Job Title: Mental Health Specialist

 

Job Summary:                

 

The Mental Health Specialist joins the newSTART team, including a Director, Associate Director, Peer Specialists, Substance Use Specialists, a Housing Specialist, a Women’s Specialist, Intake Specialists, and Program Assistants. The Mental Health Specialist manages a caseload of participants who present with mental health-related vulnerabilities. The Mental Health Specialist ensures participants are effectively linked to and engaged in treatment and support services that facilitate successful community living by treating mental illness symptoms, reducing substance use, and ensuring participants’ basic needs are met, including housing and income supports. CASES seeks a mission-driven individual whose experience reflects a strong commitment to social justice, evidence-based practices, community safety, harm reduction, and the principles of recovery-oriented and trauma-informed service. Peer credentials and experience working as a Peer is preferred but not required.

 

Salary: The salary for this role is $56,100 per year.

 

Location Address: 2090 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Boulevard, New York, NY 10027. Our office is easily accessible by public transportation (if applicable).

 

What you will be doing (Responsibilities):

Manage caseload of 10 (on average) higher risk participants with more complex presentations through culturally competent and person-centered individual and group sessions, referrals to external providers, and outreach efforts – in the office, courthouse, and community.Conduct psychosocial assessments incorporating impact of legal circumstances to develop effective and individually tailored service plans.Utilize Motivational Interviewing and other evidence-based approaches and techniques in service delivery.Liaise with community-based organizations with which participants are engaged, such as treatment providers, care managers, and homeless services resources.Complete all documentation in a timely manner.Other duties as required by the Director, Senior Director, and CASES leadership.

 

What we are looking for (Job requirements/Qualifications):  

Advanced clinical degree - MSW/LMSW/LCSW; MHC-LP/LMHC.2+ years of experience working in direct care services with individuals with serious mental illness and criminal legal involvement.Experience using evidence-based treatments for serious mental illness, substance use, and trauma, as well as understanding of gender-responsive services and the risk, need, responsivity model of criminal behavior.Excellent communication and organizational skills.Ability to work effectively with a diverse team.

 

Additional, skills we are looking for preferred but are not essential skills:  

Peer credentials - i.e., certification of graduation from a recognized peer specialist training program, such as the Howie the Harp Peer Advocacy and Training Center Forensic Peer Specialist Program.Fluency in Spanish.

 

Workplace Flexibility:  

CASES offers a flexible work arrangement whenever possible for certain roles. We believe that in-person operations are the best way to serve our clients, both directly and through essential operational support. This job requires work in our offices and the community, including courthouses in Manhattan.

 

CASES Mission:

The mission of the Center for Alternative Sentencing and Employment Services (CASES) is to increase public safety through innovative services that reduce crime and incarceration, improve behavioral health, promote recovery and rehabilitation, and create opportunities for success in the community.  

 

Employee Benefits:  

 

CASES cares about employee wellbeing, and we offer a comprehensive benefits package to support you and your family, including:  

Medical Dental Vision Vacation and Paid Time Off – starting at 25 days-off annually, plus an additional summer   self-care day.  12 Paid Holidays per yearRetirement 403(b) Competitive matching up to 6%Employee Referral ProgramVisit www.cases.org/careers/ to learn more about benefits offered by the CASES 

  

Although we would love to learn about the skills of every candidate, only selected candidates that are selected will receive a response. We encourage you to apply for any position(s) you feel you are qualified for.   

  

CASES is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment with CASES is based solely on qualifications and competence for a particular position without regard to race, color, ethnic or national origin, age, religion, creed, gender, sexual orientation, disability, or marital, military, or citizenship status. We also actively recruit individuals with prior involvement in the criminal legal system.