Mental Health Advocate

Mixteca • New York, NY

1d • $50,050 - $52,780 • Onsite

About The Position

Mixteca Organization Inc. is seeking a compassionate, proactive, and community-centered Mental Health Advocate to provide culturally responsive emotional support, supportive counseling, case management, and resource navigation to Spanish-speaking immigrant individuals and families. The Advocate will work directly with community members experiencing emotional distress, migration-related stress, grief, family separation, trauma, and other psychosocial challenges. Through individual emotional support sessions, psychoeducation, healing-centered activities, and connections to community resources, the Advocate will help participants strengthen their emotional well-being, resilience, and support systems.

This is a full-time, non-exempt position based in person in Brooklyn, New York. The role reports to the Mental Health Coordinator and is based on a 35-hour workweek.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Social Work, Psychology, Counseling, Human Services, Art Therapy, or a related field, or equivalent community-based experience in nonprofit, mental health, advocacy, or healing-centered settings.
• Fluency in Spanish and English, with strong verbal and written communication skills in both languages.
• Experience working with immigrant communities, particularly Spanish-speaking communities impacted by trauma, migration, family separation, or violence.
• Ability to build trust and create safe, welcoming, and culturally affirming spaces.
• Strong outreach, facilitation, relationship-building, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage documentation and follow-up.
• Proactive, collaborative, and solution-oriented approach to work.
• Commitment to social justice, anti-racism, and the dignity, resilience, and leadership of immigrant communities.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting survivors of gender-based violence, LGBTQIA+ community members, youth, and working-class communities.
• Familiarity with traditional, ancestral, body-based, expressive arts, or other community-rooted healing practices.
• Community-rooted, ancestral, Indigenous, or non-Western healing knowledge and practices.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual social-emotional support to participants navigating stress, grief, trauma-related challenges, family separation, and other emotional or psychosocial concerns.
• Conduct intakes and needs assessments, and develop individualized emotional wellness and support plans based on participants’ needs and goals.
• Use trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and healing-centered approaches to create safe, welcoming, and supportive environments that promote emotional well-being and resilience.
• Provide participant-centered case management, including identifying immediate needs, developing action plans, coordinating services, and monitoring progress toward established goals.
• Connect participants to community resources, including healthcare, legal services, housing, public benefits, specialized mental health services, and other social supports.
• Help participants navigate service systems, overcome barriers to accessing resources, and advocate for their needs.
• Collaborate with internal programs, community organizations, and service providers to coordinate referrals, continuity of support, and timely follow-up.
• Facilitate healing spaces, support groups, workshops, and wellness activities that promote safety, connection, and community healing.
• Help design and implement healing-centered programming that reflects immigrant communities’ lived experiences, cultures, and strengths.
• Conduct outreach and help develop culturally relevant mental health education materials.
• Maintain accurate case notes, records, and program data in compliance with agency and funder requirements.
• Represent Mixteca in community meetings, events, and partner spaces as needed.
• Perform other related duties as needed to support program and organizational goals.

Benefits

• 100% employer-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance premiums.
• Monthly OMNY card.
• Paid time off, personal days, and sick days.
• Summer Fridays with shortened workdays during the summer.
• Weekly yoga sessions offered in partnership with a local studio.
• Access to discounted tickets and special offers for concerts, performances, cultural events, and other special events throughout the year.
• Opportunities to participate in staff events and activities that support connection, community, and well-being.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time