Therapist

Job Description

Job Description

Job Title: Therapist

Job Summary:

CASES seeks a Therapist for the Assertive Community Engagement & Success (ACES) Team. The Therapist will provide trauma-informed, community-based clinical services to enrolled participants. ACES is a program serving young men ages 16-24 residing in East Harlem or the South Bronx who may not have started but can strive to overcome threatening environments and system-involvement to find the path to success. These young people will be engaged in high-risk behaviors and voluntarily engage with the ACES program.

We are looking for skilled team members who can envision a model based on the theory that young people regardless of roadblocks; violence, trauma, racism, gangs, incarceration, truancy, and unemployment can engage in positive relationships to change behaviors and acquire life, education, and employment skills.

This position is full-time and requires in-person and in-community work primarily.

Salary:  The salary for the Therapist role is $73,000 per year. 

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

Location Address: 4 West 125th Street, New York, N.Y. 10027 with community-based travel to all 5 boroughs.

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). Will include field work to all 5 boroughs.

What you will be doing: 

• Provide individual counseling to participants at home, in community settings, or in office
• Carry small caseload of 1:1 therapy
• Support youth in building coping skills, emotional regulation and positive decision making
• Collaborate with program staff to align services and support youth progress
• Facilitate workshops or small groups on topics such as anger management, conflict resolution, and healthy relationships
• Work with family support systems when appropriate
• Collaborate with team members for real-time support in crisis or escalated moment and high needs cases
• Maintain up-to-date documentation in databases and trackers when necessary
• Maintain ongoing communication with partners
• Participate in professional development training to better equip yourself to support the program and participants

What we are looking for:

• LMSW or LHMC required, licensed in New York State
• Minimum 2-3 years of experience providing clinical services to young adult that are hard to reach
• Experience working with systems-involved / high risk you preferred
• Ability to build authentic and consistent relationships
• Experience with group facilitation and crisis response

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.