Clinical Supervisor, JustUs

Rising Ground; New York (NY); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Rising Ground’s JustUs program, funded by ACS, engages girls, gender-nonconforming, and TGNBNC youth involved or at risk of involvement in the youth justice system. The Senior Supervisor provides clinical leadership, oversees counselors, and drives individualized engagement plans for each youth.

The role includes interviewing and hiring staff, weekly supervision, and coordinating data collection and timely reports to demonstrate impact. Exempt; hours 10am–6pm, based in New York.

Qualifications

• LCSW or other clinical license required.
• Experience providing clinical supervision and/or mentoring preferred.
• Highly organized, self-motivated worker who can manage competing demands and collaborate effectively.

Responsibilities

• Connect with 15–20 young people and serve as their primary contact.
• Conduct weekly hour-long individual sessions and co-construct engagement plans.
• Supervise and manage JustUs Senior Counselors; assist in staff interviews and hiring.
• Collect data and generate reports to demonstrate program impact; support program improvements.
• Collaborate across staff and Rising Ground programs; participate in supervision and other required meetings.

Skills

LCSW

Clinical supervision

Leadership

Communication

Education

LCSW licensure

Job description

Job Summary

JustUs is an ACS-funded Gender Responsive Diversion Program facilitated by Rising Ground. This program is a holistic, gender-responsive program for girls, gender-nonconforming, and nonbinary youth (TGNBNC) youth who are involved, or at high risk of involvement, in the youth justice system. The project — which is grounded in the tenets of healing-centered, anti-oppressive practice — brings together highly skilled individual coaching; evidence-based clinical interventions; opportunities for young people to engage in group-based activities; economic empowerment skill building; and a space where young people can come together to build community. All elements of the project are intentionally designed to support young people in cultivating their leadership skills; building their self-reliance; forging healthy social relationships; developing diverse strategies to avoid engaging in criminalized behavior/activities; and greatly enhancing their educational experiences and work opportunities.

Job Responsibilities

• Connect with 15-20 young people within the project and serve as their primary point of contact throughout their engagement in the program;
• Intentionally and regularly engage all young people in weekly hour-long individual sessions;
• With each young person, co-construct individualized engagement plans and assess and revise them throughout the length of the young person’s engagement with the program;
• Supervise and manage all the JustUs Senior Counselors;
• Assist in interviewing and hiring staff for Senior Counselors;
• Provide regular group supervision to all JustUs Senior Counselors;
• Assist in the careful collection of detailed data and creation of timely and accurate reports that demonstrate the impact of the work and initiate program shifts informed by that data;
• On a rotating schedule, be available to help staff the Teen Hub on the weekend;
• Engage in collaboration and case coordination with all project staff and a vast network of stakeholders;
• Participate in weekly supervision, team supervision, and attend other meetings as required;
• Maintain program records, case files, and funder reports with accuracy and attention to timeliness detail;
• Work collaboratively with program staff and interdepartmentally with other Rising Ground programs;
• Other duties are required.

Qualifications

• LCSW or other clinical license required;
• Experience providing clinical supervision and/or mentoring preferred;
• Highly organized, self-motivated worker who can easily manage competing demands;
• Creative problem-solver who anticipates challenges and seizes opportunities for collaboration;
• Ability to communicate effectively and strong interpersonal skills;
• Able to implement vision, think strategically, exercise good judgment, and lead change;
• High level of self-awareness and ability to give and receive feedback well;
• Impeccable attention to detail, systems, and processes;
• Ability to work with flexibility, independence, accountability, passion, and humor;
• Meaningful commitment to practicing from a healing-centered, anti-oppressive stance;
• Lived experience within systems that impact the young people who are involved in the project, including the youth justice and criminal legal system, strongly preferred but not required.

Supervisory Responsibility

Yes

Work Environment

Normal

Position Type / Expected Hours Of Work

Exempt; 10am-6pm

Travel (if required)

No

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

It is the policy of Rising Ground that the Agency wholly complies with equal treatment of all employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination as to an individual’s perceived or actual race, creed, color, national origin, alienate, citizenship status, gender, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or veteran status in all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, layoff and termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.