Licensed Master Social Worker

Job Summary:
Provides a variety of clinical services: individual and specialized group counseling to meet the needs of persons served, intake/screening assessments for program applicants, crisis counseling and family counseling. Conducts psychosocial assessments, mental health/mental status examinations and makes treatment planning recommendations as well as internal and external client referrals.

QUALIFICATIONS:

· Master's Degree in Social Work from an accredited school of social work or Masters in Mental Health Counseling. A minimum of one year demonstrated experience in a community-based agency, two years experience in chemical dependency and/or therapeutic community and/or a minimum of one-year mental health services. Qualified healthcare professional credential.

· Skilled in providing services that support residential or outpatient therapeutic models of care, i.e., parenting and family skills groups, family counseling, trauma/survivors groups, gender groups, anger management groups, etc.

· Strong sense of boundaries, effective oral, writing, and interpersonal skills, Bi-lingual (English/Spanish) a plus, strong organizational and planning skills, computer literacy (Windows based environment knowledge preferred) Valid N.Y.S. Driver's license.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

· Conducts bio-psychosocial assessments, mental status and mental health evaluations.

· Conducts individual, group and family counseling consistent with the objectives identified in clients’ individual treatment plans.

· Ensures the maintenance of accurate, complete and timely client records that comply with regulatory requirements and agency internal policy and procedure.

· Complies with 42 CFR confidentiality and HIPAA privacy and security regulations.

· Serves as a liaison to community agencies and organizations. Assists with forging professional linkages, relationships with concrete services/other community service providers and referral sources.

· Designs and facilitates specialized, therapeutic groups based upon client and program need.

· Facilitates in-service staff training designed to respond to anticipated and/or identified areas of need.

· Adheres to social work standards and ethical principles, agency policies and procedures, and maintains professional relationships with other disciplines, clients, and community supports.

· Demonstrates a commitment to maintaining the knowledge and skill necessary to facilitate didactic, process experiential and supportive group approaches.

· Assumes staff-on-duty assignments as requested, including the observation of urine specimen collection. and medication management including the direct observation of clients during medication pass for adherence to their prescribed medication regime.

· In ambulatory programs, provides administrative supervision/assigns appropriate work to professional and/or volunteer childcare staff in designated program sites.

· In ambulatory programs, monitors children and program participants for signs and symptoms of physical, sexual, and other forms of abuse/domestic violence, conducts trauma assessments and makes notification as mandated by agency policy and NYS law.

· Performs other duties as requested by supervisor.