Summary

CASES seeks a Therapist for the Assertive Community Engagement & Success (ACES) Team. The Therapist will provide trauma-informed, community-based clinical services to enrolled participants. ACES is a program serving young men ages 16-24 residing in East Harlem or the South Bronx who may not have started but can strive to overcome threatening environments and system-involvement to find the path to success. These young people will be engaged in high-risk behaviors and voluntarily engage with the ACES program.

We are looking for skilled team members who can envision a model based on the theory that young people regardless of roadblocks; violence, trauma, racism, gangs, incarceration, truancy, and unemployment can engage in positive relationships to change behaviors and acquire life, education, and employment skills.

This position is full-time and requires in-person and in-community work primarily.

Qualifications

LMSW or LHMC required, licensed in New York State
Minimum 2-3 years of experience providing clinical services to young adult that are hard to reach
Experience working with systems-involved / high risk you preferred
Ability to build authentic and consistent relationships
Experience with group facilitation and crisis response

Duties

Provide individual counseling to participants at home, in community settings, or in office
Carry small caseload of 1:1 therapy
Support youth in building coping skills, emotional regulation and positive decision making
Collaborate with program staff to align services and support youth progress
Facilitate workshops or small groups on topics such as anger management, conflict resolution, and healthy relationships
Work with family support systems when appropriate
Collaborate with team members for real-time support in crisis or escalated moment and high needs cases
Maintain up-to-date documentation in databases and trackers when necessary
Maintain ongoing communication with partners
Participate in professional development training to better equip yourself to support the program and participants