Child Care Clinical Coordinator

Program: Haven | Manhattan, NY 10037 

What You’ll Do

We’re looking for a Child Care Clinical Coordinator to work with the Therapeutic Childcare and Recreation programs at HELP Haven, a transitional housing shelter for victims of domestic violence. This is a fabulous opportunity for a recent MSW graduate interested in working with children in a therapeutic setting. You’ll be responsible for completing psychosocial assessments and providing mental health counseling and crisis intervention services to children and their families.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Collaborating with the Child Care and Recreation Teams to develop and implement therapeutic models in both programs.

• Collaborating with other departments at Haven to facilitate communication and provision of mental health services and to ensure positive outcomes for families.

• Serving as liaison to advocate for and assist families with negotiation of the service delivery system, ensuring receipt of appropriate clinical, developmental, academic, and other relevant services.

• Providing information and referral services to residents as needed.

• Developing and facilitating therapeutic groups and workshops for residents to better support their emotional well-being.

• Participating in weekly team meetings, individual supervision, group supervision, client case conferences, and other meetings as requested.

You’re a great fit for this role if you have:

• To be considered for this role, you must be currently registered as an LMSW or LMHC or have an MSW and become registered as an LMSW within 3 months.

• Strong understanding of trauma-informed and trauma-responsive practice and an ability to translate knowledge about trauma-informed work into practice in a Child-Care and Recreation setting.

• Experience navigating specific systems impacting children such as Early Intervention, Committee on Preschool Special Education (CPSE), and Committee on Special Education (CSE).

• Physical ability to work with children in a variety of settings.

• Experience facilitating support groups and workshops.

• Willing to obtain SIFI certification (in order to supervise interns).

• Bilingual (English/Spanish) a strong plus.

• Computer literacy, particularly with Microsoft Office applications. 

Compensation

Actual compensation will not be less than the applicable minimum wage, prevailing wage, or exempt salary requirements under federal, state and local laws.

We Have GREAT BENEFITS!

• Health insurance through Cigna, including dental and vision, with an option that covers the entire family with minimal employee contribution.

• Generous Paid Time Off! 

• 401(k) with Company contribution, even if the employee doesn't contribute.

• And More! 

Who We Are

At HELP USA, we work to ensure that everyone has a place to call home. We’re one of the nation’s largest non-profit homeless services providers and low-income housing developers serving at-risk populations, including families, individuals, veterans, survivors of domestic violence, people with physical and mental health challenges and disabilities, and seniors. With an annual operating budget approaching $150 million and 1400 employees working in nearly 60 programs, we have helped over 500,000 people facing homelessness and poverty to build better lives. We hope that you will consider joining our team in the fight against homelessness.

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