Primary Clinician/Outreach and Recruitment Coordinator

Primary Clinician/Outreach and Recruitment Coordinator

The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc. is seeking to fill the full-time position of Primary Clinician/Outreach and Recruitment Coordinator on the OnTrackNY team. The OnTrackNY Program is an innovative treatment program at South Beach Psychiatric Center Coney Island/Sheepshead Bay clinic. The program serves adolescents and young adults who are within two years of experiencing the onset of non-affective psychosis.

The Primary Clinician/Outreach and Recruitment Coordinator will work 1.0 FTE as part of a small multidisciplinary team providing coordinated and assertive treatment in the earliest stages of illness.

Duties and responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Recruit patients for program through community education and presentations at potential referral sources.
• Serve as primary contact person for referral sources.
• Establish and maintain database of referral sources with up-to-date contact information.
• Conduct telephone and in-person eligibility screening of patients referred to program.
• Refer patients ineligible for program to other appropriate community providers.
• Attend weekly team meetings.
• Participate in ongoing training and supervision.
• Rotate on-call responsibilities with other team members.
• Serve as the Primary Clinician for a subset of program participants.
• Serve as the point person for the participant and their family.
• Provide services in the community (off-site) as needed based on participant and family preferences.
• Conduct needs assessments.
• Engage in safety planning and wellness management planning with participants.
• Connect participants and families with the services and supports they need.
• Provide behavioral interventions and take an especially active role in the family support domain.
• Conduct clinical assessment to determine the participant's level of social functioning and substance use via a shared decision making (SDM) framework.
• Provide Social Skills Training, Substance Abuse Treatment, Behavioral Activation, Coping Skills Training, and Psychoeducation.
• Provide Psychoeducation regarding first episode psychosis (FEP) and the goals of the OnTrackNY program.
• Provide supportive therapy.
• Develop and modify treatment using a shared decision-making process with clients.
• Work with participants and family for transition from the team to other services and supports and ensure stable links at discharge.

Minimum qualifications:

• Licensed Masters or Ph.D. in an appropriate field (social work, psychology, mental health counseling).
• At least 1 year of experience as a clinician providing recovery-oriented, community-based mental health services.

Preferred qualifications:

• Two or more years experience working with adolescents and young adults experiencing psychosis.

Work location: 626 Sheepshead Bay Rd Brooklyn NY, 11224

To apply: Submit an application through our website.

The Mission of the Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc. (RFMH) is to promote the mental health of all New Yorkers, with a focus on providing hope and supporting recovery for adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances. Applicants with lived mental health experience are encouraged to apply. RFMH is deeply committed to supporting underserved individuals, organizations, and communities. To this end, RFMH is focused on implementing activities and initiatives to reduce disparities in access, quality, and treatment outcomes for underserved populations. A critical component of these efforts is ensuring that RFMH is a diverse and inclusive workplace where all employees' unique attributes and skills are valued and utilized to support the mission of the Agency. RFMH is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.

Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene