Description

Overview: The Door is an unparalleled model for youth development, offering a comprehensive range of integrated services within a single site for over 11,000 New York City youth each year. Our mission is to empower young adults to reach their full potential by providing comprehensive youth development services in a diverse and caring environment. At The Door, youth can access health care and education, mental health counseling and crisis assistance, legal assistance, college preparation services, career development, housing supports, arts, sports and recreational activities, and nutritious meals – all for free and under one roof. By providing participants with our suite of integrated services, we seek to provide any motivated young person with the tools, resources, and opportunities needed to successfully transition to adulthood.  

Bronx Youth Center: The Bronx Youth Center is The Door’s sister site located in the South Bronx providing primarily Career and Education Services. The goal of The Door’s Career and Education Services Department is to support young people in completing secondary education and successfully transitioning into post-secondary education and employment. Programs within the Career and Education Services Department (CareerED) are designed to help young people, who are in school, out-of-school and out-of work, to assess, set, and obtain their educational and career goals. CareerED services specifically allow a young person to craft a personalized life plan defining the steps he/she will take to achieve those goals while developing the necessary skills for future life success and independence.

The Clinical Supervisor for The Academy will provide individual and group psychotherapy and case management to adolescents with significant mental health needs who are currently in foster care of have a history of foster care. The Clinical Supervisor will focus on this target population within the Door community addressing co-morbid concerns that may include trauma, homelessness, substance abuse, and challenges to identity formation. The ideal candidate will possess experience in engaging clients in youth development, school, or residential treatment settings. The ideal candidate will also maintain the highest standards of cultural competency regarding race, gender identity, sexuality, culture, and class. The Door’s mission is to empower young people ages 12-21 to reach their potential by providing accessible, comprehensive youth development services – health care, counseling, education, legal services, the arts, and recreation – in a diverse and supportive environment.  Since this is a role located in an education setting, it is important that the candidate be comfortable working independently and, in a team setting and is comfortable having two supervisors.

Responsibilities:

• Provide short term and long-term individual and group counseling to at risk adolescents using evidence-based modalities. 
• Formulate appropriate treatment plans and psychosocial evaluations for each client seen and document each contact. 
• Provide case coordination and crisis intervention to adolescents who may be victims of abuse, neglect, sexual assault, etc.  
• Coordinate with other providers including schools, juvenile justice, Administration for Children's Services, and foster care.  
• Provide clinical support and supervision for interns.
• Develop and facilitate 4 innovative support groups related to topics such as Anger Management, Substance Abuse Prevention and Healthy Relationships, to diverse adolescent populations utilizing evidence-based group curriculums. 
• Coordinate mental health assessments and track outcomes of treatment using qualitative measures. 
• Continue the ongoing development and implementation of a clinical framework for screening, engaging and supporting at risk and vulnerable young people.
• Develop procedures and systems to provide clinical support to staff and interns; and other staff across agency as needed.
• Provide de-escalation and crisis intervention as necessary.
• Participate in agency-wide and department staff meetings monthly, as well as all scheduled team meetings.
• Complete any additional responsibilities and functions as assigned by supervisor.

Qualifications: 

• Master’s Degree in Social Work - LCSW Required.
• Minimum of one-year clinical experience in adolescent development, mental health counseling and/or substance abuse treatment settings. 
• Experience in direct service of psychotherapy, including diagnosis, evidence-based treatment planning, acute crisis work, and case management.
• Knowledgeable of and ability to apply positive youth development principles to working with young people. 
• Knowledgeable of the Foster Care system and understanding the barriers that a young person who is in that system may face.
• Knowledge of social service systems and resources as they relate to The Door’s urban youth population. 
• Excellent oral and written communication skills. 
• Demonstrated ability in developing innovative adolescent treatment modalities and group facilitation skills. 
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively and creatively as part of an interdisciplinary treatment team. 
• Must be a professional and responsible person that is able to develop and maintain interagency liaisons as a means of meeting client needs.
• Proficiency in Spanish is a plus!

Work Schedule: Full time,Monday-Friday, 9:00 am - 5:00 pm, (35 hours per week) some evening shifts may be required) 

We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive community. We support a broadly diverse team who will contribute to our organization. We are an equal opportunity employer for all regardless of race, color, citizenship, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran or reservist status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law.

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