RESTART Program Specialist/Clinician (LMSW, LMHC, MSW-LP, MHC-LP)

Family Services; Manchester Bridge (NY); On-site; USD 39,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Family Services, Inc. seeks a RESTART Program Specialist/Clinician (LMSW or LMHC) to provide group and individual counseling for incarcerated individuals at the Dutchess County Justice and Transition Center.

The position offers full-time, non-exempt status, 35 hours per week, with a schedule Monday–Friday, 8am–4pm. Licensing, bilingual ability, and experience in criminal justice settings are highly valued.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in social work (MSW) or mental health counseling (MHC) from a rehabilitative counseling program approved by the New York State Department of Education.
• Licensed by the NYS Department of Education as LMSW or LMHC (provisional allowed with permanent license before expiry).
• Experience in jail or with a justice-involved population preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead and co-lead groups for men and women (min 4 groups weekly).
• Provide individual therapy including diagnostic assessment and evaluation.
• Develop transition plans from custodial to community settings with ongoing supports.
• Conduct psychosocial assessments and coordinate with jail-based team to meet goals.
• Maintain case records and complete required documentation in Northpointe.
• Attend weekly supervision and consult with supervisory staff.
• Coordinate with community providers to ensure transition services are seamless.
• Provide community-based individual therapy via virtual platform for RESTART participants.

Skills

Criminal justice knowledge

CBT techniques

Trauma-informed care

Communication skills

Bilingual (Spanish/English)

Education

MSW or MHC degree

Job description

Title

RESTART Program Specialist/ Clinician, LMSW or LMHC

Salary

$34.00 per hour

Supervisor

RESTART Program Director

Status

Full-Time, Non-Exempt, 35 hours per week,

Schedule

Monday - Friday, 8am-4pm with a one hour lunch break

Function

Provides group based and individual counseling and psychotherapy services to individuals who are incarcerated in at the Dutchess County Justice and Transition Center as part of a jail-based team working in the RESTART program.

Qualifications

• A Master's degree in social work (MSW) or mental health counseling (MHC) from a rehabilitative counseling, education, from a school/program recognized and approved by the New York State Department of Education.
• The candidate must be licensed by the NYS Department of Education as a License Master Social Worker (LMSW) or a Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC). The license can be provisional/Limited Permit at the outset with the requirement that a permanent license is obtained prior to expiration of provisional license.
• Experience working in a jail or with a justice-involved population is preferred.
• Bilingual (Spanish/English) is a plus.
• Successful completion of all required background checks for Agency and Dutchess County Sherriff’s Office.

Position Responsibilities

• Facilitate and co-facilitate groups for men and women including cognitive behavioral groups (minimum of 4 groups weekly).
• Provide individual therapy including diagnostic assessment and evaluation.
• Participate in the development of a transition plan from custodial setting to a community environment, inclusive of appropriate ongoing supports.
• Conduct psychosocial assessments.
• Work as members of an intensive jail-based team to identify potential participants, using and administering the COMPAS/COMPAS-R.
• Participate in team meetings with providers, jail staff, other stakeholders as needed and collaborate with members of in-jail team to ensure that goals are met.
• Inform supervisor of relevant clinical issues and consult with team members appropriately.
• Develop treatment plans for individual clients and modify treatment plans on an ongoing basis to reflect clients’ behavior changes as a result of therapy.
• Maintain case records, documenting all client contacts and meeting deadlines for required paperwork in Northpointe.
• Attend weekly supervision and regular clinical supervision with supervisory level staff.
• Actively keep Program Director informed of client progress and all developments.
• Work with community-based providers to ensure that transitional community services are coordinated.
• Provide community-based individual therapy sessions via virtual platform for RESTART participants.
• Provide referrals to community-based providers as needed and coordinate clients' treatment with other agencies.
• Advocate for clients, as appropriate.
• May occasionally attend meetings/appointments outside of the jail.
• Act as a liaison to community individuals and organizations and represent the program and agency in a professional manner.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills & Abilities

• Knowledge of criminogenic risk and needs that contribute to mental, emotional, and social maladjustment of justice involved individuals.
• Knowledge of Cognitive Behavioral Interventions and other therapeutic techniques utilized in work with justice involved individuals.
• Cultural competence and ability to relate to client population empathetically and with a trauma-informed lens.
• Knowledge of Crisis management techniques.
• Develop and maintain collaborative and supportive working relationships with all members of the clinical/case management, jail, and Agency staff.
• Actively support program goals.
• Identify system gaps and offer improvements/solutions.
• Ability to communicate effectively both orally and in writing.
• Respect, initiative, resourcefulness, tact, and courtesy.

Essential Requirements

• Maintain updated mental health/social work licensure.
• Maintain competency and keep abreast of latest developments in the mental health field.
• Organize work and complete appropriate documentation/records in a manner that aligns with accepted professional standards.
• Obtain training required to administer evidence-based/evidence-informed and other approved curricula.
• Ability to work evening hours as needed in order to provide programming for the general incarcerated population on a pre-planned basis.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer match up to 5%.
• Generous paid vacation, holiday, sick and personal time package (2 weeks' vacation in first year, 13 paid holidays per year, 12 sick days per year and 4 personal days per year).
• Access to Family Services’ Compassionate Leave Program where employees can donate/receive unused time off.
• Group term life and long-term disability insurance.
• Supplemental life insurance & accidental death and dismemberment coverage (AD&D).
• Supplemental insurance through Aflac.
• Employee assistance program (EAP).
• Pet insurance.

Our Mission

To support people, strengthen families, and nurture safer, healthier communities.

Our Values

Compassion - Extending empathy and understanding to others.

Integrity - Being honest and dependable.

Hope - Believing in the strength of the human spirit and heart, to emerge and thrive when faced with a challenge.

Diversity - Promoting a vision of community comprised of wide-ranging assets.

Respect - Treating all individuals with dignity and without judgement.

Community - Recognizing and reinforcing the importance of our world as being comprised of people of differing strengths and perspectives.

Justice - Promoting social and economic equity and fairness.

Quality - Aspiring for excellence in every aspect of our work.

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Family Services, Inc. complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact [e-mail].

Family Services is an equal opportunity employer. We follow federal, state, and local laws prohibiting discrimination in hiring and employment.

Must be authorized to work in the United States without work sponsorship.