Bilingual Therapist - School Based Mental Health

At The New York Foundling, we trust in the power and potential of people, and we deliberately invest in proven practices. From bold beginnings in 1869, our New York-based nonprofit has supported hundreds of thousands of our neighbors on their own paths to stability, strength, and independence.  We help children and families navigate through and beyond foster care. We help families struggling with conflict and poverty grow strong. We help individuals with developmental disabilities live their best lives, and we help our neighbors access quality health and Mental Health services—core to building lifelong resilience and wellbeing. Together, our interrelated programs provide a whole-person, whole-family, and whole-life approach that unlocks solutions for a lifetime.

NY Foundling's School Based Mental Health Program (SBMH) is looking for a therapist to support with increasing accessibility of Mental Health services and help students reach their full potential through providing Mental Health related support services to assigned school(s) including evidenced based/informed treatment; provide resources/linkages to students/families; be part of a multidisciplinary team; collaborate with school staff, NY Foundling Mental Health clinic, and other programs to coordinate care. Therapist will also have the opportunity to effect change on a macro level and support the school community to operate proactively and relationally through delivering workshops and consultations. Training in evidenced based modalities that have foundations in CBT or trauma informed care and supervision towards licensure hours provided.

• Increase accessibility of Mental Health services to students and help them reach their full academic, social, and emotional potential by providing short-term evidenced-based and evidenced-informed individual, group, or family treatment onsite at assigned school and/or linking students to necessary services.

• Promote engagement of families and other key stakeholders (school staff, community agencies) through involvement in treatment, coordination of care, and/or other forms of collaboration to best support students in meeting their goals.

• Build a relationship with the school community and lead CBO to ensure collaboration and proactive communication among providers and school key leadership and attend school-based meetings.

• Enhance capacity of the school community (faculty and parents) to meet the social and emotional needs of their students through delivery of trainings, workshops, presentations, and consultations.

• De-escalation of student Mental Health crises by providing clinical crisis assessment and intervention

• Ensure compliance with OMH and agency documentation standards by maintaining clear, concise, accurate, and timely clinical-approved documentation of treatment efforts

• Participate in all evidence-based model program training, supervision and consultation

• Ensure higher needs students have access to support in times of crisis through 24/7 weekday on call availability and participation in weekend on-call

Masters Level Degree or better in counseling, social work, or related field. Must be license eligible – specifically ability to apply for limited permit or LMSW required.

• Maintains a strength focused approach with families, stakeholder, and within the program/treatment
• Systems approach to change and application to a school climate
• Self-starter and independent. Persistence, ability to problem-solve, and solution-focused.
• Show strength in consultancy, training, care coordination
• High organization skills
• Excellent written and oral communication skills. Comfortability with building collaborative relationships with school staff and stakeholders and ability to integrate into the school community.
• Comfortability with speaking to large audiences/public speaking. Creativity in delivering dynamic workshops to maintain engagement
• Experience with and willingness to work with culturally diverse population
• Clinical skills:
  • Behavioral therapy targeting school behavior and academic performance;
  • Crisis intervention & de-escalation
  • Individual therapy with children and adults using cognitive behavioral techniques