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Location

Queens, NY | United States

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Job description

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 passionate about providing quality care while building your clinical skills? Are you interested in working in the homes and communities of families in NYC? New York Foundling is seeking full-time Multisystemic Prevention Therapists.

 

 

Link to MST Services video

 

Agency provides:

-License supervision (LPs in MHC and MFT as well as MSWs encouraged to apply)

-Continuing education stipend

-Benefits package including medical, dental, vision, PTO & sick days

-Many opportunities to build and grow clinical skills

-A supportive and mission-driven environment, which includes Individual coaching and mentoring

-MST Model 8 days of Training to learn the model and sharpen your clinical skills

-Agency wide opportunities for growth among different modalities and levels

***UP TO $2,000 SIGN ON INCENTIVE***

• Implement an evidence-based model that pulls from Cognitive Behavioral therapy, Structural and Strategic Family Therapy and the social and ecological model
• Participate in weekly interdisciplinary Treatment team meetings, case conferences, department meetings and program events.
• Works on a team of 4 therapists, 1 supervisor and 1 family resource case worker
• Conducts 2 to 3 sessions with each family a week (utilizing a combination of face to face and telehealth visits)

• Manage a caseload of 6 families and provide coverage for peer's caseload as needed
• Builds relationships with community stakeholders (i.e., child protection services, Guardians ad Litem, judges, schools, etc.) to ensure collaboration among service providers

• Travels throughout assigned borough to conduct sessions with families. Each program serves families throughout one entire borough.
• Reports to assigned program supervisor or covering supervisor.
• Conducts assessments including review of referral information, identifying and engaging key participants, identifying systemic strengths and weaknesses and individualized treatment planning.

• Completes timely, clear and concise documentation of treatment efforts, case contacts and model adherent clinical progress.

 

• Willingness to incorporate supervisor, consultant and peer feedback into case documentation and conceptualization

• Manages multiple databases to comply with all stakeholder requirements, including ACS, MST model and OMH.
• Adopts a strength focused approach with families, stakeholder, and within the program/treatment team.
• Participates in all model and Child Welfare trainings
• Willingness to meet families and clients in the community and/or places that meet their schedules; which may include accompanying them to psychiatric, school or other community appointments.
• Attends weekly on-call meetings.
• Ability to make and manage own schedule(client sessions, completing paperwork and managing other stakeholder meetings)

• Provides 24/7 coverage during the week and participates on a weekend on-call rotational schedule as applicable
• Other duties as assigned

 

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.

 

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

Master's Level Degree or better in Counseling or related field.

Master's Level Degree or better in Psychology or related field.

Master's Level Degree or better in Social Work or related field.

Master’s Degree from a U.S. accredited educational institution or Credential Evaluation for a non-U.S. educational institution

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