Youth ACT Clinician

Job Description

Job Description

Are you a passionate, mission-driven mental health clinician who thrives in fast-paced, community-based work? Do you want to be part of a new initiative designed to deliver intensive support to youth and families when they need it most? Astor Services is launching an innovative program called Youth ACT (Assertive Community Treatment) within our Crisis Services Department, and we're looking for a skilled Mental Health Clinician to help bring this vision to life.

As a Youth ACT Clinician, you’ll play a pivotal role in transforming the lives of youth and their families. You’ll provide compassionate, high-quality assessment and treatment that meets each child and family exactly where they are—clinically, emotionally, and within their unique family system. Every intervention is personalized, strength-focused, and rooted in evidence-based practices to ensure meaningful, lasting impact for the youth and caregivers we serve.

What We’re Looking For:

• Candidates who are passionate about clinical work and motivated to help youth succeed in real-world environments.
• Individuals who are licensed or license eligible in New York State (LCSW, LMSW, LMHC, PhD, PsyD. MSW-LP, MHC-LP ).
• Experienced in child, adolescent, and family therapy, including mental health crisis intervention.
• People who can adapt quickly, think creatively, and respond compassionately in moments of crisis.
• Individuals with valid New York State driver’s licenses meeting agency standards.
• Due to meeting with families in their home, must be able to navigate environments that may not comply with ADA standards, including climbing and descending stairs without assistance.

What You’ll Do:

• Provide home- and community-based assessment, treatment planning, individual & family therapy, and crisis intervention.
• Deliver highly individualized, evidence-based interventions tailored to the complex needs of each child and family.
• Collaborate closely with a supportive team to respond rapidly and adjust care as needs evolve.
• Maintain clear, timely clinical documentation.
• Rotate in the team’s 24/7 on-call, over the phone crisis intervention coverage to ensure continuous care for enrolled clients.

What we provide:

• 4 weeks paid vacation annually.
• 13 paid holidays. 
• 4 personal days.
• 1 sick day per month, accruable to 150 days.
• Fully paid individual LTD and life insurance.
• Eligible for participation in agency medical and dental plan both individual and family, with small employee contribution.
• New longevity incentives.
• Opportunities to make a difference in the lives of children and families in need.
• Collaboration with a team of dedicated professionals in a supportive and dynamic environment.
• Room for growth and advancement within the organization.

Why Join Astor’s Youth ACT Program?

• This role is perfect for a clinician who values flexibility, teamwork, and the ability to make immediate, life-changing impact.
• Be part of a new program where your voice, creativity, and clinical insight shape the work from the ground up.
• Work with an engaged, supportive leadership team.
• Be part of a mission-driven organization that values collaboration and innovation.
• Work in a supportive environment where your contributions directly impact youth and families.

Ready to make a difference? Apply today and help us create brighter futures for youth and their families!

Want to know why our team loves working at Astor? Check out our website for our employee testimonials and discover their stories!

Astor Services is a community based, non-profit organization that provides children mental health services, child welfare services, and early childhood development programs. Astor serves children and families in New York State Mid-Hudson Valley region and the Bronx.

Through a wide variety of premier quality education and mental health services, Astor provides support for pre-schoolers, children with behavioral and emotional health problems, children at risk of placement in foster care, and families that need assistance in developing the skills necessary to raise their children in an environment filled with increasing challenges. Astor currently serves thousands of children each year through its prevention, early childhood, special education, community behavioral health and residential treatment programs.

We are committed to providing high quality treatment and child development services for youngsters and their families in the least restrictive setting and at the earliest possible point of intervention. In 1966, Astor opened its first outpatient mental health clinic in Rhinebeck. Today, the agency operates a wide range of community-based behavioral health treatment programs as well as early childhood development and parenting programs at multiple locations in the Hudson Valley and in the Bronx, New York.

Company Description

Astor Services is a community based, non-profit organization that provides children mental health services, child welfare services, and early childhood development programs. Astor serves children and families in New York State Mid-Hudson Valley region and the Bronx.\n\nThrough a wide variety of premier quality education and mental health services, Astor provides support for pre-schoolers, children with behavioral and emotional health problems, children at risk of placement in foster care, and families that need assistance in developing the skills necessary to raise their children in an environment filled with increasing challenges. Astor currently serves thousands of children each year through its prevention, early childhood, special education, community behavioral health and residential treatment programs.\n\nWe are committed to providing high quality treatment and child development services for youngsters and their families in the least restrictive setting and at the earliest possible point of intervention. In 1966, Astor opened its first outpatient mental health clinic in Rhinebeck. Today, the agency operates a wide range of community-based behavioral health treatment programs as well as early childhood development and parenting programs at multiple locations in the Hudson Valley and in the Bronx, New York.