Licensed Social Workers- Bais Yaakov

About the role

The Seymour Askin Counseling Center provides integrated mental health services at an array of Yeshiva Day Schools throughout Brooklyn. Services include clinical consultation with staff, students, and parents; professional training; and psychotherapy through OMH satellite clinics embedded within the school. The social worker provides a link between the Jewish Board and the larger yeshiva community. For eight weeks in the summer, while the school is closed for break, the social worker will provide clinical services at the Seymour Askin Counseling Center, located in Midwood, Brooklyn.

Responsibilities

• Working off-site in Bais Yaakov and Yeshiva school settings providing consultation, training, and treatment
• Crisis intervention when indicated as part of the treatment
• Other duties assigned as clinically indicated
• Psychotherapy services provided to children, adolescents and adults at base clinic
• Maintaining accurate and up-to-date case records, e.g. progress notes, assessments and treatment plans, statistics, and other documentation as required by JB and other governmental licensing and funding entities

Qualifications

Education/Training Required: Master's degree in counseling or social work from an accredited program AND a New York State License or limited permit in Social Work (LMSW) or Mental Health Counseling (LMHC).

Experience Required / Language Preference: Must have familiarity and knowledge of Orthodox Jewish Community. Hebrew a plus but not required. School based experience a plus but not required.

Computer Skills Required: Experience with documenting in electronic health records and using Microsoft Office software. Experience with tele mental health platforms are a plus.

Core competencies

• Strong interpersonal/relationship-building skills
• Cultural competence in regard to Orthodox Jewish values and practices
• Excellent organizational and time-management skills
• Ability to communicate with staff and other professionals at all levels
• Solution focused and collaborative
• Responsible decision making
• Confidence in ability to present in front of students, professionals, and community members

Benefits

• Generous vacation time, in addition to paid 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

Work environment

The work environment involves no physical risk or hazardous conditions. To perform the essential functions of this job, the candidate is routinely required to sit (90% of the time) and stand (10% of the time). The candidate should be able to read both paper and electronic documents and perform significant data entry into various computer programs.

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