Spanish Speaking Medical Nutrition Therapist (Contractor)

Principle Responsibilities

• Able to create trusting and impactful relationships with children and youth
• Create treatment plans for specific health conditions as needed
• Understand the connection between mental health, physical health, and trauma
• Provide an initial nutrition and lifestyle assessment
• Provide one on one nutrition counseling, including counseling related to long-term dietary change, eating disorders, increased physical activity, and behavior change strategies for weight control; and counseling and skill building to facilitate the knowledge, skill, and ability necessary for self-care.
• Provide Follow-up intervention visits to monitor progress
• Communication with the various agency departments such as medical and mental health treatment team, case planning, foster parents, birth parents and external community providers/agencies
• Attendance in team meetings and family conferences as needed
• Provide training to staff to ensure compliance as needed
• Provide individual nutritional counseling for individuals who are referred by the physician or other licensed practitioner of the healing arts acting within his or her scope of practice under State law.
• Provide training to staff in the area of Nutrition in regard to NY State Regulations as indicated.

Special qualifications

• Master’s Degree
• Preferred RD, CDN, CN
• Required Fluent in Spanish
• Related experience required
• Understanding of trauma
• Experience working with individuals with significant medical and MH background
• Experience working with children and youth of diverse backgrounds
• Previous experience in the social welfare setting a plus