School Year 2026-2027 Mental Health Provider

Originally founded in 1991 as Harlem RBI, DREAM has grown to annually serve more than 2,500 youth across East Harlem and the South Bronx through a network of seven PreK-12, extended‑day, extended‑year DREAM Charter Schools and community sports‑based youth development programs. Through our commitment to rigorous academics, social‑emotional learning, deep family and community engagement, and health and wellness, we create lifelong learners who are equipped to fulfill their vision of success in and out of the classroom.

We dream big, as well, with an aggressive five‑year plan to expand to serve 3,500 students across seven schools
—growing our organization’s impact and leveling the playing field for all children. To learn more, visit wearedream.org
.

Reporting to the Senior Director of SEL and Mental Health and the School Principal, the Mental Health Provider will support the school in addressing the social, emotional and developmental needs of the school’s students and families and ensure students have access to appropriate resources and services.

• 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.

• 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 psycho educational 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…