Job Description
Job Description
Job Title: Employment Specialist
Job Summary:
CASES is seeking a dedicated and recovery-oriented Employment Specialist to join its Forensic Assertive Community Treatment (FACT) team. FACT is an evidence-based, community-based treatment model serving adults (18+) with serious mental illness, co-occurring substance use disorders, and histories of involvement in the criminal legal system whose needs have not been adequately met through traditional service delivery approaches. Services are delivered by a mobile, multidisciplinary team using a highly individualized approach to support recovery, stability, and community integration.
The FACT Employment Specialist is a Master’s-level mental health clinician who provides outreach-based services in community settings with strong fidelity to the ACT model. In this role, the Employment Specialist delivers educational, vocational, and employment-related supports to assist participants in obtaining and maintaining meaningful work and long-term stability. As a member of an interdisciplinary team, the Employment Specialist functions as both a generalist and a specialist, contributing to a broad range of clinical and rehabilitative services while applying specialized expertise in employment and vocational supports to promote recovery and self-sufficiency.
Shift Hours: This position is full-time Monday – Friday from 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Salary: The salary for this role is $66,950 per year.
Location Address: 151 Lawrence Street, 4th Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11201.Our office is easily accessible by public transportation.
Workplace Flexibility: Flexible - Staff have the flexibility to complete their workday from home or another suitable space, typically after reporting to the office and/or engaging in field or community-based work.
What You Will Be Doing:
- Provide at least 80 percent of treatment contacts in the community and complete expected minimum monthly treatment contacts, including leading groups when clinically indicated;
- Attend and participate in daily team meetings to discuss clients’ clinical and case management issues and needs;
- Complete documentations required by the NYS Office of Mental Health (OMH) and NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene’s (DOHMH) licensing guidelines, NYS Medicaid billing guidelines as well as per CASES ACT Policy and Procedures;
- Collaborate with client’s support network and other service providers on treatment planning, service coordination, and case management support with the goal of promoting client’s recovery and stability in the community;
- Provide clinical services that are anti-racist, gender-responsive, culturally humble, trauma-informed, recovery-oriented, client-centered, and evidence-based.
- Complete required documentations and toxicology tests for clients with active Assisted Outpatient Treatment (AOT) order;
- Provide 24-hour crisis intervention on-call services on rotating basis;
- Provide culturally competent services in accordance with CASES policies and practice.
What We Are Looking For:
- MHC-LP, LMSW, LMHC, LCSW, with current New York State license.
- Experience working with individuals with serious mental illness, and/or co-occurring substance use disorders.
- Experience with various evidence-based models pertaining to treatment of substance use, and mental illness.
- A team player, highly organized and self-motivated.
- Proficient in computers.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Individuals with lived experience are encouraged to apply.
- Bilingual Spanish/English - preferred
- Experience working with individuals involved in criminal legal system preferred.
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 year
- Retirement 403b Competitive matching up to 6%
- Employee Referral Program
- Visit www.cases.org/careers/ to learn more about benefits offered by the CASES
Our Values
At CASES, we like to move with PURPOSE, which reflects our values:
PEOPLE| Hold people’s stories with dignity
UNITY| Commit to a shared mission
RESPECT| Celebrate the strength of diversity
PROGRESS| Always work to improve
OPTIMIZE| Make the best use of resources
SOLUTIONS| Work together to solve problems
EMPATHY| Seek to understand others
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.
Monday - Friday, 9am to 5pm
35 hours per week excluding breaks