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About the Role

The Mental Health department offers individual, group, family, and couples’ therapy to community members, serving clients from early childhood to end-of-life. Services include medication intervention, psychiatric evaluation, and management, with a 24/7 crisis line for enrolled clients. The department utilizes a trauma-informed perspective with therapeutic modalities such as CBT, Psychodynamic, and creative art therapies, supporting a strength-based, client-centered approach.

Responsibilities

Oversee the day-to-day operations of the school clinic.
Collaborate with school staff to receive referrals and coordinate treatment.
Maintain ongoing communication with the supervisor.
Meet monthly productivity expectations.
Provide individual, family, and group psychotherapy to clients at an elementary school site.
Conduct comprehensive assessment of all clients on caseload.
Conduct treatment planning for all clients on caseload.
Provide crisis intervention for all clients on caseload.
Provide psycho-education to clients.
Provide psycho-education to parents on topics such as parenting skills, substance abuse, coping with a disability, risk of child abuse/neglect, advocacy, and navigating systems.
Conduct outreach to clients to ensure appointment attendance.
Complete all appropriate client documentation.
Coordinate and maintain collaborative relationships with neighborhood agencies as a liaison between the school and the community.
Actively participate in supervision, clinical case conferences, and educational seminars.
Actively participate in professional development activities.
Perform additional duties as assigned by supervisor.

Requirements

LMSW or LCSW.
Bilingual (English/Spanish) preferred.
Ability to work independently at a satellite clinic or host site.
Excellent computer skills.
Excellent organizational ability and interpersonal skills.

Skills

CBT
Psychodynamic therapy
Creative art therapies
Trauma-informed care
Strength-based approach
Client-centered approach
Micro, mezzo, and macro levels of human experiences and stressors
Leading Others
Facilitating Change
Managing Performance
Applying and Developing Expertise
Communicating and Collaborating

Location

On-site

Work Type

Full-Time

Salary/Compensations

$62,500

About the Company

Union Settlement is an East Harlem based nonprofit organization founded in 1895.
For over 130 years, Union Settlement has provided critical and innovative programming to children, youth, families, and older adults.
As a pioneer of the settlement house movement, Union Settlement continues to meet the needs of the ever-changing East Harlem community through its core programs.
Through these programs, New Yorkers gain opportunities, develop skills, and become empowered to pursue and achieve their dreams.
Union Settlement provides services through 33 program sites in approximately 28 locations.
Union Settlement’s current programmatic portfolio includes Early Childhood Education, Youth Development and Opportunity, Family Services, Adult Education, Mental Health Services, Older Adult Centers, and Economic Development.
Union Settlement serves more than 10,000 individuals and nearly 1,000 businesses every year.
Strengthened by a dynamic, diverse, and collaborative workforce of more than 350 employees, Union Settlement also serves as a connector, convener, and advocate for East Harlem and its partners.

Equal Opportunity

Union Settlement is an equal opportunity employer.
They do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.