Behavioral Health Counselor

Northwell Health; New York (NY); On-site; USD 66,000 - 109,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwell Health seeks a Behavioral Health Counselor to provide care and support to clients with behavioral health needs. Responsibilities include conducting assessments, providing therapeutic interventions, and collaborating with healthcare teams to ensure continuity of care. Candidates must hold a Master's Degree and relevant licensure in New York. This full-time role offers competitive compensation based on experience and skills.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree required or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Current License to practice as a LMSW, LCSW, or LMFT in New York State required.
• 1-3 years of relevant experience required.

Responsibilities

• Conduct psychosocial assessments and determine patient conditions and needs.
• Provide specialized therapeutic interventions and crisis counseling.
• Collaborate with multidisciplinary teams to support patient care.

Skills

Psychosocial assessment

Therapeutic interventions

Crisis counseling

Complex care management

Education

Master's Degree

Current License to practice as a LMSW, LCSW, or LMFT in New York State

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Base pay range

$66,221.00/yr - $108,180.00/yr

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Job Description

Engages and provides care and support to Behavioral Health clients, patients, and/or families. Performs psychosocial assessment and care management. Plans, implements, and documents care and treatment. Collaborates with clinical and non-clinical team members and supports multidisciplinary team.

Job Responsibility

• Assesses clients and conducts psychosocial assessment with family, significant others, and/or professional collaterals to determine patient conditions and needs.
• Provides specialized therapeutic interventions, individual and/or group psychotherapy, as needed, as well as crisis counseling and intervention services, as appropriate.
• Provides complex care management including identification and linkage to community services and resources, and/or access or transfer to a higher level of behavioral health care (e.g. partial hospitalization, inpatient hospitalization) as appropriate, and ensures patient moves along care continuum in a timely manner.
• Promotes patient compliance and adherence to treatment as well as liaises with patient providers for collateral treatment.
• Provides patients and families with the opportunity to engage in care and treatment as well as participates in developing and implementing new/revised approved programs, initiatives, techniques and/or protocols.
• Completes documentation in accordance with policies and procedures of the organization, state and Federal regulations.
• Collaborates with multidisciplinary team consisting of healthcare teams, patients and families to understand social and emotional elements related to diagnosis and treatment .
• Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.
  
  

Job Qualification

• Master's Degree required or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
• Current License to practice as a Master Social Worker (LMSW), Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in New York State required, plus specialized certifications as needed
• 1-3 years of relevant experience, required.
• Additional Salary Detail The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future.When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Not Applicable

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Other

• Industries

  Hospitals and Health Care

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