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About the Role

The Behavioral Health Clinician is a key member of the therapeutic team at Cedar Knolls House, responsible for providing culturally sensitive clinical interventions within the program. This role ensures appropriate evaluations and treatment interventions for youth aged 16-21 with emotional and behavioral challenges, aiming for successful community reintegration within a year.

Responsibilities

• Meet with assigned residents for weekly sessions.
• Engage and remain in contact with parents.
• Ensure home visits are conducted.
• Ensure vocational/educational, psychiatric, and recreational services are provided.
• Identify and provide access to specific concrete services and community resources.
• Engage families in planning for services.
• Advocate with external resources such as mental health providers, treatment facilities, FCLS, and community members on behalf of residents.
• Provide individual, family, and group counseling on-site for young ladies aged 16-21.
• Liaise between program staff, family court, ACS, case planners, youth’s family members, and relevant community members.
• Attend ACS and school conferences, as well as court hearings.
• Participate in weekly team meetings and potentially lead them.
• Prepare integrative treatment plans based on assessments from other professionals.
• Ensure follow-up from meetings as necessary.
• Conduct meetings to ensure proper treatment, program progress, and goal coordination.
• Provide psychoeducation and intervention support to Direct Support Professionals.
• Work with Direct Support Professionals to enhance communication and cooperation with consumer families.
• Provide crisis intervention as needed.
• Complete paperwork, including case notes, FASPs, PHR’s, and court reports, in a timely manner.
• Complete psychosocial assessments within the first 30 days of youth’s admission.
• Participate in audit preparation.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Minimum of one year of relevant experience with a similar population.
• Valid Driver’s License required.
• Experience with documenting in electronic health records.
• Experience using Microsoft Office software.
• Ability to travel in the community with residents utilizing an agency vehicle.
• Ability to engage in physical activities with the youth.
• Ability to walk up and down stairs.
• Ability to read paper and electronic documents.
• Ability to perform significant data entry into various computer programs.

Skills

• Culturally sensitive clinical interventions
• Individual, family, and group counseling
• Liaising between multiple stakeholders
• Crisis intervention
• Psychoeducation
• Intervention support
• Communication
• Collaboration
• Solution Focused approach
• Data-driven practice
• Cultural competency
• Professional development
• Participation in clinical supervision and training
• Knowledge of electronic Health record systems or CONNECTIONS preferred
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, Outlook and Word
• Aptitude for learning new systems and application software
• Experience with telemental health platforms a plus

Location

• Cedar Knolls House

Work Type

• Full-time

Experience Level

• Minimum of one year of relevant experience

Education Level

• License Master’s in Social Work (LMSW)
• License Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT)
• Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC)
• Licensed Creative Arts Therapist (LCAT)

Benefits

• Generous paid time off
• Paid agency holidays
• 15 sick days
• Affordable and high-quality medical/dental/vision plans
• Tuition assistance
• Educational loan forgiveness
• Free continuing education opportunities
• 403(b) retirement benefits
• Pension
• Flexible spending accounts for health and transportation
• 24/7 Accessible Employee Assistance Program
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance

About the Company

• The Jewish Board delivers innovative, high-quality, and compassionate mental health and social services to over 45,000 New Yorkers each year.
• We serve 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.

Equal Opportunity

• 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.
• We strongly encourage candidates from historically marginalized backgrounds to apply.