Are you a new Graduate with a Masters in Social Work, Family Therapy or Mental Health Counseling or looking for a new opportunity to develop clinical skills? Do you have a passion for working with youth, their families and the systems they may be involved with? Are you willing to do “whatever it takes,” to support families in overcoming challenges? Come Join our Multisystemic Therapy Prevention teams!

Our MST-PRV Program aims to keep families together, assure that children are safe, prevent abuse and neglect, reduce mental health difficulties experienced by adults and children, and increase natural social supports. By providing treatment to the whole family, in the home, FAST engages and motivates youth and their families, resulting in sustainable change that keeps families together. The program operates in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island.

Link to MST services: https://youtu.be/GUhcojAeC9E

Agency provides:

• License supervision (LPs in MHC and MFT as well as MSWs encouraged to apply)
• Sign-on bonus up to $2000
• Continuing education stipend
• Benefits package including medical, dental, vision, PTO & sick days, tuition reimbursement; 403-B retirement plan; employee recognition; flexible schedules
• A supportive and mission driven environment, which includes Individual coaching and mentoring
  MST Model 8 days of Training, paid by the Agency, to learn the model and sharpen your clinical skills
• Agency wide opportunities for growth

Job Responsibilities

• Implement an evidence-based model that pulls from Cognitive Behavioral therapy, Structural and Strategic Family Therapy and the social and ecological model
• Works on a team of 4 therapists, 1 supervisor and 1 family resource case worker
• Conducts 2 to 3 sessions with each family a week (utilizing a combination of face to face and telehealth visits)
• Manage caseload of 6 families and provide coverage for peer's caseload as needed, provides direct clinical treatment using methods compatible with assigned model.
• Participate in weekly team supervision and consultation
• Builds relationships with community stakeholders (i.e., child protection services, Guardians ad Litem, judges, schools, etc.) to ensure collaboration among service providers
• Travels throughout assigned borough to conduct sessions with families. Each program serves families throughout the entire borough.
• Reports to assigned program supervisor or covering supervisor.
• Conducts assessments including review of referral information, identifying and engaging key participants, identifying systemic strengths and weaknesses and individualized treatment planning.
• Completes timely, clear and concise documentation of treatment efforts, case contacts and model adherent clinical progress.
• Willingness to incorporate supervisor, consultant and peer feedback into case documentation and conceptualization
• Manages multiple databases to comply with all stakeholder requirements, including ACS, MST model and OMH.
• Adopts a strength focused approach with families, stakeholder, and within the program/treatment team.
• Participates in all model and Child Welfare trainings
• Willingness to meet families and clients in the community and/or places that meet their schedules; which may include accompanying them to psychiatric, school or other community appointments.
• Attends weekly on-call meetings.
• Ability to make and manage own schedule(client sessions, completing paperwork and managing other stakeholder meetings)
• Provides 24/7 coverage during the week and participates on a weekend on-call rotational schedule as applicable
• Other duties as assigned

STEP-S is one of The Foundling’s largest foster care prevention programs, working to reduce and eliminate factors that lead to children being placed in foster care–helping families stay stronger together. STEPS uses research-backed techniques and evidence-based models to engage and motivate youth and their families, helping them to recognize that solutions and changes are possible. Participants in STEP-S are referred to The Foundling by the Administration of Children’s Services, other nonprofit organizations, and the community.

Job Responsibilities:

• Reports to assigned program supervisor or covering supervisor.
• Provides home-based clinical treatment utilizing the Functional Family Therapy (FFT) model to assigned caseload of up to 8 cases and provides coverage for peer's caseload as needed.
• Manages the extensive travel requirements involved in serving families in their homes.
• Conducts assessments including review of referral information, identifying and engaging key participants, identifying relational patterns, and individualized treatment planning.
• Engages families to sign for services and completes intakes with families within the required ACS timeframes.
• Participates in all required agency, model and stakeholder trainings, individual and      group coaching and staff meetings.
• Adheres to model expectations and implement with fidelity including the timely completion of progress notes, session planning guides, session impact scales and appointment notes in the Care4 documentation system.
• Actively participate in weekly consultation and supervision and site visits when they occur.
• Consistently meets all program and model Key Performance Indicators (including session pacing, required casework contacts, successful client outcomes, timely completion of Family Assessment Service Plans, data entry in all systems, etc.).
• Identify and address family risk factors that give rise to possible child removal, ACS involvement, and out of home placement due to continued referral behavior or new risk/safety factors. This includes the completion of safety plans and incident reports if necessary.
• Maintains clear, concise and timely documentation of treatment efforts in progress notes and Family Assessment and Service Planning (FASP) that demonstrate compliance with the FFT model and supervisory review feedback.
• Manages the extensive documentation requirements in all databases to successfully comply with mandates from agency, ACS and model.
• Identify community-based resources for families, collaborate and build relationships with stakeholders/providers (i.e., ACS, schools, doctors, mental health providers, courts, etc.) to monitor participation in services and accompany families to appointments if needed.
• Provides 24/7 coverage during the week and participates on a weekend on-call rotational schedule as applicable.
• Other duties as assigned.

