CFTSS Behavioral Health Provider
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FORESTDALE INC.
NY
Summary
The Behavioral Health Provider will conduct clinical assessments and develop treatment plans to address the behavioral health needs of children and youth. They will provide in-home or community-based counseling, crisis avoidance strategies, and support for daily living and social skills.
Job Description
Background:
Forestdale is a NYC child welfare agency working to prevent child abuse/neglect through parenting, prevention, and foster care services, focusing on low-income and immigrant communities in NYC. Forestdale operates out of three offices to better serve the families of Brooklyn and Queens. We help thousands of families work through complex trauma, parents raise the next amazing generation of children, and youth successfully launch into adulthood. Forestdale’s mission is “to ensure that children and families have the fundamental assets they need to thrive and live independently.”
Position Summary: Behavioral Health Provider (Fee-for-Service) Position Summary:
The BHP FFS will provide CFTSS (Children and Family Treatment and Support Services) to children and youth up to the age of 21. These services are designed to be provided in client’s home, foster home and other community settings throughout Queens and Brooklyn.
BHP's assist children/youth to meet their behavioral health needs and assist to prevent the onset or progression of behavioral health conditions.
CFTSS Services, Education and Experience Requirements:
OLP (Other Licensed Practitioner) - provides therapy (individual, family)
• A Master's Degree from an accredited program, in Social Work, Psychology, Rehabilitation Counseling or related areas. Licensed in NYS to prescribe, diagnose and/or treat individuals with physical, mental illness, substance use disorder of functional limitations (Licensed Psychoanalyst, LCSW, LMFT, LMHC, LMSW, LCAT).
• Experience in Cognitive behavioral therapy, evidence-based psychotherapy interventions preferred. Modalities: Individual, Family, Collateral, Group.
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred
Community Psychiatric Support (CPST) - provides counseling, intensive interventions, crisis avoidance skills and debriefing, psychoeducation.
• Bachelor’s Degree and three years of applicable experience in children’s mental health, addiction, and/or foster care/child welfare/juvenile justice or other related human services field.
• Bilingual English/Spanish a plus
Psychosocial Rehabilitation (PSR) - provides clients with development of social, interpersonal and daily living skills. Help with community integration and building of autonomy and natural supports.
• Associate’s Degree plus three years experience working with vulnerable youth; Bachelor’s Degree plus two years experience working with vulnerable youth.
• Bilingual English/Spanish a plus
Schedule:
• Fee-For-Service, hourly rates.
• After school to accommodate children's' daily schedule.
• Monday - Friday, weekends, depending on client's and family's availability
CFTSS – Behavioral Health Provider (Fee-For-Service)
Work Location:
• In person primarily (Queens and Brooklyn)
• Some virtual based on client's capacity and family's preference
Candidates may apply for several or all skills indicated above, should they meet the minimum job qualifications. Applicants must have excellent communication and writing skills. Applicants must have quick and easy access to a computer, and be adept at using the computer for internet, word processing, completion of required documentation, and email correspondence.
Job Description:
• Complete comprehensive clinical assessment to identify a child/youth and family’s service needs.
• Develop treatment plan with the child/family to restore functioning and/or ameliorate behavioral health symptoms.
• Provide psychotherapy (counseling) for the purpose of alleviating symptoms or functional limitations.
• Provide In-Home or Community based goal directed Interventions to address behavioral health needs.
• Develop Crisis Avoidance Strategies with child/youth and family. Debrief and reassessment of precursors and triggers.
• Provide psychoeducation to enhance management of behavioral health symptoms and/or emotional disturbances.
• Assist child/youth to enhance their social and interpersonal skills.
• Support and rehabilitate child/youth with daily living skills and community integration.
• Bilingual English/Spanish preferred.
Salary Range:
$40 - $70 depending on service provided
Additional Comments:
Per program requirements, once hired the applicant will be fingerprinted and cleared through the State Central Register.
Forestdale’s roots date back 171 years, when a group of women affiliated with a church in Brooklyn founded an industrial school for children, which later became Forestdale Inc. Forestdale’s mission is to ensure that children and families have the assets needed to thrive and live independently.” Forestdale works to heal and prevent childhood abuse and neglect. While Forestdale serves various groups, its primary focus is on families in the child welfare system facing challenges like mental illness, addiction, domestic violence, poverty, racism, and social marginalization - all factors that contribute to family instability. While traditional child-welfare programs were designed to ensure the safety of children, Forestdale is committed to going beyond the basics by actively pursuing innovative and evidence-based approaches to address the changing needs of families across Queens and Brooklyn. We embody this commitment by providing a comprehensive continuum of services to help children and families heal from trauma and overcome intergenerational cycles of poverty. Forestdale offers essential support services; families that have undergone a crisis or trauma often come to us seeking help to recover from their experiences, care for their children, and help to create a happier and more stable future. In FY2024, Forestdale engaged over 4,000 families.
Founded
1854
Company size
201-500 employees
Industry
Individual and Family Services
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Forest Hills, NY
Forestdale’s roots date back 171 years, when a group of women affiliated with a church in Brooklyn founded an industrial school for children, which later became Forestdale Inc. Forestdale’s mission is to ensure that children and families have the assets needed to thrive and live independently.” Forestdale works to heal and prevent childhood abuse and neglect. While Forestdale serves various groups, its primary focus is on families in the child welfare system facing challenges like mental illness, addiction, domestic violence, poverty, racism, and social marginalization - all factors that contribute to family instability. While traditional child-welfare programs were designed to ensure the safety of children, Forestdale is committed to going beyond the basics by actively pursuing innovative and evidence-based approaches to address the changing needs of families across Queens and Brooklyn. We embody this commitment by providing a comprehensive continuum of services to help children and families heal from trauma and overcome intergenerational cycles of poverty. Forestdale offers essential support services; families that have undergone a crisis or trauma often come to us seeking help to recover from their experiences, care for their children, and help to create a happier and more stable future. In FY2024, Forestdale engaged over 4,000 families.
Founded
1854
Company size
201-500 employees
Industry
Individual and Family Services
Org type
Nonprofit
Headquarters
Forest Hills, NY
