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LOCATION: Brooklyn, NY
REPORTS TO: Clinical Supervisor
DEPARTMENT: Family Support Services Safe Way Forward
SCHEDULE: Full Time / Hybrid
$1,500 Hiring Incentive
AGENCY BACKGROUND:
MercyFirst is a not-for-profit human and social service agency that has been serving children and families in need since we were founded by the Sisters of Mercy/Hermanas de las Misericordia in 1894. Today our agency continues to address the emotional and physical needs of children and families in Brooklyn, Queens and across Long Island through innovative treatments and life-changing interventions. We provide community-based prevention and family foster care services, group homes in the community for struggling children and families within the child welfare and juvenile justice systems, and short-term residential services for unaccompanied migrant children. Each year, MercyFirst serves more than 3,000 children, teenagers and families overcome enormous obstacles, re-imagine their futures, and develop their full potential.
PROGRAM BACKGROUND:
MercyFirst’ s A Safe Way Forward Program (SWF) provides child welfare involved families affected by intimate partner violence (IPV) with comprehensive prevention services including therapeutic case management and evidence-based intervention modalities to address IPV. This joint prevention-clinical services model offers comprehensive trauma-informed services to the whole family, including the survivor of IPV, the person causing harm (PCH), and to children exposed to the IPV in the home. Range of services includes in-home visitation, crisis intervention, case management, advocacy, individual, group and family counseling, psychoeducation and support, and referral to other appropriate services. The SWF program will serve a total of 65 families residing in Brooklyn.
POSITION SUMMARY:
The SWF CASAC (Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor) Clinician is responsible for the delivery of individual and group clinical interventions with members of the family system experiencing IPV and substance misuse. Approach to treatment is trauma-informed, strengths-based and emphasizes both short-term and long-term goals to restore and maintain Safety for all family members, Protect children from future exposure to IPV, and promote Healing and Improved Family Relationships. The qualified candidate will be responsible for adherence to reporting requirements and timelines and meeting programmatic outcome measures.
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BENEFITS/PERKS:
SALARY RANGE:
$60,000 - $62,000 Per Year
Hiring Incentive of $1,500 after 500 worked hours
Full Time
$73k-90k (estimate)
03/22/2023
06/18/2024
mercyfirst.org
DEER PARK, NY
200 - 500
1894
Private
CAROLYN O'BRIEN
$50M - $200M