Job Description

Job Location: 184 Eldridge Street - New York, NY 10002
Position Type: Full TimeEducation
Level: 4 Year Degree
Salary Range: $68,959.00 - $69,000.00 Salary
Job Shift: DayUniversity Settlement partners with 40,000+ New Yorkers in Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn every year to build on our collective strengths as we achieve healthy, stable, and remarkable lives. For nearly 140 years, we’ve fought poverty and systemic inequality by building highly effective social services in collaboration with our neighbors. Established in 1886 as the first Settlement House in the United States, we bring the values of that movement into the 21st century by meeting New Yorkers where they live, listening deeply to all perspectives, and creating space for responsive cooperation.
Joining with our neighbors to make stable foundations where people of all ages can grow and pursue their dreams, we build community strength. We infuse a commitment to civic engagement, equality, and communal action into each of our programs, which include early childhood education, youth development, healthy aging, mental health and wellness, English classes for adult immigrants, community centers, and the arts.
The Consultation Center is University Settlement’s Article 31 outpatient mental health clinic that has served children, adolescents, adults, and families for over 65-years.
Responsibilities:
- Provide individual, group, and family therapy including behavior modification, cognitive behavioral, in-sight oriented and supportive therapy to an ethnically and culturally diverse population, ranging in age from 5 years through late adulthood
- Conduct pre-admission screenings/intake assessments
- Implement case management treatment plans
- Provide therapy and assessments in office and using TeleHealth
- Maintain reports, administrative and clinical records in accordance with OMH/DOH&MH standards insure requirements and program policies
- Responsible for meeting set productivity benchmarks
- Facilitate intra/inter agency referrals, as necessary
- Advocate for patients with other community-based organizations and governmental agencies, as indicated
- Conduct offsite visits as stated by the State Office of Mental Health
- Participate in staff meetings, case conferences, training seminars and individual supervisory meetings
- Learn and utilize computerized treatment and billing programs
- Demonstrated ability to engage new and challenging cases
- Function as a member of an interdisciplinary team
- Other duties deemed necessary by the Clinical Director pertaining to provision of effective services to patients and/or the community

Qualifications:
- MSW required
- LMSW or LCSW certification required
- Two years of clinical experience in a mental health setting preferred
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Experience with time limited treatment approaches
- Experience with treating children preferred
- Bilingual skills in English/Mandarin/Cantonese or English/Spanish preferred
Work Schedule: Full time, Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 5:00pm, 35 hours per week, Hybrid Schedule
We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive community. We support a broadly diverse team who will contribute to our organization. We are an equal employment opportunity for all regardless of race, color, citizenship, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, veteran or reservist status, or any other category protected by federal, state, or local law. All University Settlement employees are COVID-19 vaccinated in accordance with the laws set for by the City and State of New York.