Mental Health Clinical Practitioner

A Mental Health Clinical Practitioner will establish helping relationships with people who have psychiatric and co-occurring substance abuse disabilities. The primary role of the practitioner is to assist individuals to connect with and utilize formal and natural resources critical to attaining and maintaining productive, healthy, and satisfying lifestyles. Key activities include individual rehabilitative goal planning, group work using a psycho-educational format, provide clinical counseling and therapy and teamwork with multi-disciplinary colleagues within an OMH licensed PROS program.

The successful candidate should possess the following skills and abilities:

• Experience with providing individual clinical counseling/therapy to participants with Co-Occurring (MH/SU) challenges
• Excellent inter-personal communication, including the ability to establish empathic, empowering relationships with people who have experienced psychiatric and substance abuse disabilities and trauma; Strong communication skills with health professionals is also required.
• Service planning and record-keeping in a psychiatric rehabilitation, person centered practice and recovery-directed framework; sound knowledge of the Behavioral Health services system (OMH, OASAS).
• Excellent documentation skills and demonstrated proficiency in use of an Electronic Health Record (EHR).
• Excellent organizational, time management and computer/technology skills.
• Proficient in the use of current technology: desktop applications, smart phone apps, MS Office 365, Zoom, etc.
• Training and understanding in substance abuse and/or learning disabilities a plus
• Knowledge and experience with Cognitive Behavioral practice is a plus
• Knowledge/interest in Dual Diagnosis recovery a plus
• Persons with bi-lingual skills and personal experience are highly encouraged to apply.

Professional staff include the following:

• Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner
• Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Use Counselor
• Licensed Clinical Social Worker (LCSW)
• Licensed Creative Arts Therapist (LCAT & CAT-LP)
• Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT & MFT-LP)
• Licensed Master Social Worker
• Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC & MHC-LP)
• Licensed Psychoanalyst
• Nurse Practitioner
• Nurse Practitioner in Psychiatry
• Licensed Occupational Therapist
• Pastoral Counselor
• Physician Assistant
• Physician (MD or DO)
• Psychiatrist
• Psychoanalyst
• Psychologist
• Registered Professional Nurse
• Rehabilitation Counselor
• Therapeutic Recreation Specialist

Education:

• Master’s degree from a qualified, clinical Graduate program in a Behavioral Health/Human Service field; with an active NYS licensure in the following LPHA disciplines: LMSW/LCSW, LMHC, LCAT, LMFT, LPA; and at least 2 years post-Master’s and licensed experience.