Mental Health Clinician (Employment Specialist)

Center for Urban Community Services; New York (NY); On-site; USD 40,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An innovative program seeks a dedicated Employment Specialist to empower individuals with special needs through supported employment. This role involves providing essential services such as job coaching, outreach, and entitlements counseling to help participants navigate the world of work. By utilizing a person-centered, strengths-based approach, you will collaborate with a team of social workers to develop impactful interventions that foster recovery and community integration. Join a forward-thinking organization committed to making a difference in the lives of those facing challenges, and help create job opportunities that lead to fulfilling lives in the community.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in a related field required, LMSW or LMHC preferred.
• Experience in providing employment services to vulnerable populations.

Responsibilities

• Provide direct recipient services and group services.
• Assist participants in achieving site employment goals.

Skills

Job Coaching

Outreach Program Participants

Entitlements Counseling

Resource Development

Problem Solving

Education

Master’s degree in social work

Master’s degree in mental health counseling

Master’s degree in psychology

Job description

The Career Network is an innovative program that uses the evidence-based practice of supported employment to help program participants achieve their employment goals.

We provide services to both CUCS supported housing programs and to individuals with special needs living in the community at large. We work with individuals with various special needs including a history of severe and persistent mental illness, substance use, HIV/AIDS, and/or a history of homelessness. Our services are person-centered, using a strengths-based, harm reduction model. We work collaboratively as a team of social workers to develop clinical and workforce development interventions to help our participants thrive as they try out challenges in the world of work. The program seeks to assist participants in their recovery path with the goal of assisting them toward living a full and satisfying life in the community.

Responsibilities:

The Employment Specialist is a professional at CUCS’ supported employment program, the CUCS Career Network. This position is principally responsible for direct recipient services and group services. Responsibilities include provision of supplemental services and supports such as outreach program participants and assessment, job coaching, entitlements counseling, and resource development.

The Employment Specialist is expected to possess a strong knowledge of employment resources and have a wide range of skills, which are applied to the responsibilities of the position. The Employment Specialist is expected to have a demonstrated ability in the provision of employment services to designated populations. The Employment Specialist is expected to exhibit a substantive level of autonomy and appropriately model good practice with participants. The Employment Specialist has significant responsibility for problem solving and for actively offering input and feedback for programmatic issues as well as providing support to other team members. The Employment Specialist may be assigned additional responsibility for particular tasks, functions or groups. Working in the community is an essential responsibility of the Employment Specialist with the expectation being that time spent in the community will ultimately lead to the creation of job opportunities for program participants. The Employment Specialist is responsible for assisting in achieving site employment goals.

This position is located at 619 E 179th St, Bronx, NY

Minimum Qualifications

Mental Health Clinician 1

• Master’s degree in social work, mental health counseling, marriage and family therapy, public administration, public health, human services, psychology, or related field required
• Relevant pre or post master’s or internship experience preferred.
• LMSW, LMHC preferred.

Mental Health Clinician 2

• Master’s degree in social work, mental health counseling, marriage and family therapy, public administration, public health, human services, psychology, or related field required
• 2 years’ relevant pre or post Master’s experience (excludes internships) required
• LMSW, LMHC preferred