Licensed Fee for Service Social Worker - Hybrid

Jewish Board; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 83,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Telehealth options

Job summary

The Jewish Board in New York offers licensed fee-for-service social work roles in an OMH outpatient clinic. This hybrid position involves evaluation, therapy, case management, and crisis interventions to support children, families, and adults.

Applicants must hold a New York State license (LMHC/LCAT/LMSW/LCSW) and have experience delivering evidence-based practices. Strong collaboration with schools and community agencies is expected.

Qualifications

• Master’s degree in counseling, creative arts, or social work from an accredited program.
• New York State license in Mental Health Counseling (LMHC), Creative Arts Therapy (LCAT), or social work (LMSW/LCSW) required.
• Minimum of one year of relevant clinical experience; experience treating children or adolescents preferred.
• Fluency in a second language preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive evaluations and intakes as required.
• Develop treatment plans in collaboration with clients to address needs and goals.
• Provide individual, group, family, and crisis interventions.
• Liaise with families, schools, and community agencies to coordinate care.
• Maintain documentation per standards and funding requirements.

Skills

Evaluations

Treatment planning

Crisis intervention

Caseload management

Family liaison

Risk assessment

Group facilitation

Education

Master's degree in counseling/creative arts/social work

New York State License: LMHC/LCAT/LMSW/LCSW

Tools

Electronic Health Records

Microsoft Office

Tele-mental health platforms

Job description

Licensed Fee for Service Social Worker - Hybrid

For nearly 150 years, The Jewish Board has been delivering innovative, best-in-class mental and behavioral health services. We are unique in serving everyone from infants and their families, to children, teens, and adults. That adds up to countless opportunities to use your skills, training, and compassion to make a difference in the lives of over 45,000 New Yorkers each year.

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 affirming, 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

This position provides clinical services as part of an OMH licensed outpatient mental health clinic/ CCBHC location, interventions include, but are not limited to, evaluations; individual, group and/or family therapy; case management; and crisis interventions. Must live within the United States and have a valid NYS State Licensed.

Key Essential Functions

• Conduct comprehensive evaluations/ intakes as required.
• Develop treatment plans in collaboration with clients to identify treatment needs and interventions and review/revise treatment plans to reflect client’s treatment progress and changing problems/goals.
• Provide individual, group, family, and crisis interventions.
• Liaise with families, schools, criminal justice, and other community agencies to coordinate care.
• Provide linkages as driven by screenings and client identified needs to embedded care coordination, SUD services, nursing, psychiatric and medical services.
• Participate in clinical meetings, staff meetings, trainings, and supervision.
• Maintain all documentation according to the standards and time limits established by the Jewish Board, regulatory agencies, and/or funding sources.
• Maintain professional behaviors and ethical standards as established by licensing board, relevant professional association and the Jewish Board policies and procedures.
• Paid required participation agency training in evidenced based models (such as CBT/MI) applicable to continuing education credit requirements.

CORE COMPETENCIES for the position include

• Able to engage with clients and explore clients’ emotions, life events and the resources they can use to overcome any of the challenges they may face.
• Skilled in clinical risk assessment and providing trauma informed, culturally sensitive therapeutic interventions.
• Effective time management skills to ensure timely client care and subsequent clinical documentation.
• Understands group dynamics and can effectively lead clinical group sessions.
• Uses clinical assessments to drive referrals.
• Maintain an active and steady caseload

Educational / Training Required

• Master’s degree in counseling, creative arts, or social work from an accredited program and a New York State License in Mental Health Counseling (LMHC); Creative Arts Therapy (LCAT), or social work (LMSW/LCSW) required.

Experience Required / Language Preference

• A minimum of one year of relevant clinical experience is required.
• Experience treating children or adolescents is preferred.
• Fluency in a second language is preferred.

Computer Skills Required

• Experience documenting in electronic health records and using Microsoft Office.
• Experience with tele-mental health platforms a plus.

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

• Hybrid 3 Days in office 2 days' work remotely Preferred/or Fully Remote also Available
• Schedule is centrally managed
• Late afternoons Monday through Friday 3pm to 8pm/ Telehealth schedules only on Saturdays and Sundays between 9 to 5 hours

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.

Our Values.

Treat every person
with dignity

We act with respect and caring towards our clients, colleagues, and communities.

Strive to
be outstanding

We are exceptional professionals in all that we do.

Embrace each
other’s differences

We create a fair and inclusive environment for all.

Engage individuals and families
as our partners

We heal our communities one person at a time through thoughtful collaboration.

We respect diversity and accordingly are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, partnership status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

This applies with respect to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, termination, assignments, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs, and all other terms and condition of employment as well as general treatment during employment.

We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified employees with disabilities, without regard to any protected classifications, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. Any employees who need assistance to perform their job duties because of a physical or mental condition should contact human resources.

We respect diversity and accordingly are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, partnership status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

This applies with respect to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, termination, assignments, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs, and all other terms and condition of employment as well as general treatment during employment.

We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified employees with disabilities, without regard to any protected classifications, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. Any employees who need assistance to perform their job duties because of a physical or mental condition should contact human resources.