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About the Role

CASES is a New York City agency focused on the intersection of behavioral health and the criminal justice system. The Intensive Mobile Treatment (IMT) team provides services to justice-involved individuals with serious mental illness, aiming to improve their quality of life through engagement in treatment, rehabilitation, housing, and support services.

Responsibilities

Develop person-centered treatment plans in collaboration with clients, families, and significant others.
Screen and assess clients for co-occurring substance use disorders through interdisciplinary assessments.
Advocate and liaise for clients within the criminal justice and shelter systems.
Assist clients in obtaining medical care, entitlements, and other community supports.
Provide or connect clients with employment counseling, vocational rehabilitation, housing applications, and life skills training.
Provide individual counseling using principles of Integrated Dual Disorder Treatment.
Complete progress notes and assessments in the electronic health record in a timely manner.
Collaborate with external stakeholders, including hospitals, shelters, jails, and primary care providers, to achieve positive client outcomes.
Deliver services in a strengths-based, recovery-oriented, trauma-informed, and culturally sensitive manner.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field.
At least two years of experience working with adults facing challenges in mental health, substance use, trauma, violence risk, homelessness, frequent psychiatric hospitalizations, and criminal-justice involvement.
Strong commitment to social justice and the CASES mission.
Individuals with lived experience are encouraged to apply.

Skills

Previous use of an electronic health record (Footholds AWARDS preferred).
Experience in a multidisciplinary setting.
Experience in field-based clinical work.
Fluency in Spanish is a plus.

Location

2090 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd, New York, NY 10027

Work Type

Full-time
Hybrid

Experience Level

Entry Level

Education Level

Bachelor's Degree

Salary/Compensations

$63,654.00

Benefits

Medical
Dental
Vision
Vacation and Paid Time Off (starting at 25 days annually)
12 Paid Holidays per year
Retirement 403b with competitive matching up to 6%
Employee Referral Program

About the Company

CASES is a New York City agency working at the forefront of the intersection between behavioral health and involvement in the criminal justice system.
Our mission is to increase public safety through innovative services that reduce crime and incarceration, improve behavioral health, promote recovery and rehabilitation, and create opportunities for success in the community.
The Behavioral Health division consists of a continuum of services for justice-involved individuals with serious mental illness, including outpatient clinic, health home care management (HHCM), assertive community treatment (ACT), and intensive mobile treatment (IMT).

Equal Opportunity

CASES is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Employment with CASES is based solely on qualifications and competence for a particular position without regard to race, color, ethnic or national origin, age, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or marital, military, or citizenship status.
We also actively recruit individuals with prior involvement in the criminal legal system.