What are the responsibilities and job description for the Resiliency Clinician position at Cayuga Centers?
Job Description
Cayuga Centers is hiring immediately for a Resiliency Clinician.
Location: Penn Yan, NY (Yates County)
Pay: $60,500 - $75,000 annually (Based on education/license/experience)
Share our commitment to helping children, youth and families build strong/life changing relationships and avoid hospitalization or placement. Bring your experience, compassion, and energy to the team and make a difference in the lives of children, youth, and families!
About Cayuga Centers
Cayuga Centers is an accredited non-profit, human services agency dedicated to family support and preservation, trauma-informed care, and serving vulnerable populations with the most unique needs. Founded in 1852 in Auburn, NY, we have a long history of delivering high-quality and innovative services to individuals, children, youth, and families. We have 22 offices across 8 states and serve over 17,000 individuals and families annually. Join us!
At Cayuga Centers, we embrace Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB). We do this by taking a firm stance against hatred, inequality, bias, and injustice. We do this by providing our staff with the training, coaching, and resources necessary to grow and serve with cultural humility, acceptance, and understanding. We are responsive to the diverse needs of those we serve and staff, and are committed to ensuring that everyone feels respected, valued, and a sense of belonging.
Cayuga Centers is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee, prospective employee, or applicant based on race, color, creed, hair style/texture, religion, national origin, citizenship status, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws.
About The Program And Position
Share our belief that all have the ability to change by using a strengths-based approach to helping stabilize families involved in the child welfare/foster care system. Use your passion and commitment to helping others in order to make a difference in the lives of families.
Cayuga Centers is looking for a self-motivated and compassionate clinician, therapist, counselor to support children and families in the community and foster care settings. Using trauma informed practice you can serve as a lead to help stabilize a child’s placement. This may be in homes with parents or in the placement of a foster home. Using your therapeutic skills you will help families/caregivers identify their needs and strengths to overcome the challenges that they may face as a caretaker. Keeping families safely together is one of our top priorities. Any transition is difficult. Imagine how beneficial it is to prevent multiple placements for a child if foster care is the only option. This program provides ample opportunities to expand your application of therapeutic practice while supporting program growth within the agency and community. Are you inspired to keep families together and thrive in their environment? Do you find yourself finding strengths in the most difficult situations? We’d love for you to join our team as a clinician, therapist or counselor.
How you get to use your clinical and therapeutic skills…
Looking for a therapist who is willing to work with the youth/families at a time that suits the youth and family needs on a flexible schedule. This is a full-time, 40 hour a week position with rotating on-call responsibilities.
Experience And Skills
Cayuga Centers is hiring immediately for a Resiliency Clinician.
Location: Penn Yan, NY (Yates County)
Pay: $60,500 - $75,000 annually (Based on education/license/experience)
Share our commitment to helping children, youth and families build strong/life changing relationships and avoid hospitalization or placement. Bring your experience, compassion, and energy to the team and make a difference in the lives of children, youth, and families!
About Cayuga Centers
Cayuga Centers is an accredited non-profit, human services agency dedicated to family support and preservation, trauma-informed care, and serving vulnerable populations with the most unique needs. Founded in 1852 in Auburn, NY, we have a long history of delivering high-quality and innovative services to individuals, children, youth, and families. We have 22 offices across 8 states and serve over 17,000 individuals and families annually. Join us!
At Cayuga Centers, we embrace Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DEIB). We do this by taking a firm stance against hatred, inequality, bias, and injustice. We do this by providing our staff with the training, coaching, and resources necessary to grow and serve with cultural humility, acceptance, and understanding. We are responsive to the diverse needs of those we serve and staff, and are committed to ensuring that everyone feels respected, valued, and a sense of belonging.
Cayuga Centers is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee, prospective employee, or applicant based on race, color, creed, hair style/texture, religion, national origin, citizenship status, sex, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other classification protected by applicable federal, state, and local laws.
About The Program And Position
Share our belief that all have the ability to change by using a strengths-based approach to helping stabilize families involved in the child welfare/foster care system. Use your passion and commitment to helping others in order to make a difference in the lives of families.
Cayuga Centers is looking for a self-motivated and compassionate clinician, therapist, counselor to support children and families in the community and foster care settings. Using trauma informed practice you can serve as a lead to help stabilize a child’s placement. This may be in homes with parents or in the placement of a foster home. Using your therapeutic skills you will help families/caregivers identify their needs and strengths to overcome the challenges that they may face as a caretaker. Keeping families safely together is one of our top priorities. Any transition is difficult. Imagine how beneficial it is to prevent multiple placements for a child if foster care is the only option. This program provides ample opportunities to expand your application of therapeutic practice while supporting program growth within the agency and community. Are you inspired to keep families together and thrive in their environment? Do you find yourself finding strengths in the most difficult situations? We’d love for you to join our team as a clinician, therapist or counselor.
How you get to use your clinical and therapeutic skills…
- Demonstrate your areas of clinical strength by implementing a variety of therapeutic interventions/modalities in your practice which heavily includes solution-focused therapy.
- Modeling and teaching basic life skills to empower individuals and families to become self-sufficient.
- Become a primary support in helping families to develop preventative and responsive skills to crisis.
- Serve as a leader in collaborative efforts to develop an individualized service plan that will drive the provision of Resiliency services and deliver in a manner that is trauma-informed and strengths-based.
- Demonstrate an inclusive and accepting practice both in the office and in the field to support a diverse and accepting culture.
Looking for a therapist who is willing to work with the youth/families at a time that suits the youth and family needs on a flexible schedule. This is a full-time, 40 hour a week position with rotating on-call responsibilities.
Experience And Skills
- Bachelor's degree in Human Services or other relevant field - Required
- Three years applicable experience in children's mental health, addiction, and/or foster care/child welfare/juvenile justice or other related human services field and certification in an evidence-based practice
- Must be enrolled, or willing to enroll, in a relevant graduate program
- Master’s degree in Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy, Mental Health Counseling, or Creative Art Therapy with limited permit or license - Preferred
- Experience working with children and families in a community-based or 'in-home' setting as a therapist or counselor.
- Knowledge of the Child Welfare/Foster Care System.
- Excellent communication, organizational and collaboration skills.
- A strong belief in the capacity of people to grow and change.
- Possess the knowledge, skills, and attitude needed to appreciate and encourage diversity, and understand the concept of cultural trauma as it applies to individual and family functioning.
- Computer work requires sitting at a desk for long periods of time
- Time on your feet for up to several hours a day
- Lifting up to 50 pounds
- Time driving to conduct client and family visits
- 120 hours of Vacation
- 10 Holidays, 24 hours of paid Personal Time, Medical Appointment Time
- Public Service Loan Forgiveness Eligible Employer
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Supervision available for licensure
- Pet and Legal insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- FSA, Transit, and Parking savings accounts
- Supplemental life insurance, critical illness, enhanced short-term disability benefits
- 401(k) match up to 6%
- Corporate Discounts Program
- Sick Leave Pool
- Identity Protection
- CEU and Tuition Reimbursement
- Certified Great Place to Work ®
- Workplace Wellness Award Finalist
- Council on Accreditation (COA) Accredited
- Implement best practices and evidence-based interventions
- Committed to employee professional development and advancement
- We embrace change, innovation and opportunities
- Our diverse workforce acts and leads with human sensitivity and respect
- Large and growing national footprint
Salary : $60,500 - $75,000
