Hybrid remote work schedule: 3 days in office/field and 2 days remote from home
Base office in Hendersonville (1 position) and Asheville (1 position)
Position Status: Full-Time FLSA Status: Non-Exempt
Pisgah Legal Services (PLS) is a community-based non-profit legal aid agency governed by a local Board of Directors. Located in the Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina (WNC), Pisgah Legal Services provides free civil legal assistance to low-income people in WNC. The organization currently has offices in Asheville, Brevard, Burnsville, Franklin, Hendersonville, Highlands-Cashiers, Marshall, Morganton, Newland, Rutherfordton, Spruce Pine, and Waynesville. With over 100 dedicated staff, including over 30 attorneys plus program staff, and an active group of 300 volunteer attorneys, the program provides free services to nearly 20,000 people per year to meet their basic needs, primarily in the poverty law areas of housing, public benefits, domestic violence prevention, health care, immigration, and consumer law.
PLS seeks one full-time Social Worker for the Healthy Opportunities Pilot (HOP) to focus on assisting people experiencing Interpersonal Violence and/or Housing Instability and one full-time Social Worker for the Healthy Opportunities Pilot and the Homelessness Prevention program. The HOP position will be based in our Asheville office and will serve clients in all 18 counties of Western North Carolina, with a primary focus on the following counties: Buncombe, Henderson, Haywood, Jackson, Macon, Madison, McDowell, Mitchell, Polk, Rutherford, and Transylvania. This position will partner with attorneys and other staff to help support clients connect with resources to address social determinants of health related to housing, income and intimate partner violence for the Healthy Opportunities Pilot. The Social Worker will be trained to use the NCCARE360 Referral Platform for the Healthy Opportunities Pilot and provide case management to support Medicaid eligible clients in meeting interpersonal violence, housing and other health-related stability goals.
The HOP/HPP position will be based in our Hendersonville Office and will serve clients in all 18 counties of Western North Carolina, with a primary focus on Henderson County. This position will be half time as described above and half time working with individuals and families in Henderson county who are experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness.
The Social Worker will:
The social worker should have a passion for promoting justice and overcoming barriers facing low-income people, be a creative and zealous staff member and a team-player and demonstrate a commitment to achieving lasting results for clients and low-income communities.
Responsibilities
Qualifications
Salary/ Benefits
Salary ranges from $43,234– $75,935 depending on experience. Additional language skills that are applicable to this role may qualify for up to an additional $3k upon completing a language assessment test. Our salary scale is predetermined based on the years of relative professional work experience that qualify for this position to ensure equity in pay. Pisgah Legal Services is a Living Wage Certified Employer. Employees are eligible for medical, dental, vision and life insurance coverage the 1st of the month following the start date. Pisgah Legal Services (PLS) pays 100% of the Employee and 50% of the Dependent Cost for BCBS Medical and Dental coverage. PLS pays 50% of the Employee Coverage Cost for BCBS Vision coverage. PLS pays 100% of Long-Term & Short-Term Disability Coverage, Life Insurance Coverage of 5x base salary + an additional $15,000 Life & AD&D Coverage. 401k Retirement Plan after 6 months of employment. Additional Fringe Benefits include Pet Insurance, Paid Parental Leave, Paid Bereavement Leave, 13.5 Company Holidays, 22 Paid Leave Days, Paid Sabbatical Leave for eligible staff, Employee Assistance Program for entire household and a great working environment with work life balance!
PLS invites all applicants to include in their cover letter a statement about how your unique background and/or experiences might contribute to the diversity, cultural vitality, and perspective of our staff and legal services practice.
Pisgah Legal Services is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we will provide reasonable accommodations to qualified persons with disabilities. Prospective and current employees are encouraged to discuss ADA accommodations with our Human Resources department.