Equal Employment Opportunity Policy: Family & Children’s Service provides equal opportunity employment to all employees and applicants for positions with the organization. No individual will be discriminated against in application, hiring or employment on the basis of race, age, culture, ability, ethnicity or nationality, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, marital status, religious affiliation, and socioeconomic status. Additionally, Family & Children’s Service’s policies and practices in application, hiring and employment are developed to be consistent with all applicable local, state and federally mandated obligations imposed through regulation or statute, which govern employment practices. This policy applies to all agency positions.
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Title: Billing Specialist
Department: Billing
Status: Full- Time, non-exempt (37.5 hours/week); Eligible for hybrid remote/in person work
Responsible To: Finance Director
Starting Annual Salary: $50,000
General Summary: We are seeking a Billing Specialist who will be responsible for collecting, posting and managing account payments; submitting claims and following up with insurance companies; ensuring all client payments and fee structures are reported accurately; and ensuring the accurate depiction of all outstanding accounts receivable balances.
Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
Requirements:
Title: Child Family Clinician
Department: Mental Health Clinic
Status: Full- Time, Non-Exempt; Eligible for hybrid remote/in person work (Part-Time positions also available)
Responsible To: Director of Clinical Services
Starting Salary: $50,000
General Summary:
We are currently seeking a full time child and family therapist to join our dynamic clinical team in providing high quality, client-centered, affordable psychotherapy services in a supportive and collaborative work environment. The person selected for this position will have a caseload that consists primarily of youth (the full age range under 18) and their families; however, there will be some opportunity to diversify a caseload with clients of other ages if desired. The successful candidate for this position will have experience assessing and treating youth and families with significant behavioral and emotional challenges, and the corresponding interpersonal and systemic issues that arise from these. They will also demonstrate readiness to work in an inclusive agency culture specifically committed to anti-racist practices in all facets of service.
We offer professional development opportunities in the form of weekly clinical supervision (twice weekly for new staff), weekly clinical team meetings, reimbursement and leave time for outside trainings, and periodic in-house CEU-eligible staff presentations. We strive to maintain busy but manageable caseloads, for the dual purpose of quality of client care and staff resiliency. Our clientele comes from all segments of Tompkins County, giving our therapists the opportunity to have diverse clinical experiences in terms of clinical presentation, functional ability, socioeconomic status, gender identity, sexual orientation, educational background, and racial and ethnic identity. We are a NYS Office of Mental Health licensed clinic, as well as a national health services corps approved site (NHSC).
Part time positions may be available; please inquire regardless of desired number of hours. This position will be primarily in person; however hybrid arrangements will be considered as long as they are in line with current client demand for care.
Responsibilities:
Candidates must possess a master’s or doctorate degree in a mental health field, with preference given to those with a NY license enabling them to practice independently. Our ideal candidate would have a minimum of two years of post-master’s experience providing therapy to children and teens in an outpatient setting. Candidates must be able build rapport with clientele who are diverse in their race, culture, religion, economic status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and abilities.
Contact Information: Please email a cover letter and resume to
Attn: cmccarter@fcsith.org
Family & Children’s Service of Ithaca
127 W. State Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
Responsibilities:
Candidates must possess a master’s or doctorate degree in a mental health field, with preference given to those with a NY license enabling them to practice independently. Our ideal candidate would have a minimum of two years of post-master’s experience providing therapy to children and teens in an outpatient setting. Candidates must be able build rapport with clientele who are diverse in their race, culture, religion, economic status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and abilities.
Contact Information: Please email a cover letter and resume to
Attn: cmccarter@fcsith.org
Family & Children’s Service of Ithaca
127 W. State Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
Title: Annual Fund & Grants Manager
Department: Development
Status: Full- Time, Non-Exempt; Eligible for hybrid remote/in person work
Responsible To: Director of Development
Starting Salary: $48,000 – $52,000
General Summary:
The Annual Fund & Grants Manager plays a role in building strong relationships and ties between the agency’s supporters and F&CS.
Responsibilities:
Annual Fund Program Management (30%)
Grant Program Management (30%)
Database Management (30%)
Qualifications
Contact information: Please email a cover letter and resume to: Michelle Thevenin, Director of Development mthevenin@fcsith.org
Responsibilities:
Candidates must possess a master’s or doctorate degree in a mental health field, with preference given to those with a NY license enabling them to practice independently. Our ideal candidate would have a minimum of two years of post-master’s experience providing therapy to children and teens in an outpatient setting. Candidates must be able build rapport with clientele who are diverse in their race, culture, religion, economic status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and abilities.
