Careers
Work that happens at kitchen tables and in classrooms, with a team that speaks the languages of the families we serve, flexible hours, and a new building on the way. Some credentials you can earn on the job, with our help.
Why here
You see children where they live. No waiting room, no forty-minute slots back to back.
Families need afternoons and some evenings. So do many of our staff. We schedule around both.
Work in the language of the families you serve, with colleagues who understand the community.
Childcare and early intervention open in July 2027. Roles are growing with it.
Open roles
Hiring now, part time and full time, for every New York State children’s mental health program we run, plus supervisors, interns, ABA, childcare and early intervention.
Counseling and mental health support
You supervise clinicians and master’s-level practitioners, sign off on assessments and plans, and keep the clinical work honest and warm. Speaking Yiddish, Spanish or another language is a plus.
Counseling and mental health support (OLP)
You meet children and families where they are, run the first evaluation, write the plan with the family and carry a caseload of ongoing counseling. Speaking Yiddish, Spanish or another language is a plus.
Counseling and mental health support
Field placement with real families and real supervision. You sit in on evaluations, co-lead sessions and learn how community-based care actually runs.
Practical support for daily life (CPST)
Goal-directed counseling plus hands-on help with daily routines, school and family life.
Skill-building coaching (PSR)
You practice everyday skills with children in real places: getting ready in the morning, handling a store, joining a game at the park.
Crisis support (CI)
You take the after-hours line and help a family through an emotional or behavioral crisis: calming the situation, handling what is urgent and setting up follow-up care.
Parent-to-parent support
You have been where these parents are. You help them find their footing, navigate school and services, and feel less alone.
Youth peer mentoring (YPST)
You mentor teens and young adults who are going through what you went through.
Childcare (opening July 2027)
Lead and assistant roles in an inclusive early-childhood setting with developmental support built in.
Early intervention (opening July 2027)
Evaluation and therapy for children from birth to three, under the NYS Early Intervention program.
Credential help
Family Peer Advocates and Youth Peer Advocates are credentialed by New York State. If you have the lived experience but not the credential yet, you can earn it while working with us. We cover the training and walk you through the application.
Skills coaches need a high school diploma and two years of related experience, or a bachelor’s degree. Clinicians need a New York State license; our NYSED waiver lets us employ LMSWs, LCSWs, LMHCs, LMFTs, LCATs, behavior analysts and psychologists.
Apply
A résumé and a few lines. We reply to everyone. Prefer email? hr@risingchildcenter.org
Many of the families we meet were sent by someone who cared. Tell them we exist, or send us their number with their permission.
