Job Description:

Cayuga Centers is hiring immediately for:

School Based Therapist

Location: Moravia Central School District, Moravia, NY

Earn: $58,500 - $82,800 annually

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!

Cayuga Centers is looking for a Clinician who is passionate about strength-based, youth-and family-centered work within a school environment. In this role, you will provide services to Elementary and Middle School Students and families directly within the school. You may engage in home and community-based work as needed to help achieve stability and improvement in daily living and school/community integrations.

Our clinicians offer goal-directed support and solution-focused interventions to address challenges associated with behavioral health needs through the Other Licensed Professional (OLP) function within the Children and Family Treatment and Support Services (CFTSS) team. The CFTSS program provides ample opportunities to expand your application and experience of assessment, evaluation, and evidence-based practice while supporting program growth within the agency and community.

Does this interest you? We’d love for you to join our team in helping children and families create safe, happy, and healthy environments.

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 offices in 10 cities and serve over 10,000 individuals and families annually. Join us!

At Cayuga Centers, we embrace Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging (DIB). 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.

How you get to use your skills…

• Demonstrate your areas of clinical strength by implementing a variety of therapeutic interventions/modalities in your practice.

• Apply and develop your clinical assessment and evaluation skills.

• Establish a leadership role within the team as the clinical guide to treatment planning.

• Become a primary support in helping children/youth and families respond and intervene to crises.

• Utilize a strengths-based and trauma-informed practice to help families recognize and work through issues that have been identified.

• Enhance the functioning of youth and their families while helping them build stronger relationships for their future.

• Demonstrate an inclusive practice both in the office and in the field to support a diverse and accepting culture.

• Contribute to a multidisciplinary team that shares your passion for children and families.

Schedule:

• This is a 12 month, full-time, 40 hour a week position.

• We are looking for an applicant who is interested in working primarily within the hours of a school day, but is also willing to be flexible and work outside of these hours when needed to suit the youth and family needs.

Why Cayuga Centers?

• 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