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About the Role
The LMSW therapist establishes a therapeutic relationship with assigned clients, emphasizing prevention and promoting optimum mental health. The role is responsible for the overall maintenance of a therapeutic environment within the Clinic.
Responsibilities
- Maintain confidentiality of records relating to client’s treatment
- Assess each client for risk level and complete safety planning/monitoring as needed
- Encourage clients to express their feelings and discuss what is happening in their lives and help them to develop insight into themselves and their relationships.
- Guide clients in the development of skills and strategies for dealing with their problems.
- Prepare and maintain all required treatment records and reports.
- Counsel clients, individually and in group sessions, to assist in overcoming dependencies, adjusting to life and making changes.
- Collect information about clients through interviews, observation, and tests.
- Complete comprehensive assessments with DSM 5 diagnosis
- Act as client advocates to coordinate required services or to resolve emergency problems in crisis situations.
- Develop and implement treatment plans based on clinical experience and knowledge
- Complete progress notes for each session within 24-48 hours and complete billing for the session
- Engage in outreach to clients who do not attend scheduled appointments and document appropriately
- Collaborate with other staff members to perform clinical assessments and develop treatment plans.
- Evaluate client’s physical or mental condition based on review of client information
- Evaluate the effectiveness of therapy programs and client’s progress in resolving identified problems and moving towards defined objectives
- Modify treatment activities and approaches as needed to comply with changes in clients status
- Monitor client’s use of medications
- Learn about new developments in the field by reading professional literature, attending courses and seminars, and establishing and maintaining contact with other social service agencies.
- Gather information about community mental health needs and resources that could be used in conjunction with therapy.
- Attend weekly team meetings
- Participate in monthly continuing education
- The Therapist will have access to PHI during the course of his/her work activities. Incumbent will use this information to provide psychiatric therapy as needed in compliance with all OMH 599 regulations and guidelines relative to established plan of care. ALL HIPAA, corporate compliance, and program guidelines must be maintained and kept at all times.
- Attendance of in-service trainings required.
Requirements
- Master’s Degree in Social Work
- Current NYS LMSW licensure
- Minimum 2 years experience in providing mental health counseling/therapy within a clinical setting.
- Well versed in diagnosis, therapy, educational programs and development of treatment plans; able to deal effectively with variety of patient mental disabilities and dysfunctions; provide crisis intervention and treatment for patients which may require special observation.
- Customer service abilities including effective listening skills.
- Critical thinking skills, decisive judgment and the ability to work with minimal supervision in a fast paced environment.
- Bi-lingual Spanish preferred
Skills
- Diagnosis
- Therapy
- Educational programs
- Development of treatment plans
- Crisis intervention
- Customer service
- Effective listening
- Critical thinking
- Decisive judgment
- Minimal supervision
- HIPAA compliance
- Corporate compliance
- Program guideline adherence
Experience Level
- Minimum 2 years experience
Education Level
- Master’s Degree in Social Work
Salary/Compensations
- $65,000 - $70,000 yearly
Benefits
- Three comprehensive healthcare plans to choose from
- Housing Works covers most of the healthcare plan cost
- Staff begins accruing PTO immediately
- Up to 30 days of PTO earned in the first year
- Educational benefit for tuition loan reimbursement, tuition costs, and text books.
About the Company
- Housing Works was founded in 1990 with a long-term commitment to AIDS advocacy.
- Established New York State’s first harm reduction-based, OASAS-licensed outpatient drug treatment program.
- Other services include Health Home care management, behavioral health, and syringe exchange programs.
- Operates 10 high-end thrift shops in Manhattan and Brooklyn and a bookstore cafe in Soho.
- Fights for funding and legislation to ensure that all people living with HIV/AIDS have access to quality housing, healthcare, HIV prevention, and treatment, among other lifesaving services.
Equal Opportunity
- Housing Works provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability or genetics.
- In addition to federal law requirements. Housing Works complies with applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment in every location in which the company has facilities.
- This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.