Social Worker |Lev Initiative Specialist

Jewish Board; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Jewish Board seeks a skilled social worker for outpatient mental health services at the Seymour Askin Counseling Center in Brooklyn. The clinician will perform assessments, create treatment plans, and provide individual, family, and group psychotherapy, including Lev Initiative services.

Qualifications include a Master’s degree and NY license (LMHC/LCAT/LMFT/LMSW). Experience in trauma, IPV, and culturally responsive care is preferred; hybrid work arrangement offered.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in counseling, creative arts, or social work.
• New York State License or limited permit in Mental Health Counseling (LMHC); Creative Arts Therapy (LCAT), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) or social work (LMSW) required.
• Experience providing outpatient mental health treatment in a clinic or community setting preferred.

Responsibilities

• Conduct comprehensive evaluations and risk assessments for clients referred to the Center for Jewish Mental Health.
• Develop, review, and update treatment plans in collaboration with clients and supports.
• Provide individual, family, group, collateral, and crisis services, including Lev Initiative psychotherapy.
• Coordinate care with psychiatric, medical, housing, legal, and community supports as clinically indicated.
• Maintain timely, accurate documentation per agency, OMH and payer requirements.
• Participate in clinical meetings, supervision, and required trainings.

Skills

Trauma-informed care

Cultural humility

Group therapy

Electronic health records

Microsoft Office

Education

Master's degree in counseling, creative arts, or social work

New York State License or limited permit in Mental Health Counseling (LMHC); Creative Arts Therapy (LCAT), LMFT or LMSW

Tools

Electronic Health Records

Microsoft Office

Job description

2020 Coney Island Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11223, USA

Job Description

PURPOSE:

POSITION OVERVIEW:

The social worker will provide assessment, treatment planning, psychotherapy, crisis intervention, care coordination, and documentation in accordance with agency and regulatory standards. A portion of the role will focus on Lev Initiative clients, including individual and group services for survivors of intimate partner violence and, when clinically appropriate, affected family members or children. Services should be trauma-informed, culturally responsive, and coordinated with relevant community, legal, housing, safety-planning, and clinical supports. The role is not limited to Lev clients; the clinician may also serve a diverse outpatient caseload.

KEY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS :

Conduct comprehensive evaluations, psychosocial assessments, and risk assessments for clients referred to the Center for Jewish Mental Health.

Develop, review, and update treatment plans in collaboration with clients and, when clinically appropriate, family members or other supports.

Provide culturally responsive individual, family, group, collateral, and crisis services, including individual and group psychotherapy through The Lev Initiative.

Integrate Jewish cultural context into assessment and treatment when clinically appropriate, while maintaining a client-centered, non-assumptive, and respectful approach.

Work effectively with clients across a broad spectrum of Jewish identity, background, affiliation, observance, language, family structure, and community experience.

Treat presenting concerns including trauma, grief, intimate partner violence, safety needs, family stress, anxiety, depression, and life transitions.

Coordinate care with psychiatric, medical, school, legal, housing, domestic violence, Jewish communal, and other collateral supports as clinically indicated.

Collaborate with OneCall, CIAD, Jewish Community Services, The Lev Initiative, psychiatric services, care coordination, and other internal partners to support referrals, assignments, group enrollment, and continuity of care.

Facilitate or co-facilitate Lev Initiative psychotherapy groups and document participation, progress, risks, and follow-up needs.

Participate in clinical meetings, staff meetings, CJMH/Jewish Services team consultation, required trainings, and supervision.

Maintain timely, accurate documentation according to standards and time frames established by The Jewish Board, Article 31/OMH, CCBHC, payer, regulatory, and funding requirements.

Maintain professional behaviors and ethical standards as established by licensing boards, relevant professional associations, and Jewish Board policies and procedures.

Support timely access to care by accepting appropriate referrals, maintaining an active caseload, and meeting expected productivity and kept-visit standards.

Other duties as assigned.

ADDITIONAL FUNCTIONS MAY INCLUDE:

Attending case conferences as needed

Maintaining a steady and active caseload

Meeting the minimum expectations for kept visit

EDUCATIONAL / TRAINING REQUIRED :

Master's degree in counseling, creative arts, or social work from an accredited program AND a New York State License or limited permit in Mental Health Counseling (LMHC); Creative Arts Therapy (LCAT), Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) or social work (LMSW) required.

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED / LANGUAGE PREFERENCE :

Experience providing outpatient mental health treatment in a clinic, community behavioral health, or comparable setting preferred.

Experience with intimate partner violence, trauma, grief, family stress, or culturally specific mental health services preferred.

Demonstrated cultural humility and ability to serve diverse Jewish communities while also working with clients across broader backgrounds and identities

Group therapy experience preferred.

Ability to provide culturally responsive care without stereotyping or making assumptions about clients’ beliefs, practices, gender roles, family systems, or community expectations.

Comfort discussing sensitive topics that may intersect with Jewish identity, including religious conflict, family/community pressure, antisemitism, grief, trauma, intimate partner violence, sexuality/gender-related concerns, and disclosure-related concerns.

Ability to build trust with clients who may be hesitant to seek mental health treatment due to stigma, privacy concerns, communal visibility, or prior negative experiences.

Hebrew, Yiddish, Russian, Ukrainian, or other language capacity relevant to New York City’s Jewish communities preferred.

COMPUTER SKILLS REQUIRED :

Experience with documenting in electronic health records and using Microsoft Office software

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 work setting. Position entails a combination of in-person and remote work, with in-person services based primarily at the Seymour Askin Counseling Center in Brooklyn and remote/telehealth services as clinically and operationally appropriate. Allocation of time and locations will be developed in collaboration with program leadership and based on the needs of the program and clients served. Travel may be required between program locations, Jewish Board sites, and community partner settings as needed.

We are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, marital status, veteran status, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

Job Family Clinical Staff [300s]

Pay Type Salary

Employment Indicator 8833 - Hospital - Professional Employees

2020 Coney Island Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11223, USA