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About the Role

This position supports successful reentry from incarceration and promotes alternatives to incarceration by offering vital services aimed at preventing substance misuse among persons in custody. The role facilitates connections to treatment services and community supports post-release.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and mentor a team of five CASAC-T and/or CASACs, ensuring effective service delivery aligned with DOC and agency best practices.
• Conduct two to four groups daily and collaborate on the development and/or revision of group services and workflows.
• Conduct client assessments using evidence-based screening tools and report results to the Program Manager.
• Review assessments conducted by CASAC counselors and sign off on clinical notes within 48 hours.
• Provide evidence-based therapeutic groups, 12-step meetings, harm reduction education, and supportive group sessions.
• Engage in occasional individual counseling sessions without carrying a caseload or conducting regularly scheduled treatment visits.
• Advocate for needed services and support with resources and referrals.
• Document client-centered, strengths-based, and trauma-informed therapeutic services.
• Provide certificates to individuals completing groups.
• Maintain ongoing clinical communication with supervisor.
• Maintain productive communication with DOC, CHS, and other Fortune staff.
• Participate in case conferences and clinical supervision meetings.
• Participate in training opportunities for professional development.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• CASAC-Advanced, LMSW, LMHC, or LCSW strongly preferred.
• Experience counseling substance use clients required.
• Ability to work independently with off-site supervision required.
• Experience with psychiatric issues, trauma, or incarceration.
• Excellent client-engagement and counseling skills.
• Excellent clinical documentation and time management skills.
• Strong computer skills, particularly in electronic health records.
• Bilingual Spanish-speaking preferred.
• Relevant personal experience is a plus.
• Ability to walk and stand for extended periods.
• Ability to travel corridors and walk up and down stairs frequently.
• Ability to remove yourself expeditiously if any risks are presented.

Skills

• Understanding of substance use disorder diagnostic categories, general criteria, and theoretical frameworks for treatment.
• Knowledge of and experience with evidence-based screening tools (e.g., SMAST, DAST-10, PCL-9).
• Practical experience treating individuals with SUD and co-occurring diagnoses through evidence-based individual and group therapy.
• Experience in multiple forms of evidence-based groups (e.g., Anger Management, Relapse Prevention, Seeking Strength).
• Deep awareness of principles and techniques of motivational interviewing (MI).
• Incorporation of a harm reduction approach.
• Solid time management skills.
• Good computer skills.
• Familiarity with using an electronic health record (EHR) system.
• Solid typing skills.

Location

• Long Island City, NY 11101
• New York Correctional Facilities (NYC jails)
• Rikers Island

Work Type

• Full-Time
• Regular

Experience Level

• Supervision of a team of five CASACs
• Decades-long partnership experience

Education Level

• CASAC-Advanced, LMSW, LMHC, or LCSW strongly preferred

Salary/Compensations

• $68,000.00 - $72,000.00

About the Company

• The Fortune Society, Inc. (Fortune) has been working for over 57 years in service to its mission: to support successful reentry from incarceration and promote alternatives to incarceration, thus strengthening the fabric of our communities.
• The organization has evolved into one of the nation’s preeminent reentry and justice-informed service organizations, providing formerly incarcerated people with the skills and wrap-around services needed to break the cycle of crime and incarceration and to build productive lives in their communities.
• Fortune has grown steadily over the years to an agency with close to $90 million in annual budget with just under 600 staff.
• Fortune has a dual mission: both advocacy and service.
• The advocacy portion of our mission focuses on building a more just criminal legal system and reducing the barriers to reentry into society.
• The service side of Fortune has evolved to encompass a broad range of programs that started with employment and education and now includes a robust array of services, among them: alternatives to incarceration, supervised release, court advocacy, discharge planning within correctional facilities, licensed substance use and mental health treatment, a housing continuum ranging from emergency and transitional through permanent congregate and scattered site housing, assistance in obtaining benefits, a care management unit, HIV services, a food and nutrition program, and an arts program.
• Each service we provide is informed by the needs of the population we serve.
• Fortune currently serves approximately 14,000 people a year.
• Our program models are recognized, both nationally and internationally, for their quality and innovation.
• We have locations in Brooklyn, The Bronx, Manhattan and Queens.

Equal Opportunity

• All qualified applicants will be afforded equal employment opportunities without discrimination because of conviction history, race, religion/creed, color, national origin, sex, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, military status, predisposing genetic characteristics, victim of domestic violence status or marital status.