Behavioral Health Clinician

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 affirming, 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 Behavioral Health Clinician will provide culturally competent and sensitive clinical care in an OMH licensed outpatient PROS Program. This program treats individuals across the developmental spectrum who presents with behavioral health issues. The interventions include: evaluations; individual, group and/or family therapy; case management; and crisis interventions.

KEY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

• Provide person-centered services to a caseload of individual participants, including counseling, intakes, assessments, treatment planning, case management, and discharge planning
• Facilitate a variety of recovery-oriented groups, including groups with established curricula, as well as the creation, development and initiation of new groups
• Cooking duties
• Coordinate PROS services for participants on caseload in conjunction with all PROS team members, including vocational staff, prescribers, and RN
• Coordinate care with families, friends, medical providers, residential programs, care management, criminal justice, and other community agencies as needed
• Plan, coordinate, and facilitate activities and special events as needed
• Supervise student interns as needed
• Participate in clinical meetings, case conferences, staff meetings, trainings, and supervision
• Maintain all 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

CORE COMPETENCIES

• Strong clinical direct practice skills and knowledge of evidenced based practices
• Strong communication skills, ability to collaborate well in a multi-disciplinary team

EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING REQUIRED

• Master’s degree in counseling, creative arts, or social work from an accredited program
• New York State License or limited permit in Mental Health Counseling (LMHC); Creative Arts Therapy (LCAT), or social work (LMSW) required

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED/LANGUAGE PREFERENCE

• Fluency in a second language is preferred

COMPUTER SKILLS REQUIRED

• Experience with documenting in electronic health records and using Microsoft Office software
• Experience with tele mental health platforms are 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