Therapist - HIBH

Responsibilities

• Support and provide evidence-based treatment to an assigned caseload of children and families with individual, group, and/or family therapy to support youth in achieving therapeutic goals and increase access to quality mental health resources.
• Conduct thorough intakes, screenings and assessments, and create individualized treatment plans to support with diagnosing, goal formulation, and case conceptualization.
• Provide direct clinical crisis intervention using methods compatible with evidence-based model principles to stabilize youth in crisis.
• Identify and address safety/risk factors including but not limited to suicidal ideation, self-harming behaviors, homicidal ideation, and substance abuse, including safety planning and incident reports.
• Maintain clear, concise and timely documentation of treatment efforts in progress notes to ensure compliance with the agency, modality, local, state, and federal guidelines related to professional and regulatory standards.
• Engage primary caregiver(s) and other key participants in active change-oriented treatment by identifying and overcoming barriers to engagement.
• Collaborate with all relevant systems and key participants within each system to ensure their buy-in and alignment throughout treatment to enhance care coordination.
• Develop and maintain collaborative relationships with key stakeholders to enhance care coordination.
• Participate in all required agency, model and stakeholder trainings, individual and group coaching and staff meetings to promote clinical development and ensure effective service delivery.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Social Work, Mental Health Counseling or related subject area.
• At minimum must hold a provisional license (LP-MHC, LMSW, LMHC, and/or LCSW).
• All provisionally licensed clinicians are expected to participate in clinical license supervision.
• Experience with common clinical problems including general knowledge of DSM-5 diagnoses (e.g., child abuse and neglect, aggression, family conflict, depression, anxiety, drug use, traumatic events, truancy) and diverse populations served.
• Preferred strong understanding and the ability to implement the following: risk and safety assessment, safety planning, trauma assessment, crisis management, incident reporting, treatment planning, and HIPAA policies.
• An understanding and commitment to complying with the New York State Central Register of Abuse and Neglect protocol (requiring staff to comply with requirements to report any suspected abuse, maltreatment or neglect).
• Experience with and willingness to work with culturally diverse population.
• Effective verbal and written skills.
• Excellent time management and organizational skills and a need for flexibility.
• General computer literacy; including proficiency in Microsoft Word, Microsoft Teams, Excel, PowerPoint, and Email.