About the Role
As a Clinician, you’ll use your clinical skills to support survivors develop safety-plans and address the emotional and financial impact of violence to become economically self-reliant, maintain permanent housing, build job skills, and access community resources independently.
Responsibilities
- Providing financial empowerment counseling services for families – including advocacy, crisis intervention, and groups.
- Completing biopsychosocial assessments and treatment plans.
- Facilitating appropriate clinical, therapeutic services as well as psycho-educational individual and group sessions.
- Advocating for and assisting families and individuals in the negotiation of services through social service agencies.
- Completing biopsychosocial assessments to outline the gender-based violence history for each family.
- Establishing a service plan based on each survivor's needs.
- Facilitating linkages to social service programs.
- Exploring options for safety, legal, financial, employment, housing, medical care, etc.
- Supporting clients to strengthen their own problem-solving skills.
- Assessing clients' own resources and support systems.
Requirements
- Knowledge of therapeutic modalities.
- Experience with and understanding of NYC housing policies and vouchers.
- Comfort with running groups.
- Knowledge of financial empowerment, including but not limited to job applications, credit support, and resume building.
Location
- Brooklyn, NY
Work Type
- Full-time
Education Level
- Master's Degree in Social Work, or a related field.
Salary/Compensations
- Actual compensation will not be less than the applicable minimum wage, prevailing wage, or exempt salary requirements under federal, state and local laws.
Benefits
- Health insurance through Cigna, including dental and vision, with an option that covers the entire family with minimal employee contribution.
- Generous Paid Time Off!
- 401(k) with Company contribution, even if the employee doesn't contribute.
About the Company
- At HELP USA, we work to ensure that everyone has a place to call home.
- We’re one of the nation’s largest non-profit homeless services providers and low-income housing developers serving at-risk populations, including families, individuals, veterans, survivors of domestic violence, people with physical and mental health challenges and disabilities, and seniors.
- With an annual operating budget approaching $150 million and 1400 employees working in nearly 60 programs, we have helped over 500,000 people facing homelessness and poverty to build better lives.
- We hope that you will consider joining our team in the fight against homelessness.
Equal Opportunity
- EOE.
- A Drug-Free Workplace.
