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About the Role

Open Door is seeking a Bilingual Mental Health Clinician to provide direct clinical mental health services to patients of all ages, aiming for high-quality, culturally competent, accessible, and integrated healthcare. The role involves individual, couple, and family treatment for children, adolescents, adults, and families.

Responsibilities

• Provide individual, family, and group counseling based on clinical diagnosis and assessment of clients’ presenting problems within an outpatient mental health setting.
• Accurately document all clinical interventions, diagnoses, symptoms, and presenting problems in the Electronic Medical Record.
• Provide high-quality evidence-based treatment using a variety of modalities including trauma systems therapy and substance use disorder interventions.
• Participate in weekly supervision, multi-disciplinary team meetings, and service training programs.
• Provide crisis counseling, linkages to concrete and wraparound services, and coordinate with other providers to better serve the needs of students and families.
• Require independent knowledge and judgment related to complex situations.
• Work with patients to develop treatment plan goals and objectives for treatment of mental health, substance use disorders and co-occurring disorders.
• Provide ongoing communication with other care providers including PCP regarding patients care needs.
• Incorporate health and wellness education and referrals for preventative care.
• Respond to and incorporate physical health concerns into ongoing care interventions.
• Provide crisis intervention and warm hand-off assessments as needed.
• Maintain patient confidentiality at all times as per Open Door policies and procedures.
• Prepare and maintain documentation in compliance with JCAHO standards and applicable city, state, and federal laws.
• Demonstrate ability to function in a culturally sensitive manner within the organization’s philosophy and mission.
• Foster good communication between the center and the community by returning all patient telephone requests.
• Ensure timely communication: responding timely to emails, teams, calls, and electronic health record communication.
• Facilitate referrals to appropriate treatment settings for mental health, psychiatric and substance use disorder needs when care is unable to be provided at ODFMC.

Requirements

• Master’s Degree from an accredited graduate school in Social Work, Mental Health Counseling, or Marriage and Family Therapy (MSW, MHC, or MFT).
• LMSW, LMHC, or LMFT preferred with current New York State registration and license as a Licensed Master of Social Work (LMSW) or corresponding degree or limited permit.
• CASAC a plus.
• Excellent clinical experience with mentally ill, substance abuse afflicted population.
• Must have experience with providing clinical services to children and families, preferably in the health care field.
• Passion for providing high-quality care to low-income, underserved residents in a mental health setting.
• Desire to work in underserved communities.
• Outstanding clinical, assessment, and diagnostic skills.
• Proficient in the use of computers, and specifically with electronic medical records.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with a culturally diverse population.
• Team-focused collaborator.
• Excellent interpersonal skills both verbally and in writing.
• Highly organized, self-directed.
• Engaged in learning and continuous quality improvement.
• Resilient.
• Desire to provide quality care for our patients; to be compassionate, understanding, energetic, organized, self-motivated, and creative problem-solver.
• Solid clinical experience with mentally ill, substance misuse impacted population.
• Familiarity with evidence-based treatment modalities, crisis management.
• Working knowledge of electronic records.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and integrity.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills (writing, oral and active listening).
• Ability to work collaboratively in a team environment and culturally diverse setting.
• Strong computer skills including working knowledge in Word, Excel, and PowerPoint as well as capacity to navigate and enhance proficiency in these and other software systems.
• Thorough knowledge of current social work and mental health practices.
• Experience in or desire to work with lower socio-economic and multi-stressed families.
• Requires adherence to Infection Control Standard Precautions.

Skills

• Bilingual
• Clinical mental health services
• Individual, couple, family treatment
• Trauma systems therapy
• Substance use disorder interventions
• Crisis counseling
• Electronic Medical Record documentation
• Computer proficiency
• Written communication
• Verbal communication
• Interpersonal skills
• Organization
• Self-direction
• Learning
• Quality improvement
• Problem-solving
• Evidence-based treatment modalities
• Crisis management
• Electronic records
• Confidentiality
• Leadership
• Team collaboration
• Cultural sensitivity
• Microsoft Word
• Microsoft Excel
• Microsoft PowerPoint

Location

• Yonkers, NY

Work Type

• Outpatient
• Full-time

Experience Level

• Clinical experience with mentally ill, substance abuse afflicted population
• Experience with providing clinical services to children and families
• Solid clinical experience with mentally ill, substance misuse impacted population

Education Level

• Master’s Degree in Social Work, Mental Health Counseling, or Marriage and Family Therapy
• LMSW, LMHC, or LMFT preferred
• Limited permit

Salary/Compensations

• $62,220.00 - $72,420.00

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Life insurance
• Flexible spending accounts
• 401(k)
• Generous paid time off
• Educational assistance
• Competitive salary
• Annual bonuses

About the Company

• Open Door Care Network provides health care and wellness programs to individuals and families in need throughout Westchester, Putnam and Ulster Counties.
• A pioneer Federally Qualified Health Center, Open Door provides more than 300,000 patient visits annually and serves nearly 60,000 individual patients who might not otherwise have access.
• Open Door offers integrated services and a holistic approach to building healthier communities.
• Primary medical care, dental care, integrated behavioral health care, clinical nutrition, wellness programs, and chronic disease management are the foundation of its clinical programs.
• Founded as a free clinic in 1972, Open Door’s mission of building healthier communities through accessible, equitable, culturally competent health care has led to site and service expansions.
• Today, Open Door operates centers in Brewster, Mamaroneck, Mount Kisco, Ossining, Port Chester, and Sleepy Hollow, in addition to eight School-Based Health Centers in the Port Chester and Ossining School Districts, a mobile dental van in Mount Kisco, and a new dental practice in Saugerties, NY.
• For more information, please visit our website at www.opendoormedical.org.