Job details
Salary $41,000 a year job type full-time number of hires for this role 1
Qualifications
Social work: 1 year (required)
Driver`s license (required)
Lmhc (required)
Lmsw (required)
Master`s (preferred)
Full job description
Job title: licensed mental health professional
Location: remote (staff are expected to report to west babylon for meetings & supervisions)
Reports to: program manager
Department: care coordination
Hours: 35 hours per week
Qualifications:
Lmhc/lmsw as credentialed by new york state with a minimum of 1 year of experience serving children and or adults with serious mental illnessMust have experience with conducting appropriate screenings and either performing or arranging for more detailed assessments when needed (e.g., high-risk substance use or mental health related indicators, harm to self/others, abuse/neglect and domestic violence)Clean, valid nys driver’s license, fingerprinting, criminal record check and approval from nys office of mental health.
Job function:
Services by a lmsw or lmhc will assist families with children in crisis by providing in home clinical services as an alternative to hospitalization throughout nassau countyThe lmsw/lmhc will hold a caseload of 12 children/familiesFamilies are helped through crisis with intense interventions and the teaching of new effective parenting skillsThe overall goal is to provide intensive in-home crisis intervention services to a family in crisis due to the imminent risk of their child being admitted to a psychiatric hospital or in an out of home residential placementThe individual will work with the family to support and ensure that treatment and service plan goals are being implemented in the home environmentThey will work with the family to develop and grow problem solving skillsThe licensed mental health professional will focus on the strengths of the youth and family and support them while modeling positive behavior, providing psychoeducation, teaching skills, and collaborating closely with treatment providersThe lmsw or lmhc will minimally meet the family once a week for a face-to-face visitIf the family is in crisis, visits can be increased as neededThe lmsw or lmhc will also make phone calls as neededThe intervention will be based on crisis and non-crisis situationsThe licensed mental health professional will be able to provide a brief therapeutic model for those individuals who are not in therapyThe program will connect the family to an appropriate provider for ongoing therapy if neededIf the youth is already connected to treatment, the individual will collaborate with the clinical providers and will implement the existing treatment plan established by the youth’s treatment teamThe lmsw or lmhc will work in collaboration with the treatment providers.
Job type: full-time
Pay: $41,000.00 per year
Education:
Master`s (preferred)
Experience:
Social work: 1 year (required)
Conducting screening: 1 year (required)
License/certification:
Driver`s license (required)
Lmhc (required)
Lmsw (required)
Willingness to travel:
50% (preferred)
Work location: one location
