Licensed Clinical Social Worker

Summary:
The Licensed Clinical Social Worker will work with clients in order to help them deal with issues involving their mental and emotional health, which might include alcohol and substance abuse issues. In the context of mental health counseling, a Licensed Clinical Social Worker can have a huge impact on the individual during the course of their treatment.

Responsibilities:
The Licensed Clinical Social Worker is responsible for, but not limited to:

• Providing emotional and mental health counseling to groups or individuals
• Building strong rapport with clients and making accurate assessments of their problems whether mental/emotional or physical in the case of substance abuse
• Responsible for assessing clients and completing comprehensive psychological evaluations for the submission of clients housing packages
• Keeping detailed and concise records of each client during the course of their treatment
• Provide effective treatment planning and assisting clients in successfully achieving goals.
• Evaluate crisis situations and apply appropriate interventions.
• Assist in the detection of "at risk" clients and development of plans to prevent further psychological or physical deterioration.
• Provide consultation, and brief intervention for psychological/psychiatric problems and/or disorders
• Actively participate in meetings that support the integrated health care model to provide comprehensive care for clients
• Monitor the site's behavioral health program, identifying problems related to client services and making recommendations for improvement.
• Develops and maintains liaison relationships with community resources as able, specifically other behavioral health and substance abuse agencies
• Work to establish collaborative services and to lessen duplication of care.
• Participate in the development, implementation, and evaluation of special projects and/or pilot programs
• Interpret Center behavioral