Wellness Specialist I (MA)

Job Title: Wellness Specialist 

Job Summary: 

CASES is seeking a Wellness Specialist to join the FACT team. This is a Master’s level mental health clinician who outreaches clients in the community to provide treatment and services with high fidelity to the ACT model. The Wellness Specialist provides engagement services, clinical assessment, and psychoeducation to clients, utilizing the Wellness Recovery Action Plan (WRAP) when clinically appropriate, with the overarching goal of promoting recovery and stability in the community. Specific title does not limit the scope of clinical services that the staff member provides as FACT staff are both generalists and specialists, based on their areas of experience and interest.

The purpose of Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) is to deliver comprehensive and effective services to individuals (age 18 and up) who are diagnosed with severe mental illness (SMI), suffer from co-occurring substance use disorders, have histories of criminal legal system involvement, and whose needs have not been well met by more traditional service delivery approaches. Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) is an evidence-based practice that provides an integrated set of other evidence-based treatment, rehabilitation, case management, and support services delivered by a mobile, multi-disciplinary mental health treatment team to support recipient recovery through a highly individualized approach that provides recipients with the tools to obtain and maintain housing, employment, relationships and relief from symptoms and medication side effects.

Salary: The salary range for the Wellness Specialist is $68,959 (LMSW/MHC-LP) to $72,000 (LCSW/LMHC) per year. 

Shift Hours: The Wellness Specialist position is full-time working Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Location Address: 2090 Adam Clayton Powell JR Blvd, New York, N.Y. 10027. 

Workplace Flexibility: Flexible (for roles that have days that can be partially remote, e.g., being able to draft notes at home after going to the office/community in the morning). Staff are able to start their day remotely 1 day per week (Mondays).

What you will be doing:  

• Provide 80 percent of treatment contacts in the community and complete expected minimum monthly treatment contacts, including leading groups when clinically indicated
• Attend and participate in daily team meetings to discuss clients’ clinical and case management issues and needs
• Complete documentations required by the NYS Office of Mental Health (OMH) and NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s (DOHMH) licensing guidelines, NYS Medicaid billing guidelines as well as per CASES ACT Policy and Procedure
• Collaborate with client’s support network and other service providers on treatment planning, service coordination, and case management support with the goal of promoting client’s recovery and stability in the community
• Provide clinical services that are anti-racist, gender-responsive, culturally humble, trauma-informed, recovery-oriented, client-centered, and evidence-based
• Complete required documentations and toxicology tests for clients with active Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) order
• Provide 24-hour crisis intervention on-call services on rotating basis
• Provide culturally competent services in accordance with CASES policies and practice

 What we are looking for:  

• LMHC, MHC-LP, LMSW, LCSW, with current New York State license

• Experience with various evidence-based models pertaining to treatment of substance use, and mental illness

• A team player, highly organized and self-motivated

• Proficient in computers

• Individuals with lived experience are encouraged to apply

Preferred Skills: 

• Fluency in Spanish preferred

Employee Benefits: 

CASES cares about employee wellbeing, and we offer a comprehensive benefits package to support you and your family, including: 

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Vacation and Paid Time Off – starting at 25 days
• 12 Paid Holidays per year.
• Retirement 403(b) Competitive matching up to 6%.
• Employee Referral Program

Although we would love to learn about the skills of every candidate, only selected candidates that are selected will receive a response. We encourage you to apply for any position(s) you feel you are qualified for.   

CASES is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment with CASES is based solely on qualifications and competence for a particular position without regard to race, color, ethnic or national origin, age, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or marital, military, or citizenship status. We also actively recruit individuals with prior involvement in the criminal legal system. 

Salary : $68,959 - $72,000