Counselor (Far Rockaway) - Rising Ground, Inc

Overview

Rising Ground provides caring support and proven paths to positive change, helping children, adults, and families rise above adversity, and each year, Rising Ground is a positive force in the lives of more than 25,000 individuals. We do this through 101 programs in 138 locations throughout New York City and Westchester. Our strong belief and commitment to diversity shows not just through our work with supported persons, but is integral to the building of a strong staff that reflects the communities we serve.

The Counselor serves as a liaison between the agency and the school community and provides onsite support through training, parent outreach, psycho-education and engages in other non-clinical services. The individual is required to rotate in-person between the schools in the designated cluster.

Responsibilities

• Work with school administrators, teachers, and parents to identify service gaps and available resources.
• Engage in community outreach to develop and sustain internal and external partnership relationships and to provide support and opportunities that meet the identified needs of the students and their families.
• Support clinical staff in the coordination of group facilitation, school events, and service provision.
• Attend and coordinate school mental health related meetings with internal and external partners.
• Assist with administrative tasks and program evaluation (including case assignments, data collection and reporting).
• Engage in professional development and certification and training opportunities (i.e. Mental Health First Aid Training).

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in social work, child development, psychology or a related field.
• Minimum of 1 year of child services related work.
• Be a member of the cluster community or have previous experience working with the populations served preferred.

Starting salary $60,000/Annually

Monday - Friday (35) hour work week.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY STATEMENTIt is the policy of Rising Ground that the Agency wholly complies with equal treatment of all employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination as to an individual’s perceived or actual race, creed, color, national origin, alienate, citizenship status, gender, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or veteran status in all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring, compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer, layoff and termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.