• Clinician Youth Act: $4,000 Sign on Bonus

    Astor Services (Poughkeepsie, NY)


    Clinician Youth Act: $4,000 Sign on Bonus

     

    Poughkeepsie, NY (http://maps.google.com/maps?q=46+Lincoln+Avenue+Poughkeepsie+NY+USA+12601)

     

    Job Type

     

    Full-time

    Description

    The Youth ACT program provides families with a comprehensive team of professionals—from psychiatrists to peer advocates—to deliver intensive, coordinated, and individualized services and therapeutic interventions to maintain the child in the home, school, and community.

     

    Accelerate your professional and personal growth as a valued member of the Astor Crisis Services Team. The Youth ACT Team provides multidisciplinary services to clients in order to create positive change. As the licensed mental health clinician, you’ll play a role in helping the Team Leader to develop this new program to provide comprehensive services to children, adolescents and their families. As a Youth ACT Clinician, you’ll provide assessment and treatment, individual and family therapy, crisis counseling, and consultation within the client’s home and community. Clinicians in the Crisis Services Team value flexibility in their schedule, competitive salary and benefits, access to high-quality clinical supervision, being a part of supportive team and opportunities for training in evidence-based practices, including Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT).

    Job Responsibilities:

    + Provides home and community based assessment, treatment planning, individual and family therapy, and crisis intervention services

    + Collaborates with Youth ACT team to provide frequent communication in order to make rapid adjustments to services to meet the needs of the client

    + Completes accurate and on time documentation

    + Participates in on call rotation that provides 24/7 crisis intervention to clients in program

    + Serves as a mentor and support to other Youth ACT team members, including providing training and onboarding assistance.

    + Additional responsibilities related to Youth ACT program as assigned by Youth ACT Team Leader.

    What we provide:

    + 4 weeks paid vacation annually.

    + 13 paid holidays.

    + 4 personal days.

    + 1 sick day per month, accruable to 150 days.

    + Fully paid individual LTD and life insurance.

    + Eligible for participation in agency medical and dental plan both individual and family, with small employee contribution.

    + New longevity incentives.

    + Opportunities to make a difference in the lives of children and families in need.

    + Collaboration with a team of dedicated professionals in a supportive and dynamic environment.

    + Room for growth and advancement within the organization.

    Requirements

    You must have:

    + New York licensed mental health clinician (LCSW, LMSW, LMHC, LMFT,LCAT, PhD, or PsyD) with relevant experience in child, adolescent, and family therapy, as well as mental health crisis intervention.

    + Valid New York driver’s license that meets agency standards.

    You should have:

    + Must be able to climb and descend stairs without assistance in settings not in compliance with or under the mandates of the Americans with Disability Act.

    Salary Description

    $67,100-$73,000/year