Behavioral Health Therapist
Make a bigger difference
WORKING WITH US
At The Jewish Board, we don’t just make a difference – we make a bigger difference As We Serve 45,000 New Yorkers every year. Join our dedicated team that’s been helping communities across New York City for almost 150 years and see just how big of a difference you can make. SIGN-ON BONUS
IF YOU JOIN US, YOU’LL HAVE THESE GREAT BENEFITS:
•Generous paid time include 3 weeks of vacation, agency holidays and 15 sick days
• Affordable and high-quality medical/dental/vision plans
• Tuition assistance and educational loan forgiveness
• Free continuing education opportunities
• 403(b) retirement benefits and a pension
• Flexible spending accounts for health and transportation
• 24/7 Accessible Employee Assistance Program
• Life and disability insurance
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion working groups that are available for you to join, including Confronting Structural Racism (COR), Coalition against Anti-Semitism (CAAS), and the LGBTQ Steering Committee
ABOUT THE JOB
Youth Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) services are focused on improving the significant challenges experienced by youth due to mental illness or serious emotional disturbance. The Youth ACT Team is a multi-disciplinary team and works together to provide family-driven, youth-guided and developmentally appropriate services to address the needs of youth within the family, school, medical, behavioral, psychosocial and community domains.
Based in Staten Island, NY the Youth ACT Team’s Licensed Behavioral Health Therapist works as part of a multi-disciplinary team to provide treatment and support services to families and youth, ages 10 to 21, who have significant behavioral health needs and who are at risk of entering, or returning home from high end services. The role involves.
- Providing highly-individualized supports focused on clinical treatment, family education and skills development in their homes and communities
- Collaborate closely with other service providers and systems with which the family interacts.
- This a field position with work related travel reimbursement, a hybrid flexible schedule that includes at least one late night per week and rotating on-call coverage.
QUALIFICATIONS/EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING REQUIRED
- Licensure (LMSW, LCSW, LMFT, LCAT) in a Behavioral Health or related field
- A minimum of one (1) year of experience in providing direct services to children with serious emotional disturbance and their families
- Fluency in Spanish preferred
- Frequent travel throughout the assigned borough (Bronx); infrequent travel throughout NYC
We respect diversity and accordingly are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, partnership status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
This applies with respect to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, termination, assignments, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs, and all other terms and condition of employment as well as general treatment during employment.
We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified employees with disabilities, without regard to any protected classifications, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. Any employees who need assistance to perform their job duties because of a physical or mental condition should contact human resources.
Other details
- Job Family Clinical Staff [300s]
- Job Function Misc Professionals
- Pay Type Salary
- Employment Indicator 8833 - Hospital - Professional Employees
- Min Hiring Rate $68,000.00
- Required Education Master’s Degree
- 1765 South Ave, Staten Island, NY 10314, USA