Clinician

Job Description

Job Description

Program Description : in this new Clinical Support Program, Rising Ground will embed licensed professionals specializing in mental health, substance misuse, and intimate partner violence directly into child protective work in Brooklyn. These clinicians will collaborate closely with ACS staff and families to assess needs, provide tailored service recommendations, and ensure families are connected to appropriate supports. By integrating clinical expertise into frontline decision-making, Rising Ground will play a vital role in enhancing child safety and strengthening family outcomes across the borough.

Responsibilities of the Position : The full-time IPV Clinician provides direct clinical services and clinical guidance, training, and support to an ACS Child Protective Services team. The clinician works collaboratively with the CPS team, providing feedback on a family’s Intimate Partner Violence needs, assisting with referrals for subsequent IPV interventions and providing warm hand offs to community based providers.

This position requires daily in-person presence at an ACS field office in Brooklyn or in the community as needed. Occasional travel to other agency sites or meetings may also be required.

Core responsibilities include :

• Provide direct clinical work to families referred to Child Protective Services, including assessment of needs
• Actively participate in planning conferences, acting as Intimate Partner Violence expert
• Ensure that internal and external referrals are individualized and tailored to meet families’ needs, working collaboratively with our Access and Referral Department
• Ensure that warm handoffs occur in making referrals
• Facilitate trainings for the clinical team and the ACS CPS team
• Participate in all relevant internal and external meetings
• Provide after hour coverage for consultation, as needed
• Other duties as required

Qualifications for the Position :

Supervisory Responsibility : No

Position Type / Expected Hours of Work : Exempt / 9am–5pm, with availability for after hour consultation

Travel (if required) : Travel into the community along with travel to the office site

Physical Requirements :

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

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, gender identity, 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.