Community Clinical Counselor & Outreach Lead at Rising Ground, Inc. – Brooklyn, New York

About the Role

The Community Clinical Counselor & Outreach Lead plays a key role in Rising Ground’s Trauma Recovery Center (TRC), a program designed to provide comprehensive, trauma-informed mental health and case management services to survivors of violent crime. This position blends community outreach and engagement with therapeutic service delivery. The ideal candidate will have strong organizational skills, clinical expertise, a passion for healing justice, and a commitment to anti-oppressive, culturally responsive care.

This staff member will lead community outreach and engagement efforts, coordinate and co-facilitate one group per week for TRC clients, maintain a caseload of 16–20 clients (approximately half group-based, half individual therapy), and actively participate in both clinical work and community collaboration. The role is based primarily in Brooklyn (East Flatbush and Brooklyn Hub) and includes a hybrid schedule (3 days in-office, 2 days remote), with flexibility for some evening hours and special events.

What You’ll Do

Clinical Responsibilities:

• Provide trauma-informed individual and group psychotherapy services to a caseload of up to 18 clients (approx. 8–10 individual, 8–10 group).
• Co-facilitate and organize one therapeutic or psychoeducational group per week for TRC clients.
• Conduct clinical intakes, biopsychosocial assessments, and develop individualized treatment plans.
• Provide clinical case management, including linkage to housing, legal, medical, or economic services and other referrals and resources.
• Maintain timely, accurate documentation in accordance with TRC and funder guidelines.
• Utilize evidence-based and culturally responsive practices tailored to the needs of trauma survivors.

Community Outreach & Engagement:

• Serve as Lead Outreach Coordinator for TRC’s outreach efforts in Brooklyn, especially East Flatbush.
• Coordinate and lead a minimum of two community events or presentations per month.
• Represent the TRC at local coalitions, community-based meetings, healing circles, and partner events.
• Build and maintain meaningful community relationships with partner organizations, including Family Justice Centers, hospitals, and grassroots agencies.
• Organize and lead TRC’s outreach committee meetings; support planning of annual and seasonal healing events.

Program and Team Collaboration:

• Attend weekly TRC team meetings, case conferences, and relevant trainings.
• Support community accompaniment and home visits as needed.
• Participate in program evaluation, data collection, and continuous improvement activities.
• Collaborate closely with the TRC Director and interdisciplinary team to ensure coordination of services and outreach goals.

Your Qualifications

• MSW or Master’s in Mental Health Counseling required.
• LMSW or LMHC preferred (or licensure within 6 months of hire required).
• Minimum 2 years of clinical experience, including providing trauma-informed therapy and facilitating groups.
• Experience with community outreach, engagement, and partnership-building.
• Knowledge of trauma recovery, interpersonal violence, and the needs of underserved communities.
• Demonstrated commitment to anti-oppressive and culturally humble practice.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Supervisory Responsibility

No

Work Environment:

Clinic / Field / Hybrid (3 days in person at Brooklyn sites; 2 days remote)

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:

Full-Time, 35 hours/week
Schedule: Monday–Friday, 9:00 AM–5:00 PM
Some evening or weekend hours may be required for special events or group facilitation.

Additional Requirements:

• Authorized to work in the U.S.
• Ability to work in-person in New York City (NY) for at least 3 days or more per week.
• Ability to travel to other Rising Ground sites (if required)

Our Commitment to Diversity, Fairness, and Belonging

Rising Ground is comprised of unique and valued individuals who together make the organization effective in assisting the children, adults and families who come to us for support. We believe that only when all employees contribute fully as their true selves can Rising Ground's true strength, vision, and values come to fruition. We recognize the ubiquitous social biases and structures that impact and shape the experiences of all people, including our own staff and people supported. Among the many biases present in our society that shape our personal and professional experiences race, gender, sexual orientation, and gender expression are all factors that can present hurdles. As such, Rising Ground is committed to being an anti-racist and inclusive organization that will actively strive to overcome both systemic and interpersonal biases that perpetuate oppression.

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, gender

identity, 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.