Here's a couple other good links for Long Island SW agencies

Forgot I had this and this bookmarked under my faves.

This is a great site if you are looking for non-profit work in general. Do a chapter search, perhaps there's one near you. I have a daily email subscription to the one for the NYC chapter, and every day I get job postings.

My agency right now (I work in homecare) is actually hiring for some non-social workey kinds of positions (i.e. accounting, billing) so that's another tip of places to look if you aren't necessarily interested in working in human services.

Anyways, the weather here is absolutely gorgeous. I just finished cleaning my house, I am almost done with one of my library books, so I think my son and I are going to head out, return the book, get a new one, and then go sit down in the park by the water. Have a good weekend!!!!

Places in the NYC area to look for Social Work employment

I know this is the time of year a lot of new grads are looking, or people are just looking in general. In no particular order, I am going to make a list of some agencies I know that are usually always hiring, from entry-level to more seasoned positions. Some of these agencies I have also either worked for, or worked with at one point, if not currently in my day to day professional life. If I haven't listed a website, usually a quick google search can help you find the contact info of the agency. Here's my only partially-finished list............Happy Hunting!!!

1.) Transitional Services for New York
2.) New Frontiers in TBI, Inc.
3.) Gallub Services for TBI
4.) The Center for Family Support
5.) The Puerto Rican Family Institute
6.) CUCS
7.) International Center for the Disabled
8.) Catholic Charities
9.) JASA
10.) CPA of NYS
11.) AHRC NYC/Nassau/Suffolk
12.) Long Island Head Injury Association
13. YAI
14.) VNS
15.) Jewish Board of Family & Childrens Services
16.) CIDNY
17.) The Bridge
18.) Fountain House
19.) Goodwill Industries
20.) RES TBI services
21.) UCP Nassau/Suffolk
22.) SCO Family Services
23.) LIFE'S Worc
24.) Mercy Haven

I also recommend going to websites such as socialservice.com. My favorite site to do a search by key word and zip code is Indeed.com. Check out all the local hospitals as well. They are often hiring for all kinds of positions. Oh, also check out home care agencies. A lot of them often hire for SW case managers depending on the program/population served. I also have found through personal experience that they tend to pay more than non-profits since home care agencies mostly are for-profit agencies.

For those of you who may just be starting out, or wanting to get your foot in the door in this field..........remember that any kind of experience is good experience and a stepping stone to moving up. Often if you can get hired somewhere, even if it's not your "ideal" position, a lot of agencies promote from within. If you are good at what you do, they tend to promote pretty quickly. Also keep in mind, that if you work in human services, you are always meeting people from other agencies where you may choose to apply down the road.

I also keep a huge binder on my desk at work that I am constantly adding business cards of other professionals, as well as just contacts and resources I come across. You never know when this info is going to come in handy down the road.

There are even lots of good online networking groups to go to for employment information. I have found that Meetup.org, Myspace and Facebook all have active discussion groups about local employment and where to look!

A good thing I have found about our field as well, is that a lot of agencies host regular "job fairs" or welcome "walk-ins" to come in and apply at any time. Social workers often are willing to talk with you about their job and share resources of where to look as well, so definitely don't rule out that option either.

Anyways, I promise, promise, promise I am going to *try* to update this list sometime in the near future. However, I am neglecting my son at the moment who is starting to fuss. Good luck with your search and feel free to share this with anyone you know who may be looking as well :)