Mental Health Social Practitioner: Supported Housing

Fountain House•New York, NY

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Fountain House is hiring a Mental Health Social Practitioner to support Members with serious mental illness in developing independent living skills, social connections, and personal, social, employment, and educational goals. The role uses the Clubhouse community and a strengths-based, relationship-oriented approach to foster recovery and help Members live their lives to the fullest. Staff are expected to be optimistic, curious, flexible, resilient, creative, and persistent in finding solutions. The position is split between scattered-site apartments, the Amsterdam residence, and the 47th Street Clubhouse. The practitioner supports a roster of approximately 30 Members in stipend-supported housing, provides regular housing contacts and apartment visits, and participates in Clubhouse activities and limited transitional employment engagement. The role may include overnight travel to High Point Farm, holiday and weekend work, evening events, and schedule flexibility to meet Member or unit needs. The regular schedule is Monday to Friday, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Compensation is $30.58 per hour.

Requirements

Undergraduate degree or an equivalent combination of training and experience.
Ability to effectively manage and respond to Member concerns and behaviors.
Proven experience with mental health crisis management, including supporting and counseling Members experiencing emotional distress.
Graduate degree or equivalent preferred.
Experience working with individuals with serious mental illness and/or hands-on experience in a community setting preferred; experience is listed as 1–3+ years in the skills section and 1–2 years in the education and credentials section.
Coaching and counseling experience preferred; 1–2 years listed.
Vocational rehabilitation, training, or employment specialist experience preferred; 1–2 years listed.
Driver’s license preferred.

Nice To Haves

Graduate degree or equivalent.
Experience working with individuals with serious mental illness and/or hands-on experience in a community setting.
Coaching and counseling experience.
Vocational rehabilitation, training, or employment specialist experience.
Driver’s license.

Responsibilities

Engage Members, develop relationships, assess needs, provide therapeutic interventions, and support transitional environments.
Help develop a therapeutic community based on Social Practice and the International Standards for Clubhouse Programs.
Use community-based interventions to address barriers such as social isolation, low self-esteem, anxiety, symptom management, and poverty.
Support Members in employment, education, and housing environments outside Fountain House, helping build skills, confidence, and self-efficacy.
Develop relationships with Members and community partners to encourage positive change, meaningful connections, and access to new opportunities.
Create supportive environments and social interactions that promote therapeutic outcomes and rehabilitation.
Observe and assess Members in naturalistic environments and develop specific interventions.
Provide daily advocacy and engagement, and offer guidance in problem-solving.
Provide individual and group counseling to help Members address dependencies, adjust to life circumstances, and make changes.
Manage a housing roster of approximately 30 Members in the stipend-supported housing program.
Complete monthly face-to-face contacts with each Member on the housing roster and quarterly apartment visits.
Organize occasional evening social events.
Participate in limited transitional employment engagement with Members and Social Practitioners in their units.
Learn the skills and tasks of the assigned Clubhouse unit, including applicable safety protocols, health guidelines, inventories, and guides.
Complete progress notes, reach-out documentation, and other required documentation on time.
Maintain compliance with government agency requirements and company policies and procedures.
Work some holidays, weekends, and evenings, and travel overnight to High Point Farm periodically as needed.
Remain flexible about arriving early or staying late and interchange with other staff on the unit as needed.
Maintain confidentiality of records relating to Members’ progress.
Perform related duties assigned by the supervisor.