Job description

Make a bigger difference

WORKING WITH US

The Jewish Board delivers innovative, best-in-class mental and behavioral health services to over 45,000 New Yorkers each year. We are unique in serving everyone from infants and their families, to children, teens, and adults. That adds up to countless opportunities to use your skills, training, and compassion to make a difference in the lives of others.

Similarly, we support our employees through benefits like, professional development opportunities and paid supervision. Some of our other benefits include:

• Positions offer competitive compensation
• Continuing CME/CEU support through our tuition assistance program
• 15 agency holidays and 15 sick days in addition to generous vacation days
• Health/dental/vision plans that are subsidized up to 80%
• Access to 403(b) retirement benefits and a pension
• Unlimited employee referral bonus opportunities
• Commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) through our many company initiatives, including employee resource groups (ERGs) like Confronting Structural Racism (COR), Coalition Against Anti-Semitism (CAAS), and the LGBTQ Steering Committee

ABOUT THE JOB

The Crisis Family Advocate will be available to families of new admissions for an orientation to the Staten Island Home Based Crisis Intervention Team. The orientation will be from the perspective of the family to include an overview of the program. This overview may include milieu treatment structure, treatment modalities, expectations of the family in treatment, and discharge planning;

Tasks include but not limited to:

• Outreach to families in crisis in the community within 2 hours of receiving the referral. With the help of the Social Worker Crisis Family Advocates help to de-escalate the child in crisis as well as helping families manage emotional reactions to child’s crisis.
• Work with parents/caregivers to develop effective techniques to de-escalate crises in the home.
• Attend program, team and/or community based service provider meetings to represent the family’s voice in evaluating service delivery. Attend to other program operation issues when agenda items pertain to their role.
• In coordination with the program supervisor and team social worker, assist families toward a successful discharge within 6 to 8 weeks of family beginning the SI HBCI Program. This may include future involvement with varied community resources to facilitate a successful discharge.
• Assist with the Performance Improvement initiatives, as appropriate.
• Collaborate with the Case Work Supervisor.
• Complete all paperwork pertaining to service goals, objectives and discharge criteria.
• Other duties as assigned.

TO QUALIFY

The Jewish Board is currently looking for talented professionals of all cultures, religions, races, and gender expressions with the following qualifications:

You should have:

• Experience in parenting a child or adolescent with a serious emotional disturbance.
• Ability to work with diverse social, cultural, and economic groups.
• Background in advocating in the mental health and/or education systems.
• Good communication and listening skills. Ability to be assertive.
• Daytime and Evening Weekend shifts available.

We respect diversity and accordingly are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, partnership status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.
This applies with respect to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, termination, assignments, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs, and all other terms and condition of employment as well as general treatment during employment.
We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified employees with disabilities, without regard to any protected classifications, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. Any employees who need assistance to perform their job duties because of a physical or mental condition should contact human resources.

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