What are the responsibilities and job description for the Fee-For-Service Psychotherapist position at Union Settlement Association?
Fee-For-Service Psychotherapist
Job Description
Organizational Summary
Union Settlement is an East Harlem based nonprofit organization founded in 1895. For 128 years, Union Settlement has provided critical and innovative programming to children, youth, families, and older adults. As a pioneer of the settlement house movement, Union Settlement continues to meet the needs of the ever-changing East Harlem community through its core programs. Through these programs, New Yorkers gain opportunities, develop skills, and become empowered to pursue and achieve their dreams.
Today, Union Settlement provides services through 33 program sites in approximately 28 locations. Union Settlement’s current programmatic portfolio includes 8 core program areas: Early Childhood Education, Youth Services (including after school programs), Family Services (including the Family Enrichment Center and the Family Childcare Network), the East Harlem Community Partnership, Adult Education, Mental Health Services, Older Adult Centers, and Economic Development. Union Settlement serves more than 10,000 individuals and nearly 1,000 businesses every year.
Strengthened by a dynamic, diverse, and collaborative workforce of more than 350 employees, Union Settlement also serves as a connector, convener, and advocate for East Harlem and its partners. To learn more about Union Settlement, visit www.unionsettlement.org
Position: Fee-For-Service Psychotherapist/Clinical Social Worker
Department: Mental Health Services
Reports to: Clinical Supervisor
Hours: Part-Time
Salary: $60.00 per hour
FLSA: Non-Exempt
Location: Hybrid
Position Summary:
The Mental Health department offers individual, group, family, and couples’ therapy to community members. We provide services to clients ranging from early childhood to people experiencing end of life issues. We offer medication intervention as well as psychiatric evaluation and management. For enrolled clients, the clinic has a 24/7 crisis line, monitored by clinical supervisors. We take a trauma informed perspective to the work with the community, which includes various therapeutic modalities such as CBT, Psychodynamic, and creative art therapies. We support a strength based, client centered approach to the treatment. We view mental health issues through a systematic lens of micro, mezzo and macro levels of human experiences and stressors.
Responsibilities:
- Provide individual, family, couples, and group psychotherapy and supportive counseling to clients.
- Provide comprehensive assessment of all clients on caseload.
- Conduct treatment planning for all clients on caseload.
- Provide crisis intervention for all clients on caseload.
- Provide psycho-education to clients.
- Conduct outreach to clients in order to ensure their attendance at appointments.
- Complete all appropriate documentation for each client on caseload.
- Collaborate with other service providers to bring services to clients.
- Actively participate in supervision.
- Additional duties as assigned by supervisor
Qualifications:
- LMSW, LCSW, LCAT, or LMHC.
- Ability to work independently at a satellite clinic (or telehealth).
- Excellent computer skills.
- Excellent organizational ability and interpersonal skills.
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) a plus.
To Apply:
Please submit a comprehensive application package consisting of a resume and a cover letter. Please note that submissions lacking a cover letter will not be considered for further review.
CO R E CO M P E T E N C IE S
- Leading Others: Creates a sense of urgency throughout the organization on the importance of achieving outcomes. Inspires, influences, and enables team members to reach their goals
- Facilitating Change: Approaches challenges with creativity and flexibility. Demonstrates analytical thinking. Guides change to meet Union Settlement’s goals.
- Managing Performance: Evaluates and revises goals semi-annually with the team. Provides consistent supervision and documents performance highlights and concerns
- Applying and Developing Expertise: Embraces and leads the team to achieve milestones. Seeks and supports professional development opportunities for team members. Manages finances and budgets effectively
- Communicating and Collaborating: Listens well and actively engages with others with honesty and integrity and holds team accountable to the same standard
Union Settlement’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Commitment
Union Settlement is an equal opportunity employer. They do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, physical or mental disability, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.
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