Therapist

Title: Therapist

Department: CRW

Reports To: Clinical Services Director   

Job Location: 623 Broadway, New York, NY 10012

FLSA: Exempt 

Job Status: Full-Time, Hybrid 

Availability: Monday – Friday, 9am-5pm or 11am-7pm 

Requirements: LMHC or LCSW Credentials

Benefits: Medical, Dental & Vision Insurance, Commuter Benefits, Flexible Spending Account, 403b Retirement Plan, Worker’s Compensation, Short- & Long-Term Disability Insurance, Life Insurance, Holidays, Personal Time Off, Vacation Leave, Sick Leave, Competitive Remuneration.

About Greenwich House   

Founded in 1902 as a settlement house to help New York’s increasing immigrant population adjust to life in a new country, Greenwich House today offers a variety of programs and approaches that continue to provide thousands of New Yorkers with health and wellness support, education, personal enrichment, skills building and cultural experiences.

Position Summary 

The CRW Therapist provides short and long term mental-health services to children, youth, young adults and adults with awareness of trauma informed care, Domestic /Intimate Partner/Gender Violence issues, as well as, LBGTQ/gender nonconforming or questioning communities & Communities of color, using individual, family and group and evidence-based modalities.

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide long and short-term psychotherapy to children, youth, young adult and adult clients, as well as, collateral family members where appropriate (including crisis intervention) in person onsite or Telehealth as appropriate based on NYS OMH criteria.
• Facilitate time limited and ongoing group therapies.
• Utilize concurrent documentation in electronic health record (eCR) in compliance with NYS-OMH regulations and N.Y.C.  Department of Health and Mental Hygiene requirements to include: periodic assessment scales; progress notes; treatment plan and treatment plan reviews, incident reports, and encounter forms.
• Alert immediately the Director and Assistant Clinical Director of reportable incidents and clients at risk behaviors. 
• Perform other tasks as assigned by direct supervisor.
• Interact with all levels of personnel within the organization.

Secondary Responsibilities

• Collaborate with Case Manager & Peer Advocate on shared clients.
• Refer clients to appropriate community resources for case management issues/advocacy, e.g. legal, housing, health, education, vocational, entitlements.
• Maintain working relationships as needed with hospitals, nursing homes, entitlement sources, legal advocates and other social service agencies.

Administrative Responsibilities

• Participate in supervision and interdisciplinary staff meetings.
• Meet program productivity benchmarks for billable services as determined by agency standards.
• Participate in ongoing professional training for continuing education units and other professional development as mandated by the agency or recommended by supervisor.
• Perform other tasks as assigned by direct supervisor.
• Interact with all levels of personnel within the organization.

Qualifications

• LMHC, LCSW credentials.
• Strong engagement skills and knowledge of mental health conditions and harm reduction recovery.
• Experience with children, youth, young adults and adults with awareness of Domestic/Intimate Partner/Gender based Violence issues, as well as, LBGTQ /gender non-binary or questioning communities, and, communities of color.
• Familiarity with a range of therapeutic interventions: play therapy, family therapy, trauma informed care, CBT, DBT, ACT and psychodynamic approaches to treatment.
• Alignment with agency standard of ethics, conduct and organization policies.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with interdisciplinary team to accomplish client goals and adapt to changing program environment.
• Ability to prioritize and implement a course of action for handling multiple tasks.
• Language skills a plus e.g. Bilingual Spanish/English.
• Sifi Certified, a plus.

Vaccination Requirement 

As of October 29, 2021, we are requiring all Greenwich House and Barrow Street Nursery School new hires to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 prior to the start date.

Reasonable Accommodations Statement

To perform this job successfully, a successful candidate must be able to perform satisfactorily each essential duty. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified candidates with disabilities to perform these duties. 

Equal Employment Opportunity 

Greenwich House is strongly committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all individuals. All employment decisions and administration of all personnel policies are without regard to an applicant or employee’s actual or perceived race, religion, sex, age, national origin, creed, color, gender, sexual orientation or affectation, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), predisposing genetic characteristic, genetic information, pregnancy, ancestry, ethnicity, citizenship, alienage, military or veteran’s status, physical or mental disability, status as a victim of domestic violence, stalking offense and sex offenses, marital status, partnership status or any other status protected by federal, state or local law. For more information regarding Greenwich House and our EEO statement, please visit https://www.greenwichhouse.org/about/