Families Rising is The New York Foundling’s Alternative to Incarceration Program, serving 13 to 27 year-olds charged with misdemeanors, non-violent felonies, and violent felonies in New York City’s Criminal and Supreme Courts. Young people participate in therapeutic services as an alternative to facing jail or prison sentences.

Job Responsibilities

• Manages travel requirements involved in serving families in their homes. Can be asked to work in up to two boroughs.
• Conducts assessments including review of referral information, identifying and engaging key participants, identifying systemic strengths and weaknesses and individualized treatment planning.
• Participates in all required agency, model and stakeholder trainings, individual and group coaching and staff meetings.
• Adheres to model expectations and implements FFT services with fidelity.
• Consistently meets all program and model Key Performance Indicators (including session pacing, successful client outcomes, data entry, etc.).
• Identify and address family risk factors that give rise to possible re-arrest and incarceration due to continued referral behaviors or new risk/safety factors. This includes the completion of safety plans, court notifications, and incident reports if necessary.
• Maintains clear, concise and timely documentation of treatment efforts in progress notes and court reports that demonstrate compliance with Functional Family Therapy expectations and supervisory review feedback.
• Manages the extensive documentation requirements in all databases to successfully comply with mandates from agency, court and model.
• Identify community-based resources for families, collaborate and build relationships with stakeholders/providers (i.e., ACS, schools, doctors, mental health providers, courts, etc.) to monitor participation in services and accompany families to appointments if needed.
• Attend all court appearances with clients and provide an update on treatment to the court.
• Adopts a strength focused approach with families, stakeholders, and within the program/treatment team.
• Provides 24/7 coverage during the week and participates in weekend phone coverage for emergencies.
• Other duties as assigned.

The New York Foundling’s Program for Kids Experiencing Young Successes (KEYS) is an evidence-based, family-oriented program that works to prevent teenagers from entering the juvenile justice system or long-term foster care placement. The program works with adolescents and their families to assess their home life, friendships, community, and triggers that may contribute to at-risk behavior.

Families will meet with their therapist once or twice a week on average, at a time convenient to them, and in their home. As an added benefit and layer of support, therapists are also available on call 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Through participating in the program, the entire family learns how to better support their loved one’s needs, how to work together to promote positive changes, and create a plan for long-term success.

Brief Strategic Family Therapy (BSFT) is a short-term structured, problem-focused, directive, and practical model that works to reduce a young person’s behavior problems, while strengthening the entire family. Therapists provide interventions and tools to improve family dynamics, improving parent/child interactions, communication, and problem-solving skills as a whole.

Responsibilities

• Reports to assigned program supervisor or covering supervisor.
• Provides home-based clinical treatment utilizing Brief Strategic Family Therapy to assigned caseload of up to 8 cases and provides coverage for peer's caseload as needed.
• Manages the extensive travel requirements involved in serving families in their homes
• Working with youth and their families who are at risk of entering the Juvenile Justice System to prevent system entrance
• Conducts assessments including review of referral information, identifying and engaging key participants, identifying systemic strengths and weaknesses and individualized treatment planning and conducting intakes.
• Participates in all required agency and model/stakeholder trainings.
• Attend individual and group coaching, as well as staff meetings.
• Videotape sessions and reviewing your own sessions in preparation for weekly supervision.
• Attend 2 hours of weekly BSFT team supervision, that include review of your videotaped sessions with the BSFT Team and supervisor.
• Attending workshops and other BSFT team activities as indicated.
• Adheres to model expectations and implement with fidelity.
• Conducting sessions with your clients under live supervision could be required
• Consistently meets all program and model Key Performance Indicators (including session pacing, required casework contacts, successful client outcomes, timely completion of Family Assessment Service Plans, data entry, etc.).
• Identify and address family risk factors that give rise to possible child removal, ACS involvement, and out of home placement due to continued referral behavior or new risk/safety factors. This includes the completion of safety plans and incident reports if necessary.
• Maintains clear, concise and timely documentation of treatment efforts in progress notes and Family Assessment and Service Planning (FASP) that demonstrate compliance with the BSFT Model and supervisory review feedback.
• Manages the extensive documentation requirements in all databases to successfully comply with mandates from agency, ACS and model.
• Identify community-based resources for families, collaborate and build relationships with stakeholders/providers (i.e., ACS, schools, doctors, mental health providers, courts, etc.) to monitor participation in services and accompany families to appointments if needed.
• Provides 24/7 coverage during the week and participates on a weekend on-call rotational schedule as applicable.
• Other duties as assigned.