Job description

We are a progressive and rapidly growing settlement house providing culturally and linguistically competent, trauma-informed social services to NYC’s Arab, Middle Eastern, North African, Muslim, and South Asian (AMENAMSA) immigrant and refugee communities across all boroughs of New York City.

Position Description:

Our FFT Therapists provide high-quality case planning, case work, and case management services to a caseload of 8 high-risk families referred by the Administration for Children’s Services. These families may be experiencing a wide range of challenges, including personal/marital/relationship problems, financial stressors, acculturation issues, family destabilization, and/or parent/child conflict.

Our Therapists provide intensive direct clinical home-based treatment and preventive services to avoid foster care placement and ensure the safety and welfare of children in the home. They provide families with services according to ACS standards and requirements and follow the Functional Family Therapy (FFT) model. FFT works with youth between the ages of 11 to 18 who struggle with behavioral and/or emotional problems and have been referred by the juvenile justice, mental health, school, or child welfare system. As a strengths-based model, FFT focuses on acceptance and respect and uses assessments and interventions to determine risk and protective factors in relation to the family and youth’s development.

Therapists perform assessments including reviewing referral information, identifying, and engaging key participants, identifying systemic strengths and weaknesses and individualized case planning goals; conducting home visits and office visits to assess for child safety and risk complying with ACS requirements, and maintaining clear and concise documentation of treatment efforts.

Qualifications and qualities of our ideal candidates:

A successful Therapist is one that is both compassionate and objective. The candidate must be a good communicator and problem solver who is able to quickly respond to unforeseen challenges. In addition to these general skills and traits, we are looking for a candidate with the following skills:

· MSW or equivalent human services graduate degree and at least two years of relevant experience.

· Computer skills in Microsoft Office suite and excellent writing skills

· Bilingual or multi-lingual fluency required. Arabic, Bangla/Bengali, Russian, or Uzbek skills strongly preferred.

· Experience working with under-served students in urban schools, child welfare system, and/or community-based settings a plus.

· Exercises discretion regarding sensitive personal and legal information.

· Job contingent on pre-employment background check and fingerprint clearance.

· U.S. Work authorization required.

We are an equal opportunity employer that values diversity at all levels. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $65,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible schedule
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Parental leave
• Professional development assistance
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday
• No nights
• No weekends

Ability to commute/relocate:

• New York, NY: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Education:

• Master's (Required)

Experience:

• counseling, case management or social services: 2 years (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

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