Clinician Stabilization Center (LMSW, LMHC, LMFT or LCSW or MHC-LP)

In our commitment to professional growth and development, full-time Clinicians receive 12 hours of paid professional development time annually to attend training or conferences that meet their individual learning needs and interests.

Title: Stabilization Center Clinician (LMSW, LMHC, LMFT or LCSW or MHC-LP)

Status: Full-Time, Exempt, 37.5 hours per week, day hours

Supervisor: Director of Clinical Administration

Salary Range: $60,000 - $75,000 annually

Location: 368 Broadway, Kingston, NY, 12401

We value flexibility and support in our work environment and offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Our benefits packages include:

Benefits:

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 403(b) retirement plan with employer match up to 5%.
• Generous paid vacation, holiday, sick and personal time package (2 weeks’ vacation to start, 13 paid holidays per year, 12 sick days per year and 4 personal days per year).
• Employee assistance program (EAP).
• Access to Family Services’ Compassionate Leave Program where employees can donate/receive unused time off.
• Group term life and long-term disability insurance.
• Supplemental life insurance & accidental death and dismemberment coverage (AD&D), supplemental insurance through Aflac.
• Pet insurance.
• In our commitment to professional growth and development, full-time Clinicians receive 12 hours of paid professional development time annually to attend training or conferences that meet their individual learning needs and interests.

Function: This position is co-located at the People USA Stabilization Center and acts as a core member of an interdisciplinary stabilization team for community members who are seeking crisis support. Responsibilities include but are not limited to crisis de-escalation, intake; diagnostic assessment and evaluation; treatment planning; brief intervention therapy; maintenance of case records; community education; coordination of treatment with other agencies and professionals providing ancillary services; and participation in client discharge planning. This is a contracted position working 37.5 hours/week, with most hours at the Ulster County Crisis Stabilization Center run by People USA.

Position Requirements:

• Current licensure as an LMSW, LMHC, LMFT or LCSW.
• Experience providing therapeutic interventions.
• Be an adept communicator with strong relationship-building skills.
• Possess strong administrative, time management and organizational skills.

Our Mission:

Family Services brings people together to find the support they need, improving their lives and communities, and building a stronger safer Hudson Valley.

Our Values:

Compassion – Extending empathy and understanding to others.

Integrity – Being honest and dependable.

Hope – Believing in the strength of the human spirit and heart, to emerge and thrive when faced with a challenge.

Diversity – Promoting a vision of community comprised of wide-ranging assets.

Respect – Treating all individuals with dignity and without judgement.

Community – Recognizing and reinforcing the importance of our world as being comprised of people of differing strengths and perspectives.

Justice – Promoting social and economic equity and fairness.

Quality – Aspiring for excellence in every aspect of our work.

Position Responsibilities:

• Clinical services including and not limited to:
• Assessments
• Crisis Counseling
• De-escalations
• Care and transition planning
• In-person services to guests of the Intensive Crisis Stabilization Center
• Working conjointly with participants' family, caregivers, support systems, providers and any other support groups to ensure completion of all required case documentation.
• Monthly check-ins with People USA staff.
• Maintain case records, documenting all client contacts and meeting deadlines for required paperwork.
• Refer client to Case Manager and/or Licensed Medical Providers for ongoing needed services.
• Coordinate clients' treatment with other agencies such as schools, Social Services, Probation Department, etc.
• Develop and implement follow-up studies to determine program effectiveness.
• Respond to queries from insurance companies, Social Services and other agencies concerning pertinent client information.
• Provide training on issues related to mental health treatment.
• Provide advocacy for patients and act as liaison with community resources.
• Other duties as assigned.

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Family Services, Inc. complies with federal and state disability laws and makes reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact [email protected].

Family Services is an equal opportunity employer. We follow federal, state, and local laws prohibiting discrimination in hiring and employment.

Must be authorized to work in the United States without work sponsorship.