Overview

Salary Range: $67,250 - $72,250

At The New York Foundling, we trust in the power and potential of people, and we deliberately invest in proven practices. From bold beginnings in 1869, our New York-based nonprofit has supported hundreds of thousands of our neighbors on their own paths to stability, strength, and independence. We help children and families navigate through and beyond foster care. We help families struggling with conflict and poverty grow strong. We help individuals with developmental disabilities live their best lives, and we help our neighbors access quality health and mental health services—core to building lifelong resilience and wellbeing. Together, our interrelated programs provide a whole-person, whole-family, and whole-life approach that unlocks solutions for a lifetime.

Are you a new Graduate with a Masters in Social Work, Family Therapy or Mental Health Counseling or looking for a new opportunity to develop clinical skills? Do you have a passion for working with youth, their families and the systems they may be involved with? Are you willing to do �whatever it takes,� to support families in overcoming challenges? Come Join our Multisystemic Therapy Prevention teams!

Responsibilities

Agency provides:

•  License supervision (LPs in MHC and MFT as well as MSWs encouraged to apply)
• Sign-on incentive up to $2000
• Continuing education stipend
• Benefits package including medical, dental, vision, PTO & sick days, tuition reimbursement; 403-B retirement plan; employee recognition; flexible schedules
• A supportive and mission driven environment, which includes Individual coaching and mentoringMST Model 8 days of Training, paid by the Agency, to learn the model and sharpen your clinical skills
• Agency wide opportunities for growth

Responsibilities 

• Reports to assigned program supervisor or covering supervisor.
• Manage assigned caseload and provide coverage for peer's caseload as needed, provides direct clinical treatment using methods compatible with assigned model.
• Conducts assessments including review of referral information, identifying and engaging key participants, identifying systemic strengths and weaknesses and individualized treatment planning.
• Maintains clear and concise documentation of treatment efforts that promote peer and supervisory review and feedback, and that demonstrate compliance with the assigned model
• Participates in all model training, supervision, consultation activities, and staff meetings.
• Builds a relationships with community stakeholders (i.e., child protection services, Guardians ad Litem, judges, schools, etc.) to ensure cooperation among service providers
• Manages the extensive documentation requirements to successfully comply with various mandates from agency, ACS, and other stakeholders, including model.
• Timely documentation of contacts and case progress in the provided agency electronic health records and other systems as applicable
• Adopts a strength focused approach with families, stakeholder, and within the program/treatment team.
• Ability to accompany families/clients to psychiatric appointment and other community needs appointment.
• Attends weekly supervision and consultation and on-call meetings.
• Manages the extensive travel requirements
• Provides 24/7 coverage during the week and participates on a weekend on-call rotational schedule as applicable
• Other duties as assigned

Organizational expectations include:

• · Regular and punctual time and attendance, and adherence to The Foundling’s and your department’s
• specific time and attendance policies and protocol.
• · Consistent demonstrated commitment to The Foundling’s BHAG, mission, vision and values (Compassion,
• Dignity, Family and Community, Diversity, Excellence).
• · Adherence to The Foundling’s employee policies, Code of Conduct and applicable rules, laws, regulations or bargaining agreements. · Appropriate engagement with support departments to ensure appropriate and timely hiring, performance management, investigation, discipline, suspension, and restructuring decisions concerning direct reports. Regular supervision and performance evaluation of direct reports. · Any other duties and/or tasks that may be assigned.

Requirements

• Must have a Master’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling or related subject area

Other Requirements:

Preferred Experience:

• Direct use of pragmatic (i.e., structural, strategic and functional) family therapies
• Individual therapy with children and adults using cognitive behavioral techniques
• Marital therapy using behaviorally-based approaches
• Substance abuse treatment for adults and children using behaviorally-based approaches
• Behavioral therapy targeting behavioral change in children at home and school
• Trauma treatment for adults and children using exposure and cognitive therapies
• Implementation of interventions within or between systems in the family’s natural ecology (i.e., family, peer, school, and neighborhood)

Preferred Knowledge:

• Family systems theory and application
• Social ecological theory and application
• Behavioral therapies theory and application
• Cognitive-behavioral therapy theory and application particularly in the areas of trauma treatment and anger management
• Exposure based cognitive behavioral trauma treatment
• Pragmatic family therapies theory and application
• Child development research and its application in treatment
• Research on child physical abuse and neglect
• Social skills assessment and intervention

Preferred Core Competencies:

•  Ability to engage clients
• Willingness and ability to be strengths focused
• Ability to problem solve and make decisions
• Willingness to advocate for caregiver, youth, and family
• Ability to manage stress and self-care
• Appreciation, respect, and understanding for teamwork and company systems
• Ability to maintain high level of self-awareness
• Ability to be comfortable with cultural differences; to relate in ways that are respectful, strength-focused, and culturally sensitive

The New York Foundling is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse employee population, the Foundling will honor your experiences, perspectives and unique identity. Together, our community strives to create and maintain working and learning environments that are inclusive, equitable and welcoming.

Qualifications

Education RequiredYesDegreeMaster's level degreeMajor

Counseling, Psychology, Social Work or related field 

License/Certification RequiredNo

Fluent in Spanish/English required

Education Required