Justice Involved Therapist
About the role
Serve at the intersection of behavioral health, recovery, and the criminal justice system. We are seeking an experienced, mission-driven therapist to provide high-impact clinical services to individuals involved with the criminal justice system in jail-based and drug court based settings. This role is ideal for a clinician who is confident working with complex mental health needs, co-occurring substance use disorders, trauma histories, crisis situations, and systems-level collaboration. You will help clients stabilize, build insight, strengthen recovery supports, and prepare for safer, healthier outcomes during incarceration and reentry.
This is more than a traditional therapy position. You will be part of a cross-system response that recognizes behavioral health care as essential to public safety, recovery, and long-term stability. Your clinical expertise can help reduce crisis cycles, strengthen reentry outcomes, and connect individuals to meaningful support at a critical point in their lives.
Responsibilities
- Provide individual and group therapy for clients with mental health, substance use, and co-occurring disorders in a jail setting.
- Complete clinical assessments, treatment plans, safety planning, crisis intervention, and ongoing documentation.
- Support clients navigating court involvement, incarceration, probation/parole expectations, reentry planning, and community-based treatment connections.
- Collaborate with jail staff, medical providers, attorneys, probation/parole, courts, community agencies, and family/support systems when appropriate and authorized.
- Use evidence-informed approaches such as motivational interviewing, cognitive behavioral strategies, trauma-informed care, harm reduction, relapse prevention, and recovery-oriented planning.
- Identify risk factors, protective factors, behavioral health needs, and barriers to successful community reintegration.
- Maintain professional boundaries, confidentiality, ethical standards, and clinical judgment within a correctional environment.
Qualifications
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
- Education and/or Experience: Required: Possession of a current valid New York State license through the Department of Education for LMSW, LCSW, LCSW-R, LMHC, LMFT. Preferred: At least one (1) year of prior experience working in a mental health setting.
- Certificates, Licenses, Registrations: Must maintain a valid driver's license and acceptable driving record. Must maintain current valid New York State license through the Department of Education for LMSW, LCSW, LCSW-R, LMHC, LMFT.
Schedule
Full Time: Monday-Friday 8am-5pm, flexible schedule and hybrid work available.
Pay
LP $29.81/hour | LMSW/LMHC: $31.25/hour | LCSW: $34.62-$42.31/hour. This position is eligible for a $5,000 sign on bonus!
Benefits
- Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance. Ability to select just dental and vision insurance.
- Flexible scheduling to help support work-life balance.
- Hybrid remote work options available.
- 401(k) with employer match: THRIVE matches 100% of the first 3% you contribute and 50% of contributions between 3% and 5%.
- Paid Time Off (PTO): Years 1-2: 144 hours (18 days); Years 3-11: Increases by 8 hours (1 day) each year, from 152 to 216 hours (19-27 days); Year 15-35: Continued incremental increases.