #4 Best Place to Work in Seattle 2017 (CityVoter's) and Top 5 BEST Places to Work in 2014 & 2015 (King5 Best of Western Washington!).

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