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Form of workJob Title: Licensed Clinical Social Worker
Department: Mental Health Services - LCSW
Location: Brooklyn, NY
Salary: 75,000-85,000
PURPOSE OF THE POSITION: Coordinate, supervise and provide MENTAL HEALTH services, including psychotherapy, to foster care children, adolescents and families.
REPORTS TO: Director of Mental Health Services
SUPERVISES: Psychologist, Masters-level psychotherapists, interns, coordination psychiatric services.
Specific Responsibilities:
1. Assign and coordinate therapy and assessment cases for a staff of about 6 individuals from disciplines of psychiatry, psychology and social work as well as masters’ level externs and interns in social work and MENTAL HEALTH counseling fields. Oversee and complete initial screenings.
2. Carry a psychotherapy caseload of children/youth whom are seen at minimum weekly for 30-60 minute sessions.
3. Psychological assessment instrument, such as Wechslers and personality measures, administration, scoring, and report completion.
4. Reports entry into a BEHR, case assignments.
5. Communicate with social service/casework staff, medical, staff, court correspondence as indicated in select cases.
6. Supervision of masters-level clinicians
7. Coordination of special rate assessments and communication with intake department.
8. Participation in incident review meetings and consultations as needed.
9. Reviews and approvals of billed services in BEHR for Medicaid Managed Care
10. Monitoring and approving of professional and clerical staff’s timekeeping
11. Interface with outside agencies, schools, hospitals, clinics as needed
12. Interface with select university programs providing potential trainees
13. Oversight of Brooklyn and Deer Park Mental Health and collaboration with Mental Health Director
14. Alternate in-weekly presence on-site at Brooklyn and Deer Park offices.
15. Other duties which may come up as indicated by program, e.g., consultation with Homefinding
16. Oversight of timely completion of Medical Necessity and Treatment Plans.
II. QUALIFICATIONS
LCSW
Education
Required
- Masters degree or higher
Licenses & Certifications
Preferred
- LIC CLINICAL SOCIAL WRKER
- PSYCHOLOGIST
