Mental Health Clinician

Job Description

Job Description

About the Role

The Mental Health Therapist working in the Community and Residential CFTSS program is responsible for providing an array of direct clinical services for youth across both community-based and residential programs and settings. In the Community CFTSS program, settings include home, school, and community / office settings. In the Residential CFTSS programs, the setting is program-based office space. Overall responsibilities include screening, diagnosis, treatment planning, and therapy services through the Children and Family Treatment and Supports Services (CFTSS) program. The community-based program is provided under OMH auspices, while the residential programs are under OCFS. The Mental Health Therapist is expected to provide both in-person and virtual services.

What You’ll Do

• Provide trauma informed, evidence-based individual, family, and group therapy for cases as indicated.
• Complete Licensed Evaluations (Assessments) to identify the child / youth’s behavioral strengths and weaknesses, determine medical necessity to continue services and identify other potential services needed, provide a diagnosis, and
• Develop Treatment Plans describing the child / youth’s conditions, detailing the scope of services to be provided, expected outcomes, frequency, and duration of treatment
• Provide Crisis Intervention Activities for child / youth experiencing psychiatric, behavioral, or situational distress
• Provide consultation with non-licensed professionals who also work with persons supported.
• Prepare appropriate and timely written documentation of all clinical services delivered in the Electronic Health Record.
• Participate in Family Treatment Conferences and monthly Treatment Team Meetings

Your Qualifications

o Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC)

o Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist (LMFT)

o Licensed Psychoanalyst

o Licensed Creative Arts Therapist (LCAT)

o Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW)

o Licensed Psychologist (Ph.D. or Psy.D.)

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice

Supervisory Responsibility

No

Work Environment :

This position will require travel to various agency locations, public school sites, and families’ homes in various locations in the five boroughs of New York City.

Position Type / Expected Hours of Work : This is a full-time position. You must be available for flexible hours including evenings and possible weekends, shift hours vary depending on the needs of the child and family. Work hours options are 11pm-7pm or 12pm-8pm. This position is based at a designated Rising Ground location but will require travel to other agency and non-agency locations for service provision and meetings.

Additional Requirements :

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

It is the policy of Rising Ground that the Agency wholly complies with equal treatment of all employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination as to an individual’s perceived or actual race, creed, color, national origin, alienate, citizenship status, gender, age, disability, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or veteran status in all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, layoff and termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.