Therapist

Job Summary

CASES seeks a Therapist for the Assertive Community Engagement & Success (ACES) Team. The Therapist will provide trauma-informed, community-based clinical services to enrolled participants. ACES is a program serving young men ages 16-24 residing in East Harlem or the South Bronx who may not have started but can strive to overcome threatening environments and system-involvement to find the path to success. These young people will be engaged in high-risk behaviors and voluntarily engage with the ACES program.

What You Will Be Doing

• Provide individual counseling to participants at home, in community settings, or in office
• Carry small caseload of 1:1 therapy
• Support youth in building coping skills, emotional regulation and positive decision making
• Collaborate with program staff to align services and support youth progress
• Facilitate workshops or small groups on topics such as anger management, conflict resolution, and healthy relationships
• Work with family support systems when appropriate
• Collaborate with team members for real-time support in crisis or escalated moment and high needs cases
• Maintain up-to-date documentation in databases and trackers when necessary
• Maintain ongoing communication with partners
• Participate in professional development training to better equip yourself to support the program and participants

What We Are Looking For

• LMSW or LHMC required, licensed in New York State
• Minimum 2-3 years of experience providing clinical services to young adults that are hard to reach
• Experience working with systems-involved / high risk youth preferred
• Ability to build authentic and consistent relationships
• Experience with group facilitation and crisis response

Employee Benefits

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• Vacation and Paid Time Off – starting at 25 days
• 12 Paid Holidays per year
• Retirement 403(b) Competitive matching up to 6%
• Employee Referral Program

Pay

The salary for the Therapist role is $73,000 per year.

Schedule

The Therapist position is full-time working Monday through Friday from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Location

Location Address: 4 West 125th Street, New York, N.Y. 10027 with community-based travel to all 5 boroughs.

Workplace Flexibility

Flexible (for roles that have days that can be partially remote, e.g., being able to draft notes at home after going to the office/community in the morning).

Equal Opportunity Employer

CASES is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment with CASES is based solely on qualifications and competence for a particular position without regard to race, color, ethnic or national origin, age, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or marital, military, or citizenship status. We also actively recruit individuals with prior involvement in the criminal legal system.