Careers
Join the Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health
Please note that due to the COVID-19 outbreak, most of the job vacancies at the NYC Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health are being placed on hold temporarily. If you have already applied, we will hold your application until further notice. If you have any questions, please reach out to ocmh@cityhall.nyc.gov.
Current openings
Deputy Director, Mental Health Initiatives
The Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health is seeking a Deputy Director, Mental Health Initiatives to lead the Office’s programmatic work related to mental health in City agencies, focused on youth, criminal justice, workforce development, social services, and health. The most senior manager on the Mental Health Initiatives team, the Deputy Director will report to the Director of the Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health and will have six direct reports.
Senior Manager, Children, Youth and Families
The Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health is seeking a Senior Manager, Children, Youth and Families to oversee part of the growing portfolio of programs and initiatives designed to increase mental health awareness among youth and improve families’ access and connection to mental healthcare.
Join New York City’s Mental Health Workforce: Opportunities with our partners
The Mental Health Service Corps is hiring social workers
NYC Health + Hospitals is hiring licensed social workers for the Mental Health Service Corps (MHSC), a Mayor’s Office of Community Mental Health workforce development program that aims to build a diverse generation of mental health clinicians, equipped to integrate behavioral health into a variety of settings. As part of MHSC, early-career clinicians are placed throughout the NYC Health + Hospitals system for 3 years with the goal of enhancing behavioral health delivery through existing and innovative models of care. To ensure a diverse learning experience, clinicians will have the opportunity to practice across multiple clinical settings such as primary care clinics, child/adolescent and adult outpatient clinics, and substance use clinics. Additionally, Corps Members will be trained in evidence-based practices under the supervision of licensed clinicians in order to screen, assess, and treat patients in a culturally responsive manner.
Apply by visiting the NYC H+H Careers website:
- For Primary Care placements, search Job ID 63213
- For Behavioral Health placements, search Job ID 47610
Fluency in more than one language is preferred.
Licensed social workers needed for new Emergency Response Teams
NYC Health + Hospitals is hiring licensed social workers for new, interdisciplinary Emergency Response Teams. The social workers will play an integral part in the City’s first-ever pilot program to dispatch teams of two Fire Department of New York City (FDNY) Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Technicians and one clinician to 911 calls for mental health emergencies.
Multiple positions are available for social workers to serve on Emergency Response Teams. See the NYC Health + Hospitals job description for more information: on.nyc.gov/b-heard