JYF - Community Based Therapist

2 days ago
United StatesFull TimePsychologist
✓ No Call✓ No Weekends

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Accepting this costs you $252k over 3 years

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Job Description

About the Role

Join Rising Ground, Inc. as a JYF - Community Based Therapist in United States. About the Role The Justice for Youth & Families Community Based Therapist (MST) team at Rising Ground supports scholars in NYC, ages 12-17.5, with intensive in-home family and community-based treatment as they transition to Aftercare following placement in one of our Close to Home facilities.

Key Responsibilities

  • Engage primary caregiver and other key participants, including staff at the designated placement in active change
  • oriented treatment by identifying and overcoming barriers to engagement.
  • Implement a problem conceptualization, treatment planning, intervention implementation and outcome review and strategy revision procedure using the MST analytical process.
  • Maintain clear and concise documentation of treatment efforts that promote peer and supervisory review and feedback, and that demonstrate compliance with the MST principles, concepts and strategies.

Requirements

  • Master’s Degree in a New York State Licensable degree (incl. LMSW, LCSW, PhD, PsyD, LMFT, LMHC) preferred.
  • Bilingual is English and Spanish.
  • Preferred clinical experience in: Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT), Family systems theory, Social ecological theory, Cognitive
  • behavioral theory, Behavioral therapies, Pragmatic family therapies, Child development research, social skills assessment.

Benefits & Compensation

-, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, layoff and termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.

Work Schedule

  • Full-time position.
  • Call responsibilities required.

Apply to join Rising Ground, Inc. as a JYF - Community Based Therapist.

Key Skills

MST AssessmentClinical TreatmentCase ManagementCrisis InterventionFamily TherapyBilingual English/SpanishTreatment PlanningDocumentationCollaborationJuvenile Justice KnowledgeReferral CoordinationBehavioral Therapy
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Position Insights

Work-Life Balance Overview

This JYF - Community Based Therapist position at Rising Ground includes the following lifestyle factors: no on-call duties, no weekend requirements. Candidates should review the full job details to assess overall work-life fit.

Mental Health Therapy — Psychologist Career Context

This Mental Health Therapy position at Rising Ground is open to psychologist candidates.

Psychologists are seeing unprecedented demand driven by the mental health crisis, with telehealth dramatically expanding access and enabling fully remote practice.

Location & Logistics

This position is based in United States.

Why This Position Stands Out

  • No on-call requirements — clinicians are completely off-duty after hours
  • No weekend shifts — preserving personal and family time

Skills, Responsibilities & Benefits

Key skills and qualifications: MST Assessment, Clinical Treatment, Case Management, Crisis Intervention, Family Therapy, Bilingual English/Spanish, Treatment Planning, Documentation. Candidates with experience in these areas may be especially well-suited for this Mental Health Therapy role.

Core responsibilities: Provide intensive in-home family and community-based treatment for youth aged 12-17.5 transitioning from placement to aftercare. Conduct assessments, implement treatment plans, and collaborate with systems like ACS to promote behavior change.

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About Rising Ground

Individual and Family Services
New York, NY
2-5

Protective Factors (2)

No on-call (β=6.95; p<0.001 for ↓ exhaustion)

No weekends (57% ↓ work-life conflict)

Interpretation: Position shows moderate burnout protection with 2 validated protective factors.

Job Details

Employment Type

Full Time

Posted

2d ago