The Bridge offers supportive housing and behavioral health services to vulnerable New Yorkers facing behavioral health and substance use challenges. We provide individuals with the tools they need to pursue their dreams and live meaningful lives. The Bridge envisions a world where adults experiencing serious mental illness can live and thrive within their communities. As a recognized leader in developing and operating supportive housing and community-based programs, The Bridge has 70 years of experience helping New Yorkers with mental illness, including those affected by homelessness, incarceration, and institutionalization.   

Scope of Position: The Full-Time Licensed Clinician provides a range of services to MHOTRS clients, including comprehensive psychosocial assessments, individual and group psychotherapy, and crisis interventions. The clinician utilizes various therapy techniques to address mental health issues, emotional challenges, and psychiatric disorders. 

 Essential Position Functions: 

• Manage workload through centralized scheduling, requiring coordination with supervisory and administrative staff.
• Conduct screenings and assessments using validated tools to evaluate depression, trauma, substance use, and criminal risk.
• Develop recovery-oriented treatment plans in collaboration with clients, collaterals, and stakeholders (e.g., significant others, criminal justice personnel, health care providers).
• Coordinate care with psychiatrists, nurse practitioners, administrative staff, and residential staff involved in client services.
• Use evidence-based sequential screening to assess risk of violence and follow risk management protocols for high-risk clients.
• Document treatment contacts using collaborative documentation methods.
• Apply best and evidence-based practices aligned with The Bridge’s organizational culture, including health/mental health integration, rehabilitation, recovery, and trauma-informed care.

• Licensure: LMSW, LMHC-LP, LCSW, or LMHC required.
• Experience: Minimum of 2 years providing direct services to individuals with serious mental illness, co-occurring substance use disorders, and co-morbid medical conditions in a community-based setting.
• Skills: Proficient in assessment, treatment planning, documentation, and person-centered care.
• High computer literacy, including competence with EHR systems.
• Expertise in recovery-oriented, evidence-based practices.
• Experience working with diverse adults, including those with serious mental illness, functional impairments, and psychosocial challenges (e.g., homelessness, justice involvement, poverty, unemployment).
• Bilingual Spanish: Highly preferred.
• Comfortable developing and facilitating group psychotherapy sessions.

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