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Public Health
Community Health Worker - Healthy Infants Partnership (HiP Tompkins)
Tompkins County Whole Health is hiring a Community Health Worker.
Full time (35 hours), $27.59/hr. hiring rate, $29.05/hr. work rate, apply by 4/30/2025
Join Tompkins County Whole Health as a Community Health Worker in the Healthy Infants Partnership program (HiP Tompkins). Community Health Workers support historically marginalized populations and others experiencing barriers due to different factors, such as access to prenatal care, food insecurity, housing, education, and employment to promote and ensure equitable access to public health resources and services.
Community Health Workers:
- Work directly with individuals and families to access resources and services to improve health outcomes. Support self-advocacy skills and recognize personal experience and growth.
- Collaborate with community partners to strengthen networks and build relationships to better support clients.
- Provide referrals and assistance with paperwork and applications for health-related needs and services.
- Conduct community engagement to build awareness about programs and services.
Training will be provided. Tompkins County is committed to equity and inclusion. We encourage those with similar values to apply. Preferred experience with social and human services and fluency in other languages (Spanish, Chinese, Karen).
Please submit a cover letter with application.
Speech Language Pathologist (SLP)
Join our in-house therapy team to provide evaluations and services for children in the Early Intervention Program. This role will primarily deliver speech and language therapy in the home for infants and toddlers who are currently on the waitlist for services.
We’re looking for a licensed, compassionate SLP who is passionate about early childhood development and family-centered care. Join a team dedicated to reducing service delays and making a meaningful impact in the lives of young children across Tompkins County.
Full-time, permanent, benefits-eligible position. $37.95/hr Hire Rate, $39.94/hr Work Rate (begins after 9 months).
Mental Health
Licensed Clinical Therapist - Adult Clinic Team
The adult clinic team provides assessment and treatment for adults living or working in Tompkins County. Services are provided at both Green St. and Brown Rd. mental health clinic locations. Clinicians on the adult team provide services including intake assessments, individual psychotherapy and facilitate groups for adults with a large variety of mental health diagnosis and symptoms.
Choosing to join us would mean participation in a multidisciplinary team that consists of psychiatrists and nurse practitioners, nurses, peer specialists, and other licensed clinical therapists. You will be choosing to provide care in a high-volume community clinic. TCWH provides ongoing training for all clinicians as well as weekly individual and group supervision. In addition, you will be eligible to explore loan forgiveness through the HRSA program.
TCWH values clinicians who are empathetic, enthusiastic, professional, hard-working, curious about learning, and ready for a fast paced and rewarding position. Full time (35 hours), $41.73/hr. hiring rate, $43.92/hr. work rate, apply by 5/4/2025.
Licensed Clinical Therapist - Court Mental Health Navigator
Tompkins County Whole Health Mental Health is seeking a Licensed Clinical Therapist to serve as a Court-Based Mental Health Navigator. Full time (35 hours), $41.73/hr. hiring rate, $43.92/hr. work rate. Apply by 5/31/25.
In this new and impactful role, the clinician will support justice-involved individuals with mental health needs by coordinating voluntary care, conducting intake assessments, and ensuring seamless engagement in community-based services. This position plays a vital role in bridging systems and promoting access to behavioral health support for individuals navigating the justice system.
Joining TCWH means being part of a multidisciplinary team of professionals including psychiatrists, nurses, peer specialists, and fellow therapists. We offer ongoing training, weekly supervision, and eligibility to explore loan forgiveness through HRSA. We’re looking for a clinician who is compassionate, collaborative, professional, and energized by meaningful, community-centered work.
Medical Director, Mental Health
There is currently one position available in the title of Medical Director - Mental Health in the Tompkins County Mental Health Department. This is a full time provisional, 40 hour per week position. $299,000 Annual Salary. Residency waived. Applications open until filled.
The Medical Director of Mental Health will provide out-patient and emergency service assessments and treatment as required by the Commissioner of Mental Health Services. They will perform psychiatric consultation with individual patients, provide emergency medical and psychiatric services, as well as psychiatric consultations, examination and emergency backup for law enforcement agencies and courts within the county. The Medical Director will perform court evaluations as requested and order hospital commitments as indicated. They will apply psychiatric expertise to the planning, coordination and operation of the mental health, substance use disorder and developmental disability services provided within Tompkins County. The employee will make recommendations to the Commissioner of Mental Health towards attaining an effective and comprehensive community mental health, substance use disorder and developmental disability program. He or she will assist the Commissioner of Mental Health Services in direct services and duties of the Local Government Unit. The incumbent exercises general supervision over Psychiatrists and various program directors.