Clinical Supervisor, JustUs

Clinical Supervisor, Just Us

Full Time Brooklyn, NY, US

Salary Range: $80,000.00 To $95,000.00 Annually

Job Summary:

Just Us is an ACS-funded Gender Responsive Diversion Program facilitated by Rising Gound. This program is a holistic, gender-responsive program for girls, gender-nonconforming, and nonbinary youth (TGNBNC) youth who are involved, or at high risk of involvement, in the youth justice system. The project - which is grounded in the tenets of healing-centered, anti-oppressive practice - brings together highly skilled individual coaching;

evidence-based clinical interventions; opportunities for young people to engage in group-based activities; economic empowerment skill building; and space where young people can come together to build community. All elements of the project are intentionally designed to support young people in cultivating their leadership skills; building their self-reliance; forging healthy social relationships; developing diverse strategies to avoid engaging in criminalized behavior/activities;

and greatly enhancing their educational experiences and work opportunities.

Job Responsibilities:

The full time Clinical Supervisor will provide youth-driven, healing-centered, anti-oppressive, clinical, and emotional support and advocacy to young people in the program. They will also supervisor the Senior Counselors at all Just Us hub locations. This is an exciting and demanding opportunity for someone looking to participate in the expansion of a program that is designed to become a national model.

Core responsibilities include:

• Connect with 15-20 young people within the project and serve as their primary point of contact throughout their engagement in the program;
• Intentionally and regularly engage all young people in weekly hour-long individual sessions;
• With each young person, co-construct individualized engagement plans and assess and revise the throughout the length of the young person’s engagement with the program;
• Supervise and manage all the Just Us Senior Counselors;
• Assist in interviewing and hiring staff for Senior Counselors;
• Provide regular group supervision to all Just Us Senior Counselors;
• Assist in the careful collection of detailed data and creation of timely and accurate reports; that demonstrate the impact of the work and initiate program shifts informed by that data;
• On a rotating schedule, be available to help staff the Teen Hub on the weekend;
• Engage in collaboration and case coordination with all project staff and a vast network of stakeholders;
• Participate in weekly supervision, team supervision, and attend other meetings as required;
• Maintain program records, case files, and funder reports with accuracy and attention to timeliness detail;
• Work collaboratively with program staff and interdepartmentally with other Rising Ground programs
• Other duties are required.

• LCSW or other clinical license required;
• Experience providing clinical supervision and/or mentoring preferred;
• Highly organized, self-motivated worker who can easily manage competing demands;
• Creative problem-solver who anticipates challenges and seizes opportunities for collaboration;
• Ability to communicate effectively and strong interpersonal skills;
• Able to implement vision, think strategically, exercise good judgment, and lead change;
• High level of self-awareness and ability to give and receive feedback well.
• Impeccable attention to detail, systems, and processes;
• Ability to work with flexibility, independence, accountability, passion, and humor;
• Meaningful commitment to practicing from a healing-centered, anti- oppressive stance;
• Lived experience within systems that impact the young people who are involved in the project including the youth justice and criminal legal system strongly preferred…