Therapist - FFT

The New York Foundling is a New York-based nonprofit that supports children and families through foster care, conflict and poverty challenges, developmental disabilities, and access to quality health and mental health services. Our interrelated programs provide a whole-person, whole-family, and whole-life approach to building lifelong resilience and wellbeing.

Responsibilities

• Manage assigned caseload and provide coverage for peers as needed, delivering direct clinical treatment using methods compatible with the assigned model.
• Conduct assessments, including reviewing referral information, identifying key participants, evaluating systemic strengths and weaknesses, and creating individualized treatment plans.
• Maintain clear and concise documentation of treatment efforts to promote peer and supervisory review, ensure compliance with the assigned model, and meet agency, ACS, and stakeholder mandates.
• Participate in all model training, supervision, consultation activities, and staff meetings.
• Build relationships with community stakeholders (e.g., child protection services, Guardians ad Litem, judges, schools) to ensure cooperation among service providers.
• Complete timely documentation of contacts and case progress in agency electronic health records and other systems.
• Adopt a strength-focused approach with families, stakeholders, and within the program/treatment team.
• Accompany families/clients to psychiatric and other community appointments as needed.
• Attend weekly supervision, consultation, and on-call meetings.
• Manage extensive travel requirements and provide 24/7 coverage during the week, including participation in a weekend on-call rotational schedule as applicable.
• Other duties as assigned.

Organizational Expectations

• Regular and punctual attendance, adhering to The Foundling’s and department-specific time and attendance policies.
• Demonstrated commitment to The Foundling’s BHAG, mission, vision, and values (Compassion, Dignity, Family and Community, Diversity, Excellence).
• Adherence to The Foundling’s employee policies, Code of Conduct, and applicable laws, regulations, or bargaining agreements.
• Appropriate engagement with support departments for hiring, performance management, investigations, discipline, suspension, and restructuring decisions.
• Regular supervision and performance evaluation of direct reports (if applicable).

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Social Work, Mental Health Counseling, or a related field.
• Degree must be from a U.S. accredited educational institution or include a Credential Evaluation for a non-U.S. institution.

Pay

$67,632.38 per year, with the following additive amounts as applicable:

• $3,500 – Bilingual Additive
• $1,000 – Provisional Licensure Additive
• $4,000 – Full Licensure Additive
• Up to $2,000 sign-on incentive (not available for internal candidates).