Mental Health Clinician - Outpatient Services

The Bridge’s mission is to change lives, by offering help, hope, and opportunity to the most vulnerable in our community. We offer a comprehensive range of evidence-based rehabilitative services, including mental health and substance abuse treatment, housing, vocational training and job placement, healthcare, education, and creative arts therapies.

Under the direction of the Program Director, and within the guidelines of all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and Agency code of ethics and policies and procedures, the Counselor supports adults with substance use disorders and/or mental health diagnoses, respects the program participant’s rights and maintains established professional boundaries, and delivers services with the goal of assisting program participants to achieve their personalized recovery goals.  

Essential Position Functions:

• Provide individual and group counseling and substance use treatment to program participants; provide individual and group therapy; participate in interdisciplinary team meetings for the development of treatment plans and treatment plan reviews.
• Complete documentation in a timely manner; oversee the day-to-day needs of program participants (i.e., stipends, requests, job functions, routine disciplinary measures, etc.).
• Ensure that the daily schedule of groups and activities are carried out; attend case conferences as required.
• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to provide adults with person-centered substance use treatment, rehabilitation, and mental health services  
• Complete required documentation in a timely manner and in accordance with regulatory oversight agencies and best practices.
• Work collaboratively with program participants, their families, and community partners to assist program participants in achieving their treatment and recovery goals
• Coordinate program participant care through close involvement with hospitals, substance use treatment facilities, probation, and parole, etc.
• Complete psychosocial, substance use, and other treatment-related assessments
• Collaborate with the program participant in the creation of individualized service plans, and crisis/relapse prevention plans
• Use evidence-based individual and group treatments in the areas of substance use and mental health to address program participant needs (e.g., cognitive behavioral therapy, harm reduction, motivational interviewing, trauma-informed care)
• Identify or develop substance use, behavioral health, and physical health group curricula to support recovery
• Provide support and referrals to assist program participants with needs such as family support, housing, entitlements, employment, education, vocational interests, community integration, and connection to physical health care
• Provide support and services to assist program participants with needs such as legal advocacy, navigating the criminal justice system, coordination with legal agencies
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• Bachelor’s degree in human services or related field required.
• Master’s degree in the social or behavioral sciences preferred; LMHC; LMSW; LCSW or the ability to acquire the certification preferred. Knowledge of theories, principles, and techniques of individual and group counseling, substance use services and harm reduction. Knowledge of the principles of recording and report writing. Multicultural, bilingual highly desired.
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written

Physical Demands:

• Regularly required to speak clearly and hear the spoken word well.
• Regularly required to physically operate routine office equipment such as telephones, computers (including an electronic health record), fax machines, copiers, etc.
• Regularly required to meet with program participants in the office and in the community using customary modes of public transportation.
• Regularly required to utilize near vision ability to read data and documents, including spreadsheets and reports, in printed form and on computer screens.
• This position requires moderate travel throughout the New York City metropolitan area using various modes of transportation including NYC buses and subways.

The Bridge Inc. is an Affirmative Action / Equal Opportunity Employer