PROS Social Workers
The Jewish Board

Job Info

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Make a bigger difference

PURPOSE:

The Jewish Board's Community Behavioral Health treatment programs provide compassionate, high quality, evidence-based services to individuals and families in the communities we serve. Our staff use a culturally competent, person centered approach to help individuals and their families develop skills and resources to improve overall functioning, to instill hope, and to strengthen resiliency. Our programs work closely with community partners to address health disparities in our neighborhoods while also celebrating the strengths and resilience of our communities.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Grand Concourse Counseling Center offers the following services: child, teen, adult, and family services, emotional crisis, living with mental illness, addiction recovery, forging healthy relationships, sadness, worry and loss.

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

• Conducting comprehensive evaluations and psychosocial assessments
• Developing treatment plans in collaboration with clients and family members (as appropriate), to identify treatment needs and interventions and review/revise treatment plans to reflect client's treatment progress and changing problems/goals
• Providing individual, group, family, collateral treatment and crisis services/interventions
• Be actively self-reflective & self-aware of how clinical and administrative practice impacts clients, families, and the communities we serve
• Approaching work with an anti-racist lens and open to continuously learning and evolving
• Liaising with families, schools, criminal justice, and other community agencies to coordinate care
• Participating in clinical meetings, staff meetings, trainings, and supervision
• Open and willing to receive constructive feedback
• Maintaining documentation according to the standards and time frames established by the Jewish Board, regulatory agencies and/or funding sources
• Maintaining 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 (List all that is required to achieve this position):

• A master's degree in counseling, creative arts, or social work from an accredited program, PLUS New York State Licensure or limited permit in Mental Health Counseling (LMHC); Creative Arts Therapy (LCAT), or social work (LMSW) is required
• Experience with documenting in electronic health records and using Microsoft Office software
• Experience with telemental health platforms a plus
• Fluency in a second language is preferred

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED / LANGUAGE PREFERENCE (List what the desire to reach goals):

• Experience treating children or adolescents is preferred.
• Fluency in Spanish is preferred.

COMPUTER SKILLS REQUIRED (List the computer skills needed):

• Experience with documenting in electronic health records and using Microsoft Office software
• Experience with telemental health platforms a plus

VISUAL AND MANUAL DEXIERITY:

• The candidate should be able to read paper and electronic documents and perform significant data entry into various computer programs

WORK ENVIRONMENT / PHYSICAL EFFORT

• Office based work environment in busy community based mental health clinic

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]
• Pay Type Salary
• Employment Indicator 8832 - Physician & Clerical
• Min Hiring Rate $60,000.00

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