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A Qualified health center is in need of an School based LCSW
Summary:
Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) based in Manhattan that has been providing high-quality, comprehensive and affordable primary and specialty care to New York's diverse and underserved communities since 1967
Type: HC-Full-Time/Perm
Shifts: MonFri: 8am 4pm with one late night until 6pm
Location: New York, NY
Position Overview:
The Mental Health (MH) Provider provides mental health services at his/her designated school-based health site or client health site as scheduled including: outreach, assessments, counseling, psychotherapy, and case management utilizing evidenced-based practices for a diverse patient population and consultation to intra-agency personnel in an integrated health care setting.
Essential Functions:
Treatment: crisis intervention, brief and long-term supportive and insight therapy.
Treatment modalities include individual, group and family therapy. Behavior modification and other techniques included where possible.
Screening and evaluation of patients referred to the School-Based Health Center.
Referrals: responsible for knowing community resources and their availability in meeting needs of patients.
Must determine priorities in treatment and be able to decide which patients are more appropriately referred elsewhere.
Home visits: treatment and evaluation are sometimes expedited by use of home visits and are made when necessary.
Function as an advocate in negotiating with other institutions for patient services.
When needed, function as a resource person and liaison to other staff and community agencies.
Maintain professional competence by attendance at professional conferences, in-service seminars and other meetings as assigned.
Evaluate care given in consultation with other team members and individual and peer supervision.
Integrate mental health care with medical and social service care.
Provide pre & post HIV test counseling as needed.
Submit statistical documentation of work performance that is timely, accurate and in conformity with departmental requirements.
Provide counseling services to patients/families to resolve specific, agreed-upon problems.
Adhere to all agency and departmental policies and procedures.
Work collaboratively with high school behavioral health professionals/guidance counselors.
Work with adolescent/young adult population.
Facilitate short-term support groups.
Work variable hours depending on the needs of the program.
Education, Experience and/or Skills Required:
Master's in Social Work, Mental Health Counseling or Psychology.
New York State License to practice as a LCSW.
Bilingual (English/Spanish).
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