Clinician - Staten Island Community Program

Responsibilities: 

• Learn and integrate a trauma-informed, client-centered approach, using an anti-oppressive lens, into your work with clients. 
• Facilitates and co-facilitates psycho-educational support groups for clients to learn to assess their own needs.
• Assess clients with mental health needs and coordinate referrals for services.
   Establishes linkage with external mental health providers to facilitate referrals.
• Conducts client centered safety assessment and risk management planning to a small caseload of victims of crime and abuse, including children.
• Provides crisis intervention, short term supportive counseling and case management services.
• Advocates for clients for public entitlements with systems and other agencies, where necessary, such as obtaining orders of protection, help with hospital/medical related needs.
• Victims Services compensation, and relocation assistance by providing a written statement required by a licensed treating counselor
• Provides information and referral for clients for services such as shelters, mental health treatment, public assistance and other entitlements.
• Provides emergency practical assistance for clients including transportation, food vouchers, financial assistance, emergency cell phones, and lock replacement.
• Conducts educational presentations and trainings and participates in outreach events for community groups about sexual assault, domestic violence and other related topics.
• Participates in staff meetings, community meetings and relevant trainings and seminars.
• Performs data entry into a computerized record keeping system and maintains thorough and accurate case records and statistics.
• Works collaboratively with other Safe Horizon programs to facilitate linkages for clients.
• Works collaboratively with other Safe Horizon administrative and operations department.
• Various other duties to be determined by supervisor.
  
  

Qualifications:          

• Licensed Master’s Degree in social work, mental health counseling or equivalent required;
• Prior supervisory experience required;
• Strong interpersonal relationship and crisis management skills;
• A sound knowledge of victimization issues;
• Individual must have the ability to work in a crisis-driven setting;
• The ability to balance administrative responsibilities, client needs and task management skills are required;
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills;
• Experience working with clients of all ages, including children, in a social service setting providing short-term counseling and/or case management;
• Seminar in Field Instruction (SIFI)
  
  

Desirable:

• Preferably 2-3 years of experience working with victims of sexual assault, domestic violence, or child abuse, and/or general mental health practice.