Part-Time Behavioral Health Clinician - English/Spanish Bilingual

Description

Center for Family Life in Sunset Park is a neighborhood-based family and social services organization with deep roots in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. The work of Center for Family Life is grounded in the daily, lived experience of the Sunset Park community and guided by a vision of neighborhood families and social institutions evolving and contributing to each other’s ongoing development.

Center for Family Life is hiring a full-time Behavioral Health Clinician for our Mother Cabrini Counseling Program, a trauma-informed individual, couple, family, and group counseling program for immigrant individuals and families in Sunset Park. Program staff will engage families through trauma-informed practice and an immigration- and culturally sensitive lens and help them improve their mental health and set and achieve their goals.
 

The Behavioral Health Clinician will provide assessment, counseling, advocacy, and referral services to immigrant individuals and families in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Desired candidates are committed and passionate about providing holistic and collaborative care in a community-based setting to immigrant individuals and families.
 

Job Responsibilities:  

• Conduct intake and assessment for individuals (children and adults), couples and families
• Provide counseling sessions with individuals, couples, and families both in-person and virtually
• Co-create therapeutic goals with clients, revising goals as needed
• Embrace and utilize a trauma-informed clinical approach
• Provide case management, including psychoeducation, referral, and advocacy
• Facilitate support groups based on client needs
• Collaborate with CFL program staff, external systems, and other community providers
• Meet collaterally with family members, teachers, and other service providers to facilitate counseling goals
• Attend weekly supervision with a clinical supervisor
• Participate in weekly staff meetings, training, and additional meetings as needed
• Manage a flexible work schedule, including weekday evenings
• Maintain timely case record/documentation requirements
• Adhere to HIPPA requirements, and agency policies and procedures
• Perform any other department or agency-related duties or special projects as directed

Qualifications:  

• Master’s Degree in Social Work, Mental Health Counseling, Marriage and Family Therapy, or equivalent degree  
• Licensed or Limited Permit as LMSW, LMHC, LMFT or LCSW  
• Fluency in Spanish.  
• Strong clinical skills and clinical experience with individuals, couples, and families, especially with trauma-informed approaches
• Knowledge of child development, family systems, trauma, and domestic violence
• Have a strong sensitivity to cultural differences present among staff and clients within our organization
• Possess a strong belief in people's ability to grow and change 
• Ability to forge a mutually respectful partnership with persons served and their families
• Be a team player
• Strong oral and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Word, and Excel

This position is a Part-Time Non-exempt position at or above 17 hours per week.  The hourly rate range is