Careers and Internships
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.
Benefits offered by Family and Children’s Service:
- Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) and holiday schedule.
- Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage options for employees and eligible dependents.
- Option to create a hybrid office/home work schedule.
- Pre-tax savings options: FSA, self-funded; HSA, employer contribution (depending on medical plan participation.
- Enhanced Short Term Disability, Free Basic Life and AD&D.
- 403(b) Retirement Plan with employer contributions after one year of employment.
Title: Director of Clinical Services
Department: Clinical Services
Status: Full- Time, Exempt (37.5 hours/week)
Responsible To: Executive Director
Starting Salary: $90,000
General Summary: When you join F&CS as the Director of Clinical Services, you will use an equity lens to provide leadership and direction to a New York State Office of Mental Health (OMH) licensed outpatient mental health clinic, and a team of 40+ clinicians, specifically committed to anti-racist and anti-oppressive practices in all facets of service. You will ensure that community members at all life stages receive mental health services in a warm and welcoming setting in our office and through remote telehealth services. You will oversee the effective delivery of clinical services with an emphasis on responsiveness, integration, collaboration, and health equity. You will administer the counseling and psychiatry programs, and ensure adherence to OMH regulatory requirements for licensed outpatient mental health clinics.
Responsibilities:
- Managing all clinical services, administrative functions, and regulatory requirements provided within F&CS’s OMH licensed outpatient mental health clinic
- Collaborating with members of the agency management team
- Providing clinical and administrative supervision to mental health clinic supervisors
- Recruiting/hiring clinicians as needed with an equity, diversity, and inclusion lens
- Participating in F&CS’ Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Committee
- Consulting in the management of high-risk cases
- Developing and facilitating professional development activities for clinical staff
- Overseeing clinical documentation including use of the electronic health records
- Participating in relevant community groups and meetings
- Contributing to agency communications and reporting
Minimum Qualifications:
Applicants with the minimum qualifications are encouraged to apply
- Master’s degree in a mental health related field
- Clinical License (LMSW, LCSW, LMFT, LMFT, LMHC, Licensed Ph.D./Psy.D., etc.)
- Demonstrated management, communication, and organizational skills
- Knowledge of equity, diversity, and inclusion best practices
- Commitment to creating and sustaining an organizational culture that values diversity, equity, inclusion, and cultural humility and that contributes to an inclusive working and learning environment
- Experience in providing clinically sound, client centered, and culturally responsive care with a deep sense of accountability to client experience
Additional Preferred Qualifications:
- Proven track record of exceptional work in a mental health care setting
- Experience leading and managing high performing and culturally diverse teams
- Experienced facilitator of conversations about race and intersectionality
- Proficiency in clinical supervision
- Experience sustaining high quality services and operational efficiency
- Familiarity with community services
- Knowledge about the needs of community members with a mental health diagnosis
- Experience working with vulnerable populations
- Strong crisis management skills
- Excellent written and oral skills
- Ability to work in a fluid environment
We offer:
- Generous Paid Time Off (PTO) and holiday schedule
- Medical, Dental, and Vision coverage options for you and eligible dependents
- Pre-tax savings options:
- FSA, self-funded
- HSA, employer contribution depending on medical plan participation
- Enhanced Short Term Disability, Free Basic Life and AD&D
- 403(b) Retirement Plan with employer contributions after one year of employment
- Help with relocation expenses to qualified candidates for this position
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: Email a cover letter and resume to ClinicDirectorSearch@fcsith.org. In the cover letter, please specifically address relevant experience as it pertains to minimum qualifications and any additional qualifications, including equity, diversity, and inclusion experience, and reasons for your interest in this particular position. For more information about Family & Children’s Service of Ithaca, please visit fcsith.org. For more information about Ithaca, NY, please visit visitithaca.com.
Title: Director of Youth and Outreach Services
Department: Youth and Outreach Services
Status: Full- Time, Exempt (37.5 hours/week); Eligible for hybrid remote/in person work
Responsible To: Executive Director
Salary Range: $65,000
General Summary:
The Director of Youth and Outreach Services provides clinical supervision and administrative oversight with an equity lens for all youth and outreach programs. The Director is responsible for ensuring that the social and emotional well-being of all program participants are met by promoting strength-based, trauma-informed, equitable, and inclusive care. The Director must demonstrate effectiveness and expertise providing intersectional anti-racist leadership and supervision. In addition, the Director of Youth and Outreach Services is required to exercise considerable judgment in administering and managing the various Youth and Outreach programs and is responsible for maintaining and improving upon program efficiency and effectiveness.
Responsibilities:
- Plans, organizes, initiates and directs Youth and Outreach programs.
- Participates in the development of grant (re)applications and outcome/narrative reports.
- Conducts program evaluations, participates in community needs assessments.
- Oversees direct case management services and coordinated services with other providers.
- Screening, hiring, supervision and evaluation of staff and interns.
- Conducts group and individual supervision and evaluation of staff and interns.
- Develops /facilitates staff professional development.
- Covers Open Doors’ warmline for youth in crisis, including after-hours calls, one week per month.
- Represents programs externally to funders and other community agencies.
- May-be called upon to serve on boards and committees within the agency and/or with partner organizations.
- Maintains regular communication with funding agencies, including DSS, County, state, and federal government.
- Assumes all responsibilities of a mandated reporter.
- Must adhere to professional standards, F&CS policies and procedures, federal, state, and local requirements, and OMH standards.
- Maintains confidentiality on all client and employee information.
- Responsible to report any unethical behavior that is observed.
Minimum Qualifications:
- Master’s degree in a mental health-related field.
- Experience leading community-based services and collaborating with other community service providers.
- Strong management, communication, and organizational skills.
- Collaborative, trauma-informed leadership style.
- Integrated knowledge and infused practice of equity, diversity, and inclusion in leadership, supervision, and service provision.
- Commitment to creating and sustaining an organizational culture that centers the importance of diversity, equity, and cultural responsiveness and that contributes to an inclusive working and learning environment.
Preferred additional qualifications:
- Familiarity with Tompkins County community services.
- Clinical training and experience, including an understanding of how to work effectively and sensitively with people with complex mental health profiles and/or trauma histories.
- Lived experience relevant to service recipients in any Youth and Outreach programs.
- Experience writing grants and reporting outcomes to funders.
- Experience leading dynamic and diverse teams to high-performance outcomes.
- Experienced facilitator of conversations about race and intersectionality.
- Experience assessing and evaluating program effectiveness and efficiency.
- Experience developing and managing program budgets.
- Expertise in any or all of the following program areas: juvenile justice, therapeutic mentorship, kinship care, advocacy and empowerment, support for runaway and homeless youth, street outreach, crisis intervention, housing and homelessness, case management in suburban and rural settings, family stabilization, social and emotional development throughout the life span, and/or positive youth development.
- Experience working with vulnerable populations.
- Excellent written and oral skills.
- Strong crisis management skills.
Contact Information: Please email a cover letter and resume to: Alicia Kenaley, Executive Director at akenaley@fcsith.org. In the cover letter, please specifically address relevant experience as it pertains to minimum qualifications and any additional qualifications, including equity, diversity, and inclusion experience, and reasons for your interest in this particular position. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
Clinical Internships
Please note: Internships for the 2023 – 2024 academic year have been filled.
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.
Please send a resume, brief letter of interest, and any specific requirements of your program to Lead Clinical Supervisor, Judy Clay at jclay@fcsith.org.