Behavioral Health Clinician
The Jewish Board of Family and Children's Services

New York, New York

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WORKING WITH US
The Jewish Board delivers innovative, best-in-class mental and behavioral health services to over 45,000 New Yorkers each year. We are unique in serving everyone from infants and their families, to children, teens, and adults. That adds up to countless opportunities to use your skills, training, and compassion to make a difference in the lives of others.

Similarly, we support our employees through benefits like, professional development opportunities and paid supervision. Some of our other benefits include:

  • 15 agency holidays and 15 sick days, in addition to generous vacation
  • Health/dental/vision plans that are subsidized up to 80%
  • Tuition assistance and educational loan forgiveness
  • Access to 403(b) retirement benefits and a pension
  • Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through our many company initiatives, including employee resource groups (ERGs) like Confronting Structural Racism (COR), Coalition Against Anti-Semitism (CAAS), and the LGBTQ Steering Committee

ABOUT THE JOB

The Behavioral Health Clinician is part of the Pathway Home team and will involve facilitating transition from one level of care to the community by addressing the preparatory needs of participants in the early stages of recovery, discharge planning, development of daily living skills, and coping mechanisms through team and individual work in the community. Other responsibilities include:

  • Engagement beginning from referring location with involvement in transition planning, including a needs assessment of community transition supports essential to stabilizing the individual;
  • Monitoring appropriate discharge and ongoing care planning at pre- and post-transition for individuals transitioning to community.
  • Establishing collaborative working relationships and acts as a liaison with community providers, Managed Care Plans, and Housing Contractors.
  • Short term counseling (coping skills, trauma informed, decision making) and Risk Assessment/Safety Planning;
  • Providing supervision to team members and orient new team members to policy and procedures as well as ongoing training and mentorship;
  • Collecting and reporting data, as required while adhering to productivity standards,
  • Participating in both the development and implementation of a community care plan that includes formal and informal supports that increase opportunities for improved quality of life. Focus is on creating meaningful and productive daily activities in the community;
  • Assessing Housing Supports and Housing Assistance and Placement for those who are homeless. Services may include completing HRA 2010e, applying for housing, prepping for interviews, follow up with housing providers, and assistance with moving in (day of move) with obtaining housing supplies and learning the neighborhood;
  • Working with participants and their housing providers to resolve clinical issues that are impacting on the participant's ability to obtain, manage, and retain supportive housing;
  • Fostering relationship with community provides to ensure that recipients are connected with appropriate services as they transition back into the community and to share or collect collateral information;
  • Appointment navigation by accompanying to first behavioral health and medical appointment-including but not limited to travel training, reengagement in community care, and ability to identify needs and barriers to services as well as making appropriate referrals
  • Reviewing documentation and conduct comprehensive psychosocial assessments to determine the medical, psychiatric, housing and other social needs in the community.
  • Obtaining historical and collateral information from multiple sources as it relates to behavioral and physical health, substance use, and criminal history;
  • Monitoring, evaluating and recording participant progress with respect to care plan goals;
  • Counseling participants in individual and group sessions to assist them in dealing with substance abuse, mental and physical illness, family issues, housing problems and unemployment and other social determinants of health;
  • Providing ongoing family conferences and psycho-education to families and others within the support network;
  • Providing on-call after hour crisis intervention services when needed to participants and their support network, including respite referrals and other diversion and stabilization services;
  • Attending and participating in team meetings and supervisory sessions;
  • Performing other related duties as assigned;

TO QUALIFY

The Jewish Board is currently looking for a talented Behavioral Health Clinicians of all cultures, religions, races, and gender expressions with the following qualifications:

  • Master's degree or higher in social work, mental health counseling. License required.
  • A minimum of 1 year post-masters work experience in the behavioral health and/or criminal justice field, preferably with the target population.
  • Good organizational, team work, and communication skills needed.
  • This position requires travel throughout New York City.
  • Must be available to provide on call coverage and a willingness to work flexible hours.

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]
  • Job Function : Misc Professionals
  • Pay Type : Salary
  • Employment Indicator : 8833 - Hospital - Professional Employees



 


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