Rising Hope Clinician

Rising Ground•Brooklyn, NY

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Rising Hope Clinician provides trauma-informed, survivor-centered mental health services to young people ages 12–24 who have experienced or are at risk of human trafficking. In partnership with the Rising Hope Coordinator, the clinician conducts assessments and provides individual and group counseling, crisis intervention, safety planning, and care coordination. The role collaborates across disciplines to improve access to support, reduce the criminalization of young people, and promote healing, recovery, and long-term stability. It also supports staff training and screening practices across Rising Ground programs. The position is full-time and exempt, at 35 hours per week. Hours vary with the needs of the team and young people served, and may include daytime, after-school, evening, and occasional weekend work. Work takes place in the Brooklyn office, community, school, and field settings. The clinician must work in person in New York City and travel for client visits, accompaniment, and community meetings, including throughout all five boroughs.

Requirements

Master’s degree in social work, mental health counseling, psychology, or a related behavioral health field.
Credential or license listed as MSW, MHC-LP, LMSW, LCSW, or LMHC.
Fluency in Spanish and bilingual proficiency.
Three to five years of experience working with youth affected by human trafficking, domestic violence, sexual assault, or other complex trauma.
Knowledge of commercial sexual exploitation of children and trafficking dynamics, including coercion, grooming, trauma bonding, complex trauma, and PTSD.
Knowledge of trauma-informed care, motivational interviewing, or other evidence-based approaches to trauma, including safety planning and stabilization.
Strong advocacy, referral, and care coordination skills, with commitment to responsive, survivor-centered, strengths-based, healing-centered, and anti-oppressive practice.
Ability to maintain professional boundaries when working with highly vulnerable populations.
Strong interpersonal, communication, organization, time management, and documentation skills, and proficiency with Microsoft applications.
Initiative, creative problem-solving, strategic thinking, sound judgment, self-awareness, and ability to give and receive feedback.
Ability to manage competing demands and work flexibly, independently, and collaboratively with accountability and enthusiasm.
Authorization to work in the U.S.
Ability to work in person in New York City.
Ability to travel for client visits, accompaniment, and community meetings, including within all five boroughs of New York City.
Occasional weekend availability.

Nice To Haves

Lived experience of human trafficking is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

Provide trauma-informed individual and group psychotherapy and psychoeducation on trauma, recovery, healthy relationships, and coping skills.
Partner with the Rising Hope Coordinator to facilitate psychoeducational and support groups and build trusting relationships with young people.
Conduct comprehensive clinical assessments and guide and oversee staff administering rapid and comprehensive human trafficking screening tools.
Provide crisis prevention, intervention, de-escalation, safety planning, and stabilization as needed.
Work with the Rising Hope Coordinator to connect clients with housing, medical care, education, employment, victim compensation, and specialized community services.
Support training for clinical and nonclinical staff on trafficking indicators and trauma-informed, survivor-centered responses, adapting training to different program settings.
Support Rising Ground’s school-based programs with crisis intervention, counseling, and other services as needed.
Collaborate with local, state, and federal law enforcement when young people are at risk of trafficking to improve how they are supported.
Stay current on local, state, and federal human trafficking laws and best practices.
Maintain accurate, timely program records, case files, and funder reports.
Attend clinical supervision, staff meetings, and required continuing education.
Perform other related duties as assigned by the supervisor.