Bilingual (English/Spanish) Staff Therapist

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Job Title: Bilingual Staff Therapist

Job Type: Full-time

Direct Supervisor: Clinical Supervisor

FLSA Status: Exempt

Work Schedule: Monday through Friday / on-site at our CVTC office and remote (minimum of three days in office)

Compensation: From $74,000.00 per year

Our Organization

Crime Victims Treatment Center (CVTC) was founded on the simple idea that no one deserves to be hurt. Over the past 49 years, we have built the strongest team of clinicians, attorneys, legal advocates, preventionists and volunteers around. We are available from the moments after someone has been hurt, all the way through the culmination of that survivor's healing process. We work with survivors of sexual assault, intimate partner violence, childhood sexual abuse, human trafficking, community violence and homicide. We work to change culture to prevent violence from happening in the first place. We provide legal support and holistic forms of therapy. Everything we do is free.

We are now considered leaders in the space we helped create, and we have been growing steadily over the past seven years. Our programs are innovative and our work is exciting and we would like you to be part of it.

Our Clinical Program

CVTC provides a wide range of healing services to any survivor of interpersonal violence. Our renowned clinical team is composed of expert therapists who support survivors of violence through individual, trauma-focused therapy. In most cases, clients are seen weekly for a period of 6 to 18 months, depending on the history of trauma that brings them to CVTC. Our program prioritizes individuals who are not able to pay for services like the ones we offer and thus works to minimize barriers that exist between underserved client populations and the care they deserve. In addition to individual therapy, the clinical team offers an extensive range of group therapy options that include psychoeducation groups, relational and experiential trauma processing groups, DBT skills-building groups and many more. The program serves over 1,300 individuals annually.

The Role

The clinician in this position provides trauma-focused individual therapy in both English and Spanish to adult survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, childhood sexual abuse, gun violence and other forms of interpersonal violence, while also facilitating psychoeducational and process-oriented therapy groups. The role includes conducting intakes and psychosocial assessments, presenting cases in multidisciplinary staff meetings, maintaining accurate clinical records and offering crisis intervention, advocacy, and referrals across mental health, medical, legal and community systems. Additional responsibilities include delivering professional trainings on trauma-informed care, contributing to prevention, intervention and outreach initiatives for survivors of interpersonal violence, and supervising social work and/or mental health counseling interns as assigned. The clinician demonstrates a strong commitment to the philosophy, standards, and mission of the Crime Victims Treatment Center, Inc., with a particular focus on supporting Spanish-speaking survivors of violence.

Primary Responsibilities

• Provide individual trauma-focused therapy to adult survivors of sexual assault, domestic violence, childhood sexual abuse, gun violence and other forms of interpersonal violence
• Facilitate psychoeducation and process-oriented therapy groups for survivors of interpersonal violence
• Conduct intake assessments for services, compose psychosocial evaluations and present new client cases at weekly clinical staff meetings
• Maintain accurate, comprehensive client service records and provide clients with referrals as appropriate
• Provide culturally specific, trauma-informed care that is responsive to clients’ physical, psychosocial, educational, safety and related needs, tailored to each client’s individual and cultural context, with particular sensitivity to Spanish-speaking and immigrant survivors of violence
• Provide crisis intervention and advocate for clients with mental health and community agencies, criminal justice and civil court systems, medical providers and other systems with which victims of crime may engage
• Conduct presentations to external service providers on trauma-focused therapy and crisis counseling with survivors of interpersonal violence
• Assist in the development of intervention, prevention and outreach programs tailored for Spanish-speaking survivors of interpersonal violence, specifically childhood sexual abuse, sexual assault and domestic and intimate partnerviolence
• Supervise social work and/or mental health counseling interns as assigned, providing guidance and oversight

Clinical Skills & Competencies

The ideal candidate for this position will possess the following Clinical Skills & Competencies:

• Well established clinical skills in providing individual trauma-focused therapy
• Experience facilitating group work
• Experience in conducting psychosocial assessment for services
• Strong English reading, writing, and verbal communication skills, with the ability to follow verbal and written instructions accurately
• Verbal and written fluency in Spanish; ability to perform all clinical duties in required second language
• Possess high emotional intelligence, compassion and empathy
• Ability to work independently and appropriately seek support from supervisor and team members
• Ability to work collaboratively as part of a multidisciplinary team on shared client issues
• Ability to meet deadlines and prioritize administrative tasks
• Excellent attention to detail along with strong organizational skills
• Strong computer skills including working knowledge of email and MS Word

Qualifications & Requirements

• MSW from a Graduate School of Social Work accredited by the Council on Social Work Education, Master’s degree from a license-qualifying Mental Health Counseling program, or equivalent
• Social work licensure or limited permit upon hire, licensure within one year of employment, or equivalent
• Ability to commute to and work from office location (hybrid schedule; minimum of three days in office)
• Some evening hours required
• Completion of CVTC’s 40-hour NYS DOH Rape Crisis and Domestic Violence Volunteer Advocate Training within the first year of employment

The benefits are robust and include health, dental, vision and basic life insurance, generous vacation and holidays (including your birthday, because that is a holiday) and up to $1,000 per year of medical related expense reimbursement (for stuff not covered by insurance). Also some Citibike discounts, commuter benefits, wellness perks and more. We also have a beautiful office space filled with interesting, smart people.

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