Behavioral Health Clinician Resident

PURPOSE:

The Jewish Board’s Community Behavioral Health treatment programs provide compassionate, high quality, evidence-based services to individuals and families in the communities we serve.  Our staff use a culturally competent, person-centered approach to help individuals and their families develop skills and resources to improve overall functioning, to instill hope, and to strengthen resiliency.  Our programs work closely with community partners to address health disparities in our neighborhoods while also celebrating the strengths and resilience of our communities.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Clinics offer the following services include, but not limited to: child, teen, adult, and family psychotherapy, emotional crisis intervention and stabilization, developing coping skills to manage mental health symptoms, addiction recovery, forging healthy relationships, managing sadness, worry and loss.

KEY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Conducting comprehensive evaluations and psychosocial assessments
• Developing treatment plans in collaboration with clients and family members (as appropriate), to identify treatment needs and interventions and review/revise treatment plans to reflect client’s treatment progress and changing problems/goals
• Providing individual, group, family, collateral treatment and crisis services/interventions
• Be actively self-reflective & self-aware of how clinical and administrative practice impacts clients, families, and the communities we serve
• Approaching work with an anti-racist lens and open to continuously learning and evolving
• Liaising with families, schools, criminal justice, and other community agencies to coordinate care
• Participating in clinical meetings, staff meetings, trainings, and supervision
• Open and willing to receive constructive feedback
• Maintaining documentation according to the standards and time frames established by the Jewish Board, regulatory agencies and/or funding sources
• Maintaining professional behaviors and ethical standards as established by licensing board, relevant professional association and the Jewish Board policies and procedures
• Other duties as assigned

CORE COMPETENCIES for the position include:

• Strong clinical direct practice skills and knowledge of evidenced based practices.
• Strong communication skills, ability to collaborate well in a multi-disciplinary team.

EDUCATIONAL / TRAINING REQUIRED

• A Master’s degree in counseling, creative arts, or social work from an accredited program, PLUS New York State Licensure or limited permit in Mental Health Counseling (LMHC); Creative Arts Therapy (LCAT), or social work (LMSW) is required
• Experience with documenting in electronic health records and using Microsoft Office software
• Experience with telemental health platforms a plus
• Fluency in a second language is preferred

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED/LANGUAGE PREFERENCE:

• Knowledge and experience with evidence-based approaches.
• Experience with documenting in electronic health records and using Microsoft Office software.
• Experience with telemental health platforms a plus.

COMPUTER SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Proficient with electronic health record; Microsoft Office (Word, Powerpoint, Excel, Outlook); comfortable and proficient using audio video platforms (i.e., Zoom).

VISUAL AND MANUAL DEXIERITY:

• The candidate should be able to read paper and electronic documents and perform significant data entry into various computer programs.

WORK ENVIRONMENT/PHYSICAL EFFORT:

• The work environment involves no physical risk or hazardous conditions.
• To perform the essential functions of this job, the candidate is routinely required to sit (90% of the time) and stand (10% of the time)

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.