Licensed Social Worker
The Jewish Board

Make a bigger difference

At The Jewish Board, we don't just make a difference - we make a bigger difference as we serve 45,000 New Yorkers every year. Join our dedicated team that's been helping communities across New York City for almost 150 years and see just how big of a difference you can make.

Reasons you'll love working with us:

• If you have a particular age range or population you're interested in working with, you can find your niche here. Our clients and staff are as diverse as the city we work in, and include people of all cultures, religions, races, gender expressions, and sexual orientations.

• We're committed to supporting your career development by encouraging mobility and advancement across different program types and jobs.

• With 70 locations throughout the five boroughs, you can work close to where you live.

• Generous vacation time and 15 paid holidays will help you achieve a healthy work/life balance.

• We offer an excellent benefits package with affordable, high-quality health and dental insurance with low co-pays.

• You'll receive ongoing support through high-quality supervision, specialized trainings from our Continuing Education team, and an education benefit.

How you can make a bigger difference:

The Jewish Board's Community Behavioral Health treatment programs provide compassionate, high quality, evidence-based services to individuals and families in the communities we serve. Our staff use a culturally affirming, person-centered approach to help individuals and their families develop skills and resources to improve overall functioning, to instill hope, and to strengthen resiliency. Our programs work closely with community partners to address health disparities in our neighborhoods while also celebrating the strengths and resiliency of our communities.

Facilitated Intake Team Behavioral Health Clinician provides comprehensive intake assessments and treatment planning for clients entering the Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) with the goal of assessing their needs and linking them to the services at the site that best fit their needs and/or linking them to programs out in the community. The Behavioral Health Clinician is responsible for ensuring that the client is connected to the services after referrals are made and assists the client with navigating the various systems of care they access. The Behavioral Health Clinician may also carry a caseload and provide individual, collateral and family therapy.

Some responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Provide information and clarification about services and identify what service(s) are being sought - outpatient clinic treatment, Personalized Recovery Oriented Services (PROS), care management and/or substance use disorders treatment in addition to other identified areas
• Obtain demographic and clinical information regarding the client's relevant history and presenting concerns for the respective service
• Provide a comprehensive assessment of client's needs including mental health and substance use disorders treatment, financial, housing, legal and medical needs
• Conduct crisis evaluations
• Prepare and maintain intake log
• Make appropriate referrals for various levels of care both within the CCBHC and in the community as needed
• Track and provide follow-up on current and pending applications and provide follow-up with clients who do not keep intake appointments
• Assess for risk, create safety plans and prioritize cases deemed high risk for treatment. Risk includes suicide attempts/suicidal ideation or risk; symptoms of psychosis or delusions; suspicion of physical or sexual abuse; cases of domestic violence; etc.
• Work collaboratively with an interdisciplinary team including nurses and psychiatric providers
• Collaborate with partnering programs to insure smooth access and connection to services
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

The Jewish Board is currently looking for talented individuals of all cultures, religions, races, and gender expressions with the following qualifications:

• NYS license in social work or clinical social work (LMSW or LCSW)
• Bilingual Spanish-English a plus

If you join us, you'll have these great benefits:

• Generous vacation time, in addition to paid agency holidays and 15 sick days
• Affordable and high-quality medical/dental/vision plans
• Tuition assistance and educational loan forgiveness
• Free continuing education opportunities
• 403(b) retirement benefits and a pension
• Flexible spending accounts for health and transportation
• 24/7 Accessible Employee Assistance Program
• Life and disability insurance
• Diversity, equity, and inclusion working groups that are available for you to join, including Confronting Structural Racism (COR), Coalition Against Anti-Semitism (CAAS), and the LGBTQ Steering Committee

Who we are:

The Jewish Board delivers innovative, high-quality, and compassionate mental health and social services to over 45,000 New Yorkers each year. We are unique in serving everyone from infants and their families to children, teens, and adults. We are proud to employ and serve people of all religions, races, cultural backgrounds, gender expressions, and sexual orientations. We are committed to building diverse, equitable, and inclusive teams to help support our mission, and we strongly encourage candidates from historically marginalized backgrounds to apply to work with us.

More on Equal Opportunity:

We respect diversity and accordingly are an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, religion, national origin, alienage, citizenship status, age, disability, sex, gender, gender identity or expression (including transgender status), sexual orientation, marital status, partnership status, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

This applies with respect to recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, training, compensation, termination, assignments, benefits, employee activities, access to facilities and programs, and all other terms and condition of employment as well as general treatment during employment.

We will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation to the known physical or mental limitations of qualified employees with disabilities, without regard to any protected classifications, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business. Any employees who need assistance to perform their job duties because of a physical or mental condition should contact human resources.

Other details

• Job Family Clinical Staff [300s]
• Pay Type Salary
• Employment Indicator 8832 - Physician & Clerical
• Min Hiring Rate $60,000.00

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