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About the Role
Rising Ground's Just Us program is a holistic, gender-responsive diversion program for girls, gender-nonconforming, and TGNC youth at high risk of involvement in the youth justice system. The program utilizes healing-centered, anti-oppressive practices, combining individual coaching, clinical interventions, group activities, and economic empowerment to foster leadership, self-reliance, healthy relationships, and educational/work opportunities. The full-time Counselor will provide youth-driven, clinical, and emotional support and advocacy, aiming to become a national model.
Responsibilities
- Connect with 15-20 young people and serve as their primary point of contact.
- Conduct weekly hour-long individual sessions with each young person.
- Co-construct and assess individualized engagement plans with each young person.
- Provide weekend support to staff at the Teen Hub on a rotating schedule.
- Collaborate and coordinate cases with program staff and stakeholders.
- Participate in weekly supervision, team meetings, group supervision, and other required meetings.
- Maintain accurate and timely program records, case files, and funder reports.
- Perform other required duties.
Requirements
- LMSW, LCSW, or other clinical licenses required.
- Clinical supervision offered for licensure (LCSW/LMHC).
- Highly organized, self-motivated worker capable of managing competing demands.
- Creative problem-solver who anticipates challenges and seizes collaboration opportunities.
- Ability to implement vision, think strategically, exercise good judgment, and lead change.
- High level of self-awareness and ability to give and receive feedback.
- Impeccable attention to detail, systems, and processes.
- Ability to work with flexibility, independence, accountability, passion, and humor.
- Meaningful commitment to practicing from a healing-centered, anti-oppressive stance.
- Lived experience within systems impacting the target youth population (youth justice, criminal legal system) strongly preferred but not required.
Location
- New York City
Work Type
- Full-time
- Exempt
Education Level
- LMSW
- LCSW
- Other clinical licenses
Benefits
- 11 Paid Holidays
- Paid Sick Time
- Paid Vacation
- Paid Personal days
- Medical - 3 plan options
- Dental - 2 plan options
- Vision - 1 plan option
About the Company
- Founded in 1831, Rising Ground evolves with community needs, providing support and paths to positive change for children, adults, and families.
- Rising Ground positively impacts over 72,000 individuals annually through 101 programs across 138 sites in New York City and Westchester.
- The organization is committed to diversity, reflecting the communities it serves in its staff.
- Rising Ground is headquartered in New York City.
Equal Opportunity
- Rising Ground complies with equal treatment of all employees and applicants without unlawful discrimination based on race, creed, color, national origin, alienate, citizenship status, gender, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or veteran status in all employment decisions.