Mental Health Clinician

Fcsith; Town of Ithaca (NY); Sur place; USD 60 000 - 80 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Comprehensive benefits package

Opportunities for career advancement

NHSC loan repayment program

Résumé du poste

Fcsith in Town of Ithaca is seeking full-time therapists to provide culturally responsive mental health treatment across the lifespan. Qualified candidates will assess and treat individuals in outpatient settings with various mental health conditions, utilizing evidence-based interventions.

The role offers opportunities for professional growth, clinical supervision, and collaborative teamwork, along with a comprehensive benefits package and support for NHSC loan repayment eligibility.

Qualifications

• Ability to obtain independent clinical license to practice in NY within three years.
• Previous training and experience in differential diagnostic assessment.
• Training in culturally responsive assessment and treatment processes.

Responsabilités

• Conduct individual biopsychosocial and diagnostic assessments.
• Develop collaborative treatment plans and manage client expectations.
• Assess ongoing risks and develop safety plans.

Connaissances

Differential diagnostic assessment

Culturally responsive practices

Evidence-based treatment

Clinical supervision

Formation

Master’s or doctorate degree in psychology, social work, mental health counseling, or marriage and family therapy

Description du poste

Description

We are currently seeking multiple full‑time therapists who can provide evidenced‑based, culturally responsive mental health treatment across the lifespan. The successful candidate for this position will have experience assessing and treating individuals and families in an outpatient setting with diagnosable mental health conditions based on DSM/ICD criteria and the corresponding interpersonal and systemic challenges that come with it. Clinicians hired into the position will have opportunities to work with a wide range of presenting concerns and acuity levels. Our agency is well known for providing clinicians with ample support including individual supervision, weekly clinical team discussions with peers, and numerous other opportunities for case discussions and support.

We are a NYS OMH licensed facility and follow all guidelines for clinical practice and documentation set out in those regulations for MHOTRS programs.

Responsibilities

• Conduct individual biopsychosocial and diagnostic assessments to identify client needs, including whether client meets DSM/ICD criteria for diagnoses treatable within OMH MHOTRS program and the medical necessity standard for insurance billable services.
• Develop treatment plans collaboratively with clients in order to help manage expectations for progress in treatment and when goals are met such that the current episode of care will end.
• Assess ongoing risk, including but not limited to threat to self or others, and develop safety plans that mitigate risk.
• Provide individual, couples, and/or family therapy sessions using evidence‑based interventions that are client‑centered and drive toward treatment goals.
• Adhere to agency and OMH documentation standards, including both content covered and timeliness of completion.
• Demonstrate continued professional growth including deepening and broadening clinical practice through continuing education and supervision.
• Effectively use peer and supervisory consultation as needed, particularly in high‑risk situations.
• Respond after hours for urgent/crisis needs of agency clients as needed.
• Maintain full caseload and meet clinical billable hour performance metrics.
• Collaborate with internal partners, such as psychiatric team members, as well as external partners, such as PCPs and schools, in order to deliver coordinated care to clients.

Requirements

Required Qualifications

• Master’s or doctorate degree in psychology, social work, mental health counseling, or marriage and family therapy.
• Ability to obtain independent clinical license to practice in the state of NY, including diagnostic privilege if required separately from standard scope of practice for license type, within three years of date of hire.
• Previous education, training, and clinical experience in differential diagnostic assessment and evidence‑based treatment of mental health conditions.
• Ability to perform clinical duties from a culturally responsive lens, including incorporating aspects of client identity throughout the assessment and treatment process.

Preferred Qualifications

• Independent clinical license, with diagnostic privilege if applicable for license type.
• Training and experience treating comorbid substance use disorders.
• Training and experience treating children age 12 and under and/or older adults age 65+.
• Training or experience with collaborative documentation.
• Additional certifications or formal training in a specific modality of evidence‑based care.

Our Rewards & Benefits

Family & Children Services of Ithaca provides a supportive and dynamic work environment that is built on collaboration and professional growth. In addition to the salary, we also offer a comprehensive benefits package and opportunities for career advancement. We are also a certified NHSC site and therapists employed with our agency are eligible to apply for the NHSC loan repayment program.

Family & Children Services is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion and, in that spirit, actively encourages applications from members of groups whose exclusion from the mental health field has been longstanding. No individual will be discriminated against in application, hiring or employment on the basis of race, age, culture, ability, ethnicity or nationality, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, marital status, religious affiliation, and socioeconomic status.