Outpatient Mental Health Therapist (Article 31)

Overview

Rising Ground provides caring support and proven paths to positive change, helping children, adults, and families rise above adversity, and each year, Rising Ground is a positive force in the lives of more than 25,000 individuals. We do this through 101 programs in 138 locations throughout New York City and Westchester. Our strong belief and commitment to diversity shows not just through our work with supported persons but is integral to the building of a strong staff that reflects the communities we serve.

The Article 31 clinic is an OMH regulated outpatient mental health clinic that supports children, adolescents and adults. The Outpatient Mental Health Therapist is responsible for providing comprehensive clinical services to persons supported through the Article 31 Clinic.The individual is required to work in-person from our Jamaica location during hours of operation, which includes evenings and weekends.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual, group, couple and family therapy.
• Meets the minimum requirement of completing 20-25 hours of billable sessions per week.
• Properly supports persons supported through crisis intervention.
• Administers appropriate evidence based and culturally informed interventions (i.e. CBT, TF-CBT and Motivational Interviewing).
• Completes Intakes and provides internal and external resource linkages and referrals.
• Completes clinical assessments, treatment plans and progress notes in a timely manner.
• Engage in professional development and certification and training opportunities and participate in reflective supervision.
• Other related duties.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in social work or a related field AND licensure as a New York State Mental Health Provider.
• Bilingual (Spanish) is a plus.

Starting Salary $70,000/AnnuallyIn-person Schedule (35)hr/wkBenefits includes (Medical, Vision, Dental, PTO, 401k matching plus more)

EEO

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.

Salary : $70,000