About the Role
This part-time position focuses on evaluating research interventions for adult patients with anorexia nervosa, emphasizing habit interruption. The role involves providing research treatment and requires experience with eating disorders.
Responsibilities
- Screen adult participants for study eligibility and consent
- Offer informed consent for clinical research studies
- Conduct research intervention for adult patients with anorexia nervosa who are working on relapse-prevention
- Document clinical intervention
- Provide telehealth-delivered behaviorally focused therapy, offering research treatment 1-2 sessions/week for 3-4 patients at any given time
- Participate in supervision for research treatment 1-2 hours weekly
- Attend administrative meetings and supervisory meetings as indicated for assigned studies
- Provide supportive counseling during the research process
Requirements
- Master's in Social Work (MSW)
- 5 years of prior training in cognitive behavioral therapy
- 5 years of prior clinical experience working with patients with eating disorders
- 5 years conducting evidence-based treatment for eating disorders
Skills
- Eating disorders
- Clinical social work
- Cognitive behavioral therapy
- Evidence-based treatment
- Research intervention
- Habit interruption
- Relapse-prevention
- Supportive counseling
Location
- 1051 Riverside Drive, New York, NY 10032
Work Type
- Part-time
- 12 hours per week
Experience Level
- Level II
- Grade 23
Education Level
- Master's in Social Work (MSW)
Salary/Compensations
- $21,625.50 to $26,100
Benefits
- Excellent Benefits Package
About the Company
- The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc. (RFMH) promotes the mental health of New Yorkers, focusing on adults with serious mental illness and children with serious emotional disturbances.
- RFMH is committed to supporting underserved individuals, organizations, and communities by reducing disparities in access, quality, and treatment outcomes.
- RFMH is a private not-for-profit corporation and is not an agency or instrumentality of the State of New York.
- Employees of the Research Foundation are not state employees, do not participate in any state retirement system, and do not receive state fringe benefits.
Equal Opportunity
- Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer - Disabled/Veteran, 41 CFR 60-741.5(a) and 41 CFR 60-300.5(a) compliant.
