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USD 85000 - 102000
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Job Description
East Bay Community Law Center (EBCLC) is a non-profit legal services organization the community-based clinical program for U.C. Berkeley Law School and one of the Bay Areas largest and most effective systems disrupters. With a dual service and teaching mission EBCLC is a racial justice organization committed to building a culturally diverse workplace centered on equity. With about 50 staff 90 law students a year and a $7 million annual budget EBCLC is the largest provider of free legal services in Alameda County providing multimodal collaborative and holistic legal services to over 4000 clients annually and engaging in legislative and policy advocacy at the state and local level.
The Opportunity
EBCLC is excited to recruit a Social Worker to join its high-impact Housing Program. The Housing Social Worker provides holistic representation to low-income tenants and unhoused community members with a broad range of housing-related legal problems and contributes to the creation of more just and humane housing policies and practices for Alameda County tenants. The position requires a strong client-centered advocate with excellent case management and organizational skills experience working with housing insecure communities a willingness to work collaboratively across legal and social work disciplines and interest in teaching and mentoring the next generation of social workers. The Housing Social Worker is one of three social workers at EBCLC and is embedded in the Housing Program. While supervised by the Social Work Director the Housing Social Worker performs their day-to-day work within the Housing Program working on housing legal cases.
Primary Responsibilities
Work collaboratively with attorneys and staff in meeting the psychosocial and legal needs of Housing and Homelessness clients
Provide case management crisis intervention and systems navigation support to clients and their families
Support clients in identifying their needs setting goals and developing structured plans for achieving those goals
Meet and advocate for clients in various settings such as at home social services court government agencies (e.g. local housing authorities) and other community-based settings while maintaining the confidentiality of all case-related information
Help clients connect with appropriate services and support including but not limited to medical mental health and financial
Develop relationships with local social service organizations and agencies
Supervise MSW interns
Lead and participate in training of the legal and social work teams including law and social work students
Complete administrative tasks such as those related to grant management reporting and client case management
Participate in professional development to improve client services and student supervision
Additional tasks as assigned by Supervisor
Minimum Qualifications
Masters in Social Work
Demonstrated commitment to racial justice
Experience with or strong interest in MSW intern supervision
Demonstrated experience working in an interdisciplinary setting or experience working collaboratively with attorneys
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Aptitude to work in a fast-paced environment and under pressure in an empathetic and trauma-informed manner
Ability to give receive and incorporate feedback actively engage in conflict resolution and take ownership and accountability of work areas
Demonstrated ability to work independently
Demonstrated ability to work effectively with a diverse range of groups including people from different socioeconomic backgrounds formerly incarcerated people people of color people experiencing homelessness immigrants non-English speakers people with mental disabilities people experiencing domestic violence students service providers government employees and community partners
Demonstrated ability to manage time effectively
Demonstrated ability to keep accurate records and complete reports or notes in a timely manner
Demonstrated ability to de-escalate individuals in crisis
Strong interpersonal skills flexibility and demonstrated ability to work well independently and as part of a team
Spanish Cantonese or Mandarin language fluency is highly preferred
Salary and Benefits
Starting salary for this exempt position is $ based on school graduation date as dictated by the EBCLC salary scale.
Benefits include fully paid health insurance (medical dental and vision) for employees and their dependents life and disability insurance and generous paid leave (vacation sick and holidays); EBCLC also offers flexible spending accounts for qualified health dependent care and commute expenditures; and retirement options.
Workplace Expectations
EBCLC is a hybrid workplace. The Housing Social Worker is expected to work at our Adeline office in Berkeley at least 3 days a week from 9am-5pm to meet the needs of our Social Work and Housing teams and the addition the Housing Social Worker is expected to work with clients in the field - meeting with clients in their homes as well as various other locations throughout Alameda County including social services agencies court etc. The Housing Social Workers remote schedule will be determined by the Social Work Director based on programmatic and client needs. EBCLC will provide the necessary equipment to fulfill the job responsibilities of working from home.
Working at EBCLC
EBCLC is a unionized workplace and members of the bargaining unit are represented by the Engineers and Scientists of California Local 20 IFPTE. This position is part of the bargaining unit. EBCLC is strongly committed to advancing justice through education and advocacy and the need to transform legal services and legal education. Please take time to review EBCLCs mission vision programs and website and ensure that your cover letter reflects how your background experience and expertise have prepared you to be successful in performing the responsibilities of the position.
Additionally EBCLC is committed to building a culturally diverse workplace centered on equity and providing an inclusive welcoming and culturally responsive environment for all members of our staff volunteers subcontractors vendors and clients. To achieve this goal EBCLC works actively to improve our office climate systems and structures communications and community engagement to create an inclusive and respectful workplace where differences are acknowledged and your cover letter please address how your personal background and experiences professional or otherwise have prepared you to contribute to our commitment to cultural responsiveness and diversity amongst our staff and high-quality services to EBCLCs diverse clients.
We strongly encourage individuals from traditionally underrepresented communities to apply. EBCLC does not discriminate on the basis of race color religious creed sex gender gender expression gender identity age national origin ancestry disability marital status sexual orientation military status prior contact with the criminal legal system or any other basis prohibited by law.
Application Process
Interested applicants should submit an application by visiting The position will remain open until filled with priority application review and interview scheduling starting October 10 2025. EBCLC will review applications and interview applicants on a rolling basis and will only review complete applications. A complete application must include a cover letter resume and names/contact information for three professional references. Please submit your complete application as one single pdf file by uploading it under Upload your Resume.
Minimum Qualifications
Masters in Social Work
Demonstrated commitment to racial justice
Experience with or strong interest in MSW intern supervision
Demonstrated experience working in an interdisciplinary setting or experience working collaboratively with attorneys
Excellent oral and written communication skills
Aptitude to work in a fast-paced environment and under pressure in an empathetic and trauma-informed manner
Ability to give receive and incorporate feedback actively engage in conflict resolution and take ownership and accountability of work areas
Demonstrated ability to work independently
Demonstrated ability to work effectively with a diverse range of groups including people from different socioeconomic backgrounds formerly incarcerated people people of color people experiencing homelessness immigrants non-English speakers people with mental disabilities people experiencing domestic violence students service providers government employees and community partners
Demonstrated ability to manage time effectively
Demonstrated ability to keep accurate records and complete reports or notes in a timely manner
Demonstrated ability to de-escalate individuals in crisis
Strong interpersonal skills flexibility and demonstrated ability to work well independently and as part of a team
Spanish Cantonese or Mandarin language fluency is highly preferred
Employment Type
Full-Time
