Bilingual Therapist - SBMH/SRT

The New York Foundling•Bronx, NY

9d•Onsite

About The Position

The New York Foundling is a nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting individuals and families in achieving stability, strength, and independence. The School Based Mental Health Program (SBMH) within the organization partners with schools across New York City to provide accessible, high-quality, evidence-based mental health services directly within school settings. The program aims to enhance the social and emotional well-being of students by empowering schools with proactive and relational approaches through collaboration, faculty consultations, and community workshops.

Requirements

Master's degree in Social Work, Mental Health Counseling, or related subject area.
Must hold at least a provisional license (LP-MHC, LMSW, LMHC, and/or LCSW).
All provisionally licensed clinicians are expected to participate in clinical license supervision.
Experience with common clinical problems including general knowledge of DSM-5 diagnoses (e.g., child abuse and neglect, aggression, family conflict, depression, anxiety, drug use, traumatic events, truancy).
Experience with and willingness to work with a culturally diverse population.
Excellent time management and organization skills.
Computer literacy.
Excellent communication skills and ability to collaborate with others.
Comfortability speaking with large audiences.
Flexibility.
An understanding and commitment to complying with the New York State Central Register of Abuse and Neglect protocol.
Bilingual English/Spanish required.
Master’s Degree from a U.S. accredited educational institution or Credential Evaluation for a non-U.S. educational institution.

Nice To Haves

Preferred knowledge of evidence based practices such as CBT, DBT, and trauma informed counseling.
Preferred strong understanding and the ability to implement the following: risk and safety assessment, safety planning, trauma assessment, crisis management, incident reporting, treatment planning, and HIPAA policies.

Responsibilities

Provide school-based individual, group, and/or family services to an assigned caseload.
Provide linkage to community providers to increase community access to quality mental health resources.
Conduct thorough intakes, screenings, and assessments.
Create individualized treatment plans for diagnosing, goal formulation, and case conceptualization.
Provide direct clinical crisis intervention treatment using evidence-based model principles and practices.
Identify and address safety/risk factors including suicidal ideation, self-harming behaviors, homicidal ideation, and substance abuse, including safety planning and incident reports.
Maintain clear, concise, and timely documentation of treatment efforts in progress notes that demonstrate compliance with agency, modality, local, state, and federal guidelines.
Engage primary caregiver(s) and other key participants in active change-oriented treatment by identifying and overcoming barriers to engagement.
Collaborate with all relevant systems and key participants within each system to ensure their buy-in and alignment throughout treatment.
Provide psychoeducational workshops to community members including school staff, caregivers, and students.
Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with school community members including administration, guidance counselors, school social workers, and parent coordinators.
Participate in all required agency, model, and stakeholder trainings, individual and group coaching, and staff meetings to promote clinical development and ensure effective service delivery.
Participate in weekend on-call rotation (approximately 4 weekends/year).