Licensed Mental Health Professional (LCSW/LMHC)

Circle Surrogacy is a special company dedicated to helping people have the families of their dreams through surrogacy and/or egg donation. We support intended parents, surrogates and egg donors on monumental, life-changing journeys. We work hard every day to make miracles happen. We provide a premium, high-touch journey experience combined with the security of working with an agency that has deep experience in third-party reproduction. Here at Circle, we work together to make parenthood possible and have a new opportunity to join our amazing team!

We are seeking a Support Social Worker who will combine supportive counseling and both short- and long- term clinical assessment and intervention to surrogates in a fast-paced business environment. Support Social Workers at Circle are involved in the gestational carrier process from the time a surrogate is matched with intended parents until the surrogate completes their post-partum period. In this role, Support Social Workers are expected to engage in regular communication with their individual caseloads, collaborate with internal and external teams around the surrogates and their intended parents’ overall journey, and maintain surrogate support programs for all Circle Surrogacy Surrogates. This provides our social workers with a unique opportunity to engage in both individual and large-scale relationships with Circle Surrogacy’s surrogate and intended parent community. The social worker role is critical to the company’s business operations and vital to Circle’s superior customer service and support to our clients. This role is a good fit for social workers looking for opportunities beyond a traditional social work environment.

What you’ll do:

• Provide strength based and solution focused counseling to assigned surrogates throughout their journey with the agency
• Create, implement, and maintain opportunities for surrogates to engage in Circle Surrogacy community regularly. Opportunities to include managing the surrogate mentorship program, facilitating monthly gatherings around major and minor milestones in the journey, etc.
• Collaborate and coordinate across Circle’s interdisciplinary teams and with our partners to facilitate the smoothest possible experience for our clients
• Participate in quarterly case reviews for assigned surrogates throughout their journey
• Document important data related to journey in agency database and provide weekly/monthly/annual reports as requested
• Work with matching team to coordinate the surrogate re-matching process with intended parents
• Act as a contributing team player to the Social Work team

What you’ll need to succeed:

• Master’s degree in social work from an accredited institution
• Successful completion of ASWB Master level examination
• Master’s level licensure in good standing
• Ability to read, write and converse in Spanish desired
• Work experience in adoption/ IVF/ third-party reproduction
• Strong oral and written communication skills and ability to maintain calm demeanor during stressful situations
• High attention to detail and ability to multitask/prioritize
• Critical thinking and problem-solving capability
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with time-sensitive work deadlines
• Team player; comfortable working in an interdisciplinary environment

What are the benefits:

• Health, Medical, Dental and Vision coverage
• 401(k) with generous match
• “Take what you need” PTO policy
• Wellness Programs
• STD/LTD/Life Insurance
• And more!

Work Location:

• Remote, hybrid, or in office opportunity

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