Mental Health Professional for Residential Treatment

POSITION OVERVIEW:
The Behavioral Health Clinician is a key member of the therapeutic team. He/She/They are responsible for supplying necessary, culturally sensitive clinical interventions within the realm of the program. The Behavioral Health Clinician works closely with the division's medical, milieu, psychiatric, and psychology staff to ensure appropriate evaluations and treatment interventions for the youth.

KEY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
• Meet with assigned residents for weekly sessions, engage and remain in contact with their parents, ensure
home visits are conducted; vocational/ Educational, psychiatric, and recreational services are provided.
• Identifying and providing access to specific concrete services and community resources
• Engage families in planning for service
• Identifying and providing access to specific concrete services and community services
• Advocate, as necessary, with external resources such as mental health providers, treatment facilities, FCLS,
community members etc., on behalf of the residents.
• Provide individual, family, and group counseling on-site for young women 17-21 years old.
• Liaise between the program, family court, ACS, case planners, the youth's family members, and relevant community members.
• Attend other planned ACS and school conferences, as well as court hearings.

TEAM PROCESS:
• Participate in weekly team meetings, and may lead the meeting on occasion. Prepare an integrative treatment
plan, based on all assessments from the other professionals. Ensure follow-up as necessary from meetings.
• Conduct meetings to ensure proper treatment, progress in the program, and coordination of goals.
• Provide psychoeducation and intervention support to Direct Support Professionals.
• Work with Direct Support Professionals to enhance communication and cooperation between them and consumer families.
• Provide crisis intervention, as needed.
• Other duties as assigned.

DOCUMENTATION:
• Complete paperwork, including case notes, FASPs, and court reports, in a timely manner.
• Complete psychosocial assessment within the first 30 days of the youth's admission.
• Participate in audit preparation.

CORE COMPETENCIES:
• Commitment to recovery-oriented trauma-informed practice
• Embraces youth-guided family-driven care
• Promotes teamwork
• Takes initiative
• Liaise between department staff and middle managers/administration
• Good interpersonal communication and collaboration skills
• Solution Focused
• Uses Data to Inform & Guide Practice
• Values and Demonstrates Cultural Competency
• Values professional development and participation in clinical supervision and training

EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING REQUIREMENTS:
• License Master's in Social Work (LMSW), License Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Licensed Mental
Health Counselor (LMHC) or Licensed Creative Arts Therapist (LCAT) with a minimum of one year of relevant
experience with a similar population
• Valid Driver's License preferred.
• Spanish speaking a plus.

COMPUTER SKILLS REQUIREMENTS:
• Knowledge of electronic medical systems or CONNECTIONS preferred
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Outlook and Word
• Aptitude for learning new systems and application software

WORK ENVIRONMENT/PHYSICAL EFFORT:
• Travel in the community with residents utilizing the agency vehicle
• Engage in physical activities with the youth
• Office-based work environment in a busy community-based mental health clinic

EDUCATIONAL / TRAINING REQUIRED (List all that is required to achieve this position):
• Master's degree in counseling, creative arts, or social work from an accredited program and a New York State License in Mental Health Counseling (LMHC); Creative Arts Therapy (LCAT), or social work (LMSW) required.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED / LANGUAGE PREFERENCE (List what the desire to reach goals):
• Experience working with children / young adults is preferred
• Fluency in a second language is preferred

SALARY: $74,000

BENEFITS:

• Medical
• Dental
• Vision
• 403B Retirement Plan
• 3 weeks PTO to start
• CEU's with no cost to you

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