[Immediate Hire] Mental Health Provider presso DREAM

Responsibilities

• Embody DREAM’s maxims and ensure that students exhibit the same values;
• Ensure all weekly scheduled mental health services are in compliance with IEP and 504 mandates;
• Create Counseling Reports and Quarterly IEP Progress Reports for all students with IEPs by the set deadlines and participate in IEP Meetings when appropriate;
• Maintain updated progress monitoring session notes in NYC DOE SESIS documentation system; 
• Support teachers in understanding each student’s behavioral and social emotional strengths and needs and supporting appropriate differentiated instruction by participating in Grade Team Meetings, completing monthly classroom observations, implementing teacher consults when appropriate, etc.;
• Support students and groups of students through intervention programming in accordance with DREAM’s Response to Intervention;
• Write Functional Behavior Assessments (FBA) and Behavior Intervention Plans (BIP) for students in need when appropriate;
• Embrace and use school culture systems with all DREAM students;
• Collaborate with families to ensure a positive partnership by providing consistent communication aligning to student progress;
• Supervise and train paraprofessionals for students with mandated 1:1 supports in accordance with student BIPs;
• Manage the day-to-day work of students’ paraprofessionals when reviewing the student behavior intervention plan and discussing appropriate strategies when supporting the student, when appropriate;
• Initiate and maintain communication with outside student support agencies (SCR/ACS systems, foster care system) tied to student needs as needed;
• Participate in weekly individual supervision and monthly group supervision meetings;
• Additional duties related to the running of the school as assigned.

Qualifications

• Master’s Degree in Social Work, Mental Health Counseling, or a similar field, required;
• New York State Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW), Licensed Master Social Worker (LMSW), Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC), Licensed Mental Health Counselor - Limited Permit (MHC-LP), OR School Psychologist with NYSED license or NYS DOE certification, required;
• School Psychologists may carry a more limited counseling caseload, based on the number of psychoeducational evaluations assigned, in alignment with school needs and student support priorities.
• Limited Permit holders will be able to accrue NYSED licensure hours through maintaining a caseload of 5-8 students for mandated counseling.
• For MSWs or LCSWs, certified to provide Seminar in Field Instruction (SIFI) or experience supervising interns, preferred;
• Bilingual (Spanish speaker), highly preferred;
• 3-5 years of previous school-based counseling experience, preferred;
• At least 1 year of experience with IEPs, Special Education, or Early Intervention, preferred;
• Extensive experience utilizing evidence based therapeutic approaches with students and their families in diverse, underserved communities;
• Experience facilitating group therapy and providing crisis intervention (e.g., assessing for suicidality) with a trauma informed and restorative justice approach;
• Experience working with and navigating through the SCR/ACS systems, foster care system;
• Have a working knowledge of state regulations related to child abuse, neglect, and other urgent care issues;
• Skillful collaborator and case manager with the ability to bringing together all stakeholders to ensure youth is receiving all necessary supports and services;
• Excellent oral and written communication skills;
• Must be able to work independently in a fast-paced environment; 
• A strong belief in the mission and values of DREAM, including the desire to make a difference in the lives of our students, families, and community.

Benefits and Paid Time Off

• LMSWs can receive clinical supervision towards NYSED licensure
• We offer comprehensive benefits including:
• Flexible Medical Health Plans,  subsidizing the majority of costs for the employee, their spouse/domestic partner and children;
• The ability to select between a variety of medical plans according to what best suits the employee’s needs;
• Dental and vision plans;
• Disability benefits;
• Life insurance;
• Up to 12 weeks fully paid of Parental Leave; 
• Flexible spending account options;
• Pre-tax commuter benefits (parking and transit);
• Fitness and entertainment discounts;
• A variety of support through our employee assistance program (EAP);
• A 403(b) retirement plan with employer matching up to 4% after one year of employment;
• Referral, performance, and tenure milestone bonuses;
• Discounted school meals through our in-house Scratch Food Program;
• Tuition reimbursement support;
• Access to a professional development fund;
• School-based 12-month employees have approximately 48 days off throughout the school year including holidays, school breaks, personal days, and wellness days.
• Benefits are subject to change.

Compensation

• The salary range for incoming Mental Health Providers with a Master's is $79,000 to $101,000 per year.
• Incoming salaries are determined based on their number of years of experience as a mental health provider and internal equity. Staff are eligible for annual performance-based salary increases. Because we value staff tenure in each role, we do not currently cap salary ranges.