Behavioral Health Clinician CASAC
The Jewish Board

Job Info

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Make a bigger difference

$5,000.00 Sign on Bonus + Payment Differential

At The Jewish Board, we don't just make a difference - we make a bigger difference as we serve 45,000 New Yorkers every year. Join our dedicated team that's been helping communities across New York City for almost 150 years and see just how big of a difference you can make.

Reasons you'll love working with us:

• If you have a particular age range or population you're interested in working with, you can find your niche here. Our clients and staff are as diverse as the city we work in, and include people of all cultures, religions, races, gender expressions, and sexual orientations.
• We're committed to supporting your career development by encouraging mobility and advancement across different program types and jobs.
• With 70 locations throughout the five boroughs, you can work close to where you live.
• You'll receive ongoing support through high-quality supervision, specialized trainings from our Continuing Education team, and an education benefit.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Program is an article 32 OASAS licensed outpatient program providing culturally affirming, evidence-based counseling and medication assisted treatment to adolescents and adults with SUD diagnoses and their families. Treatment approaches are trauma informed and individualized to the client and family. The program is part of the CCBHC hubs, a Certified Community Behavioral Health Center that serves all members of the community. As part of our person-centered approach, the program is open weekdays and evenings to provide the community with optimal access to care.

The Social Worker is responsible for providing the necessary, culturally competent clinical interventions to individuals of all ages within the realm of the program and incompliance with regulating agencies. Social worker is responsible for providing developmentally appropriate, evidence-based interventions to clients and families, providing crisis intervention, advocating for clients/families, coordinating services with other providers engaged in client's care within and outside the Agency to maximize treatment outcomes.

KEY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS (List the functions that are essential to achieve the goals):

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  • Conduct assessments to evaluate participant's strengths and resources, current functioning, barriers to engagement, level of risk and identify appropriate interventions to manage risk.
  • In collaboration with the client, family, and treatment team, develop treatment planning to help client achieve goals across multiple life domains, in addition to addressing substance use.
  • Provide evidence-based interventions to enhance motivation to engage in services and support and reduce risky behaviors.
  
  
  • Provide individual, group, family, collateral sessions, and crisis services/interventions.
  
  
  • Be actively self-reflective & self-aware of how clinical and administrative practice impacts clients, families, and the communities we serve.
  
  
  • Approach the work with an anti-racist lens and open to continuously learning and evolving.
  
  
  • Liaise with families, schools, criminal justice, and other community agencies to coordinate care.
  
  
  • Participate in clinical meetings, staff meetings, trainings, and supervision.
  
  
  • Monitor response to treatment interventions using urine toxicology screens, breathalyzers, and other screens to inform the treatment planning process.
  
  
  • Open and willing to receive constructive feedback.
  
  
  • Maintain documentation according to the standards and time frames established by the Jewish Board, regulatory agencies and/or funding sources.
  
  
  • Maintain professional behaviors and ethical standards as established by licensing board, relevant professional association and the Jewish Board policies and procedures.
  
  
  • Other duties as assigned.
  
  

EDUCATIONAL / TRAINING REQUIRED:

• New York State License or limited permit in Mental Health Counseling (LMHC) Creative Arts Therapy (LCAT), or social work (LMSW) required along with a New York State Certified Alcohol and Substance Abuse Counseling credential (CASAC).

If you join us, you'll have these great benefits:

• Generous paid time off in addition to agency holidays and 15 sick days
• Affordable and high-quality medical/dental/vision plans
• Tuition assistance and educational loan forgiveness
• Free continuing education opportunities
• 403(b) retirement benefits and a pension
• Flexible spending accounts for health and transportation
• 24/7 Accessible Employee Assistance Program
• Life and disability insurance
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion working groups that are available for you to join, including Confronting Structural Racism (COR), Coalition Against Anti-Semitism (CAAS), and the LGBTQ Steering Committee

Who we are:

The Jewish Board delivers innovative, high-quality, and compassionate mental health and social 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. We are proud to employ and serve people of all religions, races, cultural backgrounds, gender expressions, and sexual orientations. We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams to help support our mission, and we strongly encourage candidates from historically marginalized backgrounds to apply to work with us.

More on Equal Opportunity:

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.

Other details

• Job Family Clinical Staff [300s]
• Job Function Misc Professionals
• Pay Type Salary
• Employment Indicator 8833 - Hospital - Professional Employees
• Min Hiring Rate $60,000.00

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