Contact Information: Please email a cover letter and resume to
Attn: cmccarter@fcsith.org
Family & Children’s Service of Ithaca
127 W. State Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
Title: Psychiatric Provider
Department: Mental Health Clinic
Status: Full time and part time positions available
Responsible To: Director of Clinical Services
Hourly Rate: Commensurate with licensure and experience
General Summary:
We are currently seeking a psychiatric provider to join our dynamic clinical team in providing high quality, client-centered, affordable mental health services in a supportive and collaborative work environment via in person and telehealth modalities. The successful candidate for this position will have experience assessing and treating individuals with mental illness and the corresponding interpersonal and systemic challenges that come with that. They will also demonstrate readiness to work in an inclusive agency culture specifically committed to anti-racist practices in all facets of service.
We strive to maintain busy but manageable caseloads, for the dual purpose of quality of client care and staff resiliency. Our clientele comes from all segments of Tompkins County, giving our psychiatric providers the opportunity to have diverse clinical experiences in terms of clinical presentation, functional ability, socioeconomic status, gender identity, sexual orientation, educational background, and racial and ethnic identity. We are a NYS Office of Mental Health licensed clinic, as well as a national health services corps approved site (NHSC). We also offer professional development opportunities in the form of monthly psychiatric case consultation meetings, monthly psychiatric administrative team meetings, monthly all clinic staff meetings, periodic in-house staff presentations and ad hoc case conferences/consultations.
Requirements:
Candidates must possess a MD or PMHNP, with preference given to those with a NY license enabling them to practice independently. Candidates must be able build rapport with clientele who are diverse in their race, culture, religion, economic status, sexual orientation, gender identity, and abilities. Our ideal candidate would have experience treating individual across the lifespan, though there is room for specialization within the child, adult, and/or geriatric mental health segments of the population.
F&CS is committed to equity, diversity, and inclusion and, in that spirit, actively encourages applications from members of groups whose exclusion from the mental health field has been longstanding. No individual will be discriminated against in application, hiring or employment on the basis of race, age, culture, ability, ethnicity or nationality, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, marital status, religious affiliation, and socioeconomic status.
Contact Information:
Please send a resume and cover letter to the address or email listed below:
Attn: Dr. Alecia Sundsmo, Director of Clinical Services
asundsmo@fcsith.org
Family & Children’s Service of Ithaca
127 W. State Street
Ithaca, NY 14850
Title: Finance Manager
Department: Finance
Status: Full- Time, Non-Exempt (37.5 hours/week); Eligible for hybrid remote/in person work
Responsible To: Finance Director
Starting Salary: $55,000
General Summary:
When you join Family & Children’s Service of Ithaca (F&CS) as the Finance Manager, you will ensure that the Board, Management Team, and Program Leaders all have a clear understanding of not only the current financial picture but also the main drivers of financial changes observed within the agency. You will support the Finance Assistant/Bookkeeper in routine financial operations and will be supported by the Director of Finance. Your work will help ensure that decisions at all levels are made based on correct and up-to-date information and with a good understanding of the agency’s overall financial health. Specifically, the Finance Manager will take the lead in the following areas: routine finance operations, payroll and benefits, and grants.
Key Deliverables & Responsibilities:
Minimum Qualifications:
Preferred Qualifications
Contact information: Please email a cover letter and resume to: Jeff Turney, Director of Finance, at jturney@fcsith.org. In the cover letter, please specifically address relevant experience as it pertains to minimum qualifications and any additional qualifications, and reasons for your interest in this particular position.
We will be accepting applications for internships in our mental health clinic for the 2024-2025 school year from 2/1/24 – 2/16/24!
For students in programs that require two internships, such as many traditional MSW programs, our site is only appropriate for a second year internship. For programs with a different structure, we will consider applications on a case by case basis. We do generally get far more applications than we can accommodate. Ideal candidates would be interested in a broad based experience that would provide exposure to working with a wide range of ages and issues, including children, teens and adults of all ages.
If interested, please send a resume and cover letter to Judy Clay, Lead Clinical Supervisor, Manager of Client Care, at jclay@fcsith.org. In your cover letter, please address why you think a placement with us would be beneficial both for you and for the agency. We will try to respond promptly to applications, and will interview the candidates who feel like the best fit. Thanks for your interest! We look forward to reading your application materials.
F&CS accepts graduate students in mental health disciplines (social work, mental health counseling) for clinical internships. (Psychologists, marriage and family therapists, and creative arts therapist trainees should inquire- availability may vary.) Mental Health Counseling Students: We are able to host students who wish to perform their practicum and internship at the same site successively, however we do not host practicum only students.
We require a two semester minimum commitment. Applications for the Fall-Spring semesters should be submitted in March of the previous academic year. Students who are interested in an alternate start date are encouraged to inquire for availability. Students should be aware that typically our site requires more than the minimum weekly hours required by most programs to meet the required face to face hours components. Internship hours are scheduled during business hours only.
In our clinical internship, students will work with an identified caseload of individual psychotherapy clients. There may be opportunities to work with groups, and with our EAP or intake services. Students receive at least weekly individual supervision, group supervision, and access to staff trainings and professional development.
Strong preference is given to students with previous human service experience, and those looking to develop skills working with underserved populations, particularly older adults and young children.