Behavioral Health Clinician

For nearly 150 years, The Jewish Board has been delivering innovative, best‑in‑class mental and behavioral health services. 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 over 45,000 New Yorkers each year. Purpose Youth Assertive Community Treatment (ACT) services are focused on improving or ameliorating the significant functional impairments and severe symptomatology experienced by youth due to mental illness or serious emotional disturbance. Clinical and rehabilitative interventions are also focused on enhancing family functioning to foster health/wellbeing, stability and re‑integration for youth who are returning home after residential treatment or inpatient hospitalization. The Youth ACT Team is a multi‑disciplinary team and works together to provide family‑driven, youth‑guided and developmentally appropriate services to comprehensively address the needs of youth within the family, school, medical, behavioral, psychosocial and community domains. Position Overview The Youth ACT Team Licensed Behavioral Health Clinician works as part of a multi‑disciplinary team to provide treatment and support services to families and children, ages 10 to 21, who have significant behavioral health needs and who are at risk of entering, or returning home from, high‑end services such as inpatient settings or residential services. The role involves providing highly individualized services focused on clinical treatment, family psychoeducation and skills development. The Behavioral Health Clinician provides services to youth and families in their homes and communities and collaborates closely with other service providers and systems with which the family interacts. The role will require some evening availability and rotating on‑call coverage. Responsibilities Provide treatment to the child and their family/caregivers to address the clinical needs of the child and the complex needs of the family unit. Engage child/youth and family as active partners in developing, reviewing, and modifying a course of care that supports the child/youth’s progress towards identified goals related to restoring, building or enhancing functionality as well as the development of a relapse prevention plan where appropriate. Engage the child/youth and family in defining their desired goals and the action steps by which to achieve them. Assess risk, develop safety plans and provide crisis intervention services. Participate in both the development and implementation of a person‑centered 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. Actively participate and function as part of a multi‑disciplinary team providing services, as a unit, to youth and families. Monitor appropriate discharge and ongoing care planning at pre‑ and post‑transition for individuals transitioning to community. Establish collaborative working relationships and act as a liaison with community providers, Managed Care Plans, schools, and medical providers. Complete casework documentation and collect and report data, as required, while adhering to productivity standards. Foster relationships with community providers to ensure that recipients receive appropriate services as they transition back into the community and to share or collect collateral information. Assist with appointment navigation by accompanying families to appointments (including but not limited to travel training, re‑engagement in community care, and identifying needs and barriers to services) and making appropriate referrals. Monitor, evaluate and record participant progress with respect to care plan goals. Provide on‑call after‑hour crisis intervention services when needed to participants and their support network, including respite referrals and other diversion and stabilization services. Attend and participate in team meetings and supervisory sessions. Perform other related duties as assigned. Core Competencies Knowledge of mental illness, serious emotional disturbance and substance use disorders. Delivers services that are trauma‑informed and attend to cultural considerations and incorporate an anti‑oppressive lens. Proactive in therapeutic interventions, continuous monitoring and engagement efforts. Commitment to building and strengthening therapeutic and family relationships across all interactions. Identifies and builds on individual, family and community strengths; empowers youth and families. Ability to develop, evaluate, implement and modify a clinical treatment plan/intervention to meet the needs of individual youth and families with a focus on achievable outcomes. Team player who functions well in a multi‑disciplinary team environment. Ability to document assessments, plans and interventions. Educational / Training Required Licensure (LMSW, LCSW, LMFT, LCAT) in a Behavioral Health or related field. Experience Required / Language Preference A minimum of one (1) year of experience in providing direct services to children with serious emotional disturbance and their families. Fluency in Spanish preferred. Computer Skills Required Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, ability to learn electronic health records and other software as required. Work Environment / Physical Effort Frequent travel throughout the assigned borough (Bronx or Queens); infrequent travel throughout NYC. Equal Opportunity Employment We are an equal‑opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams and encourage candidates from historically marginalized backgrounds to apply. Our Values Treat every person with dignity Act with respect and caring towards our clients, colleagues, and communities. Strive to be outstanding We are exceptional professionals in all that we do. Embrace each other’s differences We create a fair and inclusive environment for all. Engage individuals and families as our partners We heal our communities one person at a time through thoughtful collaboration. 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. Employees who need assistance to perform their job duties because of a physical or mental condition should contact Human Resources. #J-18808-Ljbffr