Mental Health Clinician: Mobile Outreach Team

OHEL Children's Home and Family Services; New York (NY); On-site; USD 51,000 - 69,000; Full time

Job summary

OHEL Children's Home and Family Services in New York seeks a Mental Health Clinician for its Mobile Outreach Team. You will perform in-home assessments, provide short-term case management and crisis intervention for children, adolescents, adults, and families with mental illness.

Responsibilities include scheduling visits, linking clients to ongoing services, collaborating with families, schools, and other professionals, and documenting observations in the EHR with strength-based feedback.

Qualifications

• Must possess LMSW, LCSW or LMHC licensure.
• Willingness to travel within NYC.
• Some evenings hours when needed.
• Bilingual a plus.

Responsibilities

• Administer mental health assessments.
• Schedule visits and manage short-term case management.
• Link clients to ongoing mental health services and collaborate with families, schools, and professionals.
• Provide written and oral observations in the EHR with strength-based feedback.

Skills

Clinical skills

Assessment skills

Writing skills

Family collaboration

Education

LMSW

LCSW

LMHC

Job description

Unique position available for a professional and skilled Mental Health Clinician to work in ohel's Mobile Outreach Team. The Mobile Outreach Team offers confidential in-home assessment, short term case management and crisis intervention for children, adolescents, adults, and their families struggling with mental illness. The responsibilities include administering mental health assessments, scheduling visits, linkage to ongoing mental health services, collaborating with families, schools, community members, collateral contacts, and medical & mental health professionals in developing treatment/discharge plans.

Further responsibilities include providing written and oral observations and strength based feedback in our EHR. Appr
opriate candidates should possess strong clinical, assessment and writing skills and clinical experience working with children, adolescents, adults, and families is a plus.

LMSW, LCSW or LMHC required. Must be willing to travel within NYC and some evenings hours when needed. Valid NY or NJ Driver’s license required, own car preferred. Bilingual a plus.

This job is a great opportunity to gain valuable experience, and to hone in your clinical skills with the wide variety of cases and situations that you will experience.

Salary: $60,000