Clinical Supervisor, JustUs at Rising Ground, Inc. – Brooklyn, New York

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 JustUs 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 JustUs Senior Counselors;

• Assist in interviewing and hiring staff for Senior Counselors;

• Provide regular group supervision to all JustUs 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.

Qualifications

• LCSW, LMSW, LMHC 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 but not

required.

Supervisory Responsibility

Yes

Work Environment:

Normal

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:

Exempt; 10:30am-6:30pm

Travel (if required): YES

Physical Requirements:

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of

activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties,

responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT

It is the policy of Rising Ground that the Agency wholly complies with equal treatment of all

employees and applicants for employment without unlawful discrimination as to an individual’s

perceived or actual race, creed, color, national origin, alienate, citizenship status, gender, age, disability, marital status, partnership status, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, or

veteran status in all employment decisions, including but not limited to recruitment, hiring,

compensation, training and apprenticeship, promotion, upgrading, demotion, downgrading, transfer,

layoff and termination and all other terms and conditions of employment.