Behavioral Health Clinician

Jewish Board; New York (NY); Remote; USD 65.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Generous paid time off and holidays

Medical/dental/vision plans

Tuition assistance and loan repayment

Free continuing education

403(b) retirement plan

Flexible spending accounts

Zusammenfassung

The Jewish Board’s Loss and Bereavement (L&B) Program for Children and adolescents seeks a Behavioral Health Clinician to provide information, outreach, and short-term individual and group intervention via telehealth and in-person sessions. The role includes evening group sessions, intakes and exit interviews, thorough EHR documentation, and active supervision participation.

Master’s in Social Work or related field with licensure is required; at least 1 year of youth-focused clinical experience

Qualifikationen

• Master’s degree in social work or related field with licensure/permit.
• At least 1 year of youth-focused clinical experience.
• Experience with grief, CBT, trauma-informed care, telehealth preferred.
• Bilingual candidates encouraged to apply.

Aufgaben

• Conduct grief groups via Zoom/telehealth for late afternoon/evening sessions.
• Provide intakes and exit interviews for clients in virtual groups and initiate group start up.
• Timely documentation of work using electronic health record and internal data systems.
• Participation in Supervision/Consultation.

Kenntnisse

Excellent communication

Teamwork

Independent functioning

Organizational skills

Project initiation

Ausbildung

Master’s Degree in Social Work or related field

Tools

Microsoft 365

Zoom

MyAvatar

Jobbeschreibung

PURPOSE:

The Jewish Board’s Loss and Bereavement (L&B) Program for Children and adolescents provides compassionate, high quality, evidence-based services to individuals and families in the communities we serve. Our staff use a culturally competent, recovery-oriented approach to help individuals and their families to support bereaved children, teens, and their caregivers to normalize, validate and process their grief and to strengthen resiliency through grief groups and short-term individual and family interventions within the community and via telehealth. Our program provides short-term interventions and resources to help stabilize systems after a critical loss. We also provide resources and support to the community through our Information and Referral line. In addition, we provide training and education to clinicians, parents, and educators on grief and bereavement through the Jewish Board’s Martha K. Selig Training Institute. Our program work closely with schools and other community partners to address grief and bereavement in their communities while also celebrating the strengths and resilience of our communities.

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The Behavioral Health Clinician, under the direction of the L&B Program Director and Administrative Supervisor, is responsible for providing L&B information, outreach, and short-term individual and group intervention.

KEY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Conduct grief groups via Zoom/telehealth platform for clients which occur in the late afternoon/early evening in order to reach children and teens outside of school hours
• Provide intakes and exit interviews for clients enrolled in virtual groups. Works with team to initiate group start up
• Timely documentation of work using electronic health record and internal data systems
• Participation in Supervision/Consultation

EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING REQUIRED:

Master’s Degree in Social Work or related field including Creative Arts Therapists, Mental Health Counselors, or Marriage and Family Therapists (with related licensure or permit)

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED/LANGUAGE PREFERENCE:

At least 1 year of experience with youth providing clinical services

Preferred areas of knowledge and experience: child and adolescent grief; group treatment; CBT; trauma-informed care; working with school system; telehealth

Excellent communication, teamwork, independent functioning and organizational skills required, project initiation and management skills are useful.

Bilingual candidates strongly encouraged to apply

COMPUTER SKILLS REQUIRED:

• Competency with Microsoft 365, Zoom, MyAvatar (Jewish Board’s EHR)

WORK ENVIRONMENT/PHYSICAL EFFORT

Candidate must be willing to work 1-2 evenings per week to conduct virtual group

If you join us, you’ll have these great benefits:

• Generous paid time off in addition to paid agency holidays and 15 sick days
• Affordable and high-quality medical/dental/vision plans
• Tuition assistance and educational loan forgiveness
• Free continuing education opportunities
• 403(b) retirement benefits and a pension
• Flexible spending accounts for health and transportation
• 24/7 Accessible Employee Assistance Program
• Life and disability insurance
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion working groups that are available for you to join, including Confronting Structural Racism (COR), Coalition Against Anti-Semitism (CAAS), and the LGBTQ Steering Committee

Who we are:

The Jewish Board delivers innovative, high-quality, and compassionate mental health and social services to over 45,000 New Yorkers each year. We are unique in serving everyone from infants and their families to children, teens, and adults. We are proud to employ and serve people of all religions, races, cultural backgrounds, gender expressions, and sexual orientations. We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams to help support our mission, and we strongly encourage candidates from historically marginalized backgrounds to apply to work with us.