Behavioral Health Specialist - IMT

Community Access Inc; New York (NY); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Community Access is a leading provider in New York City, delivering Integrated Mobile Treatment (IMT). The IMT Behavioral Health Specialist plays a key role within a multi-disciplinary team, engaging participants through assessment and therapeutic planning to support wellness, housing stability, and recovery goals.

Applicants should have a Master's degree in a related field, NY fingerprint clearance, and the ability to work flexibly with diverse populations.

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Social Work or related field; LMSW preferred.
• Minimum of two years' experience with individuals with mental health conditions and co-occurring substance use.
• Available to work a flexible schedule including mornings, evenings and weekends.
• Ability to work in a multi-disciplinary team.
• Must be fingerprinted and cleared by the New York State Justice Center.
• Proficient in Windows and MS Office; comfortable with new electronic systems.

Responsibilities

• Engage participants through individualized assessment and therapeutic planning.
• Use evidence-based practices to support wellness and recovery.
• Apply harm reduction strategies including motivational interviewing.
• Collaborate with a multi-disciplinary team to deliver integrated services.
• Complete required assessments and maintain documentation as needed.

Skills

Conflict mediation

Negotiation

Team collaboration

Flexible schedule

Time management

Initiative

Creativity

Community work

Public transport

Computer literacy

Education

Master's Degree in Social Work

LMSW preferred

Tools

MS Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Community Access was founded in 1974 to provide housing and support for people being discharged from psychiatric institutions. Today, we are one of the leading providers of supportive and affordable housing in New York City, and the originators of an integrated housing model which has become a best practice nationally: affordable housing where families live alongside people living with mental health concerns. Our staff work daily to support thousands of New Yorkers through supportive and affordable housing, peer-driven residential crisis support programs, training, advocacy, supported education, mobile treatment and other healing-focused services.

Program/Department Description

Intensive Mobile Treatment (IMT) is an innovative, creative, trauma-informed, harm reduction oriented mobile practice model designed to provide treatment, rehabilitation and support services to individuals whose needs have not been met by traditional services. IMT participants interact with homeless services, criminal justice, and behavioral health service systems. IMT teams are hired, trained and funded to maximize flexibility and continuity of care for persons who historically have been poorly served.

Community Access' IMT Teams serve individuals who are street homeless or living between institutional settings and housing. Team members work collaboratively with settings in which the participant is living and use assertive engagement strategies to proactively engage individuals in services. IMT team members share responsibility for the people they serve, helping individuals attain housing and other personal and safety goals that may be of a health, social, work or education nature.

IMT teams are multi-disciplinary and include psychiatry, nursing, social work, peer specialists and other staff members offering rehabilitation, treatment and recovery support services. The team provides expertise in the areas of housing, substance use and harm reduction, criminal justice, peer support and behavioral health recovery. Based on their area of expertise, team members collaborate to deliver comprehensive, integrated and flexible services that are responsive to a participant's choices, needs and goals. With a small staff to participant ratio, services are brought to the participant and offered in natural settings, 24 hours a day and seven days a week.

Overview

The IMT Behavioral Health Specialist is an integral part of a multi-disciplinary team of mental health clinicians. The Behavioral Health Specialist is a team member responsible for engaging participants through individualized assessment and therapeutic intervention planning, utilizing evidence-based practices to support participants through their wellness and recovery journeys. harm reduction strategies including motivational interviewing and stage-wise interventions that target an individual's readiness for change. The Behavioral Health Specialist is a clinical resource to other team members in issues related to mental and behavioral health and co-occurring substance use.

Key Performance Indicators

All key performance indicators below are expected to be met fully.

• Complete required assessments and evaluations as needed on a rotating schedule; assigned assessments are completed on time.
• Complete progress notes for all contacts, collaterals, and engagement attempts within 2 business days.

Job Qualifications

• Have an understanding, appreciation, and commitment to the philosophy and mission of Community Access.
• Commitment to person-centered treatment strategies, upholding participants' rights, and self-determination in service provision.
• Minimum of Master's Degree in Social Work, Psychology, Mental Health Counseling, or other Health and Human Services related field; LMSW preferred
• Minimum of two (2) years' experience working with individuals with a mental health condition with co-occurring substance use disorder.
• Available to work a flexible schedule, mornings, evenings and weekends in response to participant needs.
• Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines.
• Be creative and flexible.
• Able to show initiative and be responsible for follow-through.
• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplinary team.
• Be skilled in conflict mediation/negotiation and have an assertive approach to problem solving.
• Must be able to work in the community, including use of public transportation.
• Computer proficiency in Windows operating systems and programs, such as MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, as well as comfort with learning new electronic systems.
• Must be fingerprinted and cleared by the New York State Justice Center.

Community Access is an Equal Opportunity Employer. M/F/D/V.

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