Part-Time Resiliency Social Worker

Degree Required: Masters of Social Work (MSW)
Licensure Required: New Jersey LSW or LCSW
Languages Preferred: Bilingual English/Spanish Preferred
Location: Newark, New Jersey with remote work options available
Type of Employment: Part-Time (Flexible Scheduling Based on Availability)
Compensation: Competitive hourly rate, depending on experience, post-
graduate clinical certifications and licensure with clinical supervision
hours

About the Sanar Institute
Sanar works globally to address the impacts of traumatic events with a specific focus
on all forms of human trafficking and interpersonal violence through both direct
service provision and capacity strengthening initiatives. Sanar has also worked
throughout the United States, East Asia, Latin America, and West Africa as a leader
in the provision of customized training and technical assistance. Sanar prioritizes
trauma-informed and person-centered approaches for organizations and institutions
working with individuals, families, and communities that have experienced or are
vulnerable to interpersonal violence.

The Sanar Institute strives to ensure access, understanding and person-centered

approaches are used in supporting individuals impacted by interpersonal violence

including:

• Human Trafficking
• Image-based Abuse
• Intimate Partner Violence
• Sexual Violence
• Trauma Based on Marginalization and Oppression: Specialization work with

LGBTQ+, BIPOC, and Immigrant Communities

• Intergenerational and Historical Trauma
• Other Forms of Interpersonal Violence

Sanar utilizes a three pronged approach to support trauma healing

and to reduce incidences of violence at the individual, community

and institutional level.

1. Direct Services for Individuals and Communities Impacted by Trauma

2. Training & Technical Assistance for Stakeholders in Allied

Interpersonal Violence Fields

3. Workplace Wellness Services

(973) 624-5454 P.O. Box 32353 | Newark, NJ 07102 www.sanar-institute.org

Sanar’s Core Values
• Honoring Individuals

• Creative Intention

• Transformative Growth

• Integrity and Respect

• Justice and Equality

Learn more about our Core Values HERE

Position Overview
Sanar is seeking a Part-Time Resiliency Social Worker to provide trauma-
specific services through Sanar’s Wellness Center and through Workplace Wellness
initiatives. This position will work with a diverse range of clients that have
experienced complex trauma including: survivors of all forms of human trafficking,
childhood sexual abuse, sexual abuse, sexual assault, image-based abuse and
individuals vulnerable to exploitation based on their identification on the LGBTQ+
spectrum. In addition, this role will work to provide wellness sessions for
organizations to address vicarious trauma.

Candidates must hold an LSW or LCSW in New Jersey.

Candidates must also have experience working directly with vulnerable populations
with a history of complex trauma. Training in a post-graduate, trauma-specific,
therapeutic modality such as Eye Movement Desensitization (EMDR) and
Reprocessing, Somatic Experiencing, Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral
Therapy (TF-CBT), Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) or another evidence-based
modality is a bonus but not required.

In addition, this position requires a professional that is highly organized have
experience adhering to grant and contract requirements.

People of color, members of the LGBTQ+ community, and individuals
with lived experience with complex trauma are highly encouraged to

apply

(973) 624-5454 P.O. Box 32353 | Newark, NJ 07102 www.sanar-institute.org

Essential Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive, trauma-conscious, person-centered, empowerment-

based intakes, and assessments

• Provide individual mental health services for survivors of complex trauma

utilizing the Sanar Institute’s Tri-Phasic Healing Model

• Keep detailed case notes to fulfill all grant-reporting duties, HIPAA

regulations and all grant requirements

• Provide effective services to clients utilizing appropriate clinical theory for

trauma healing and support of symptom reduction, whether in assessment or
counseling

• Provide services in accordance with Licensure regulations defined by the

Board of Social Work Examiners.

• Provide support to organizations and companies exposed to secondary and

vicarious trauma through wellness-based support sessions, case consultation,
and training facilitation.

• Assist in any other identified programmatic areas necessary to achieve

Sanar’s mission and vision

Required Professional Competencies

• Minimum of three years’ experience in clinical services (internships can be

counted) with individuals impacted by trauma through in-person services

• LSW or LCSW in New Jersey
• Spanish language fluency preferred

• Emotional maturity, stability, and resilience is required, along with excellent

social skills that are authentic, empathic, and create a strong therapeutic
alliance with clients

• Experience and sensitivity working in multi-cultural environments

• Knowledge and understanding of diversity, oppression, and privilege and

how these impact clients

• Strong personal practice of self-care and wellness-based supports

• Alignment with Sanar’s mission, vision, and core values
• Excellent Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
  

To Apply

Please send a cover letter and your resume including hourly rate
requirements to:
Kate Keisel at kate@sanar-institute.org

(973) 624-5454 P.O. Box 32353 | Newark, NJ 07102 www.sanar-institute.org