Master of Social Work (L/C/R) (Article 16)

Position Overview:

Engage with clients across the lifespan through strengths-based practice.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Provide habilitative individual and family/psychotherapy and psycho educational skill building; micro and macro levels of advocacy;
• Facilitate resource mapping;
• Utilize DSM-V and ICD-10 codes for diagnostic and billing purposes
• Participation in multi-disciplinary teams of care;
• Connect with individuals who have so much to teach you about your practice.
• Commit to professional growth through group and/or individual supervision
• Attend trainings to stay abreast of best practice in clinic and population support
• Embrace Mandated Reporter and Duty to Warn Status
• Participate in evaluation and visioning processes to grow the department and agency.
• Contemporaneously document services, complete assessments and reports in a timely manner.
• Willingness to familiarize self, operate within, and adhere to NYS DOH, NYS ED, and NYS OPWDD regulations
• Professionally represent client and/or HCA while interfacing with community agencies, coalitions, etc.
• Maintain NYS Licensure
• Maintain professional boundaries and design self-care plan
• Ability to manage daily scheduling and goal-oriented planning.
• Confidence in administering Mental Health First Aid, Suicide Risk Assessments, Contracting for Safety.
• Prioritize and foster agency and autonomy of client
• Operate from a strengths-based perspective enacted through person-centered visioning.
• Embrace technology: proficiency in Electronic Medical Records, Microsoft suite, Outlook, telehealth platforms
• Attend mandatory trainings.
• Ability to be flexible with daily schedule based on the needs and requests of the consumer.
• Maintain working knowledge of OPWDD requirements.
• Other duties or programs such as group facilitation as assigned.

There is a sign on Bonus up to $3,000 for this position. 

HCA: not just a job opportunity but an opportunity to make a difference.