Job Title: Licensed Clinical Counselor (LCSW, LMHC, LMFT)

Location: New York, New York

Employment Type: Full Time

Job Description:

We are seeking motivated, solution-driven team players eager to embrace the responsibilities of working in a dynamic and professionally rewarding environment. This role involves assessing client needs, developing and implementing service plans, and coordinating services to help clients achieve their goals. The ideal candidate will have a strong commitment to social services, excellent communication skills, and the ability to work collaboratively with clients and other service providers.

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Conducts and documents mental health assessments directly or via tele-psych software for participants and provides ongoing individual and group counseling in accordance with contract policies and procedures.

• In the event of time off requests, the employee will ensure warm handoff for coverage of caseload assignments to maintain compliance with continuity of care.

• Ensure all mental health assessments and screenings are completed according to contract policy and compliant with the highest ethical standard of quality client care.

• Ensures quality care for all participants and timely response to their needs, including crisis intervention. This includes writing appropriate risk assessments, responding to crises promptly, elevating appropriate incidents to higher levels of care, and providing referrals as needed.

• Screens for human trafficking, assesses for child abuse and neglect concerns, and makes appropriate referrals.

• Write appropriate documentation related to biopsychosocial assessments, progress notes, treatment plans, family sessions, and safety plans as required.

• Is readily available to collaborate and respond to staff, assigned case managers, lead case managers, management, and ICE.

• Attend all required meetings, internal and external, including ICE representative requests.

• Maintain the case file in electronic record management system in accordance with contract policies and procedures. Ensure client information and data entry required for statistical reports and shelter metrics are accurate and complete.

• Reports significant incidents in accordance with contract policies and procedures. Including following up on all Significant Incident Reports with clear and concise documentation for addendums and initial reporting of incidents.

• Support the needs of Operations to include organizing, assisting, preparing for meetings, filing, record keeping or communicating with other staff, answering the phone, data entry, orientation, travel coordination, and tours.

• Ensures compliance with state and national mandated reporting requirements.

• May assist with the development and implementation of policies and procedures consistent with those of the organization.

• Maintains confidentiality, documentation, files, and required record-keeping assignments in relation to the population served, customers, and/or employees both on and off work (i.e., no social media postings).

• Assists department heads to ensure operations in the department are implemented according to policy.

• Assists in compiling information, handling, and resolving client and customer complaints.

• Must be able to perform Emergency Behavioral Intervention (EBI) and effectively monitor and execute the appropriate response.

• Performs miscellaneous job-related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bilingual in Spanish and English (Speaking, Writing, and Reading) preferred or any other bilingual language with English that is spoken in the location of service.

• Master’s degree in social work, psychology, sociology, or other relevant behavioral science plus 3 years of counseling experience.

• Active, valid, and unrestricted clinical license in any Clinical Counseling field or currently license eligible

• Excellent presentation and oral and written communication skills are required.

• Clean criminal background check and drug screen.

• Clean Child Abuse and Neglect (CA/N) or Child Protective Services check.

• Must be able to multi-task, be detail-oriented, be organized, and have excellent verbal communication skills.

• Proficient with computer, common office equipment, and highly proficient in Microsoft Excel™, Power Point™, Word™, and Outlook 360™.

• Flexibility in scheduling is required due to potential shift changes based on operational needs.

• Ability to remain calm and composed under stress.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience working in a residential temporary shelter or in treatment centers

• Proficiency with electronic data record-keeping systems

Physical Requirements and Work Conditions:

• Ability to ascend/descend stairs.

• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs.

• Able to withstand changing environmental conditions with weather (rain, lightning, extreme heat, and winds).

• Able to withstand and manipulate through construction areas, sports fields, etc.

• Use of manual dexterity, tactile, visual, and audio acuity.

• Must be able to stay awake/alert, sit, stand, walk, bend, or stoop for extended periods and/or the entire duration of the shift, as necessary.

• In a sudden emergency, staff must always be physically able to run, jump, lunge, twist, push, pull, and assist evacuating or carrying an adolescent to safety.

Salary: Commensurate with experience.

Essential HealthCare Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer:

We are an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer. We do not discriminate in hiring based on sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. If you need reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact Human Resources and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information.

Accommodation requests will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to by Human Resources.