JustUs Counselor

Rising Ground, Inc. • New York, NY

23h • $65,000 - $75,000 • Onsite

About The Position

JustUs is an ACS-funded Gender Responsive Diversion Program facilitated by Rising Ground. This program is a holistic, gender-responsive program for girls, gender-nonconforming, and nonbinary youth (TGNBNC) youth who are involved, or at high risk of involvement, in the youth justice system. The project - which is grounded in the tenets of healing-centered, anti-oppressive practice - brings together highly skilled individual coaching; evidence-based clinical interventions; opportunities for young people to engage in group-based activities; economic empowerment skill building; and space where young people can come together to build community. All elements of the project are intentionally designed to support young people in cultivating their leadership skills; building their self-reliance; forging healthy social relationships; developing diverse strategies to avoid engaging in criminalized behavior/activities; and greatly enhancing their educational experiences and work opportunities.

Requirements

• LMSW, LCSW or other clinical licensed required
• Clinical supervision offered for licensure (LCSW/LMHC)
• Highly organized, self-motivated worker who can easily manage competing demands
• Creative problem-solver who anticipates challenges and seizes opportunities for collaboration
• Able to implement vision, think strategically, exercise good judgment, and lead change
• High level of self-awareness and ability to give and receive feedback well
• 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

Nice To Haves

• Lived experience within systems that impact the young people who will be involved in the project including the youth justice and criminal legal system strongly preferred but not required

Responsibilities

• Connect with 15-20 young people within the project and serve as their primary point of contact throughout their engagement in the program.
• Intentionally and regularly engage all young people in weekly hour-long individual sessions.
• With each young person, co-construct individualized engagement plans and assess and revise the throughout the length of the young person’s engagement with the program.
• On a rotating schedule, be available to help staff the Teen Hub on the weekend.
• Engage in collaboration and case coordination with all program staff and a vast network of stakeholders.
• Participate in weekly supervision, team meetings, group supervision, and attend other required meetings as required.
• Maintain program records, case files, and funder reports with accuracy and attention to timeliness detail.
• Other duties are required.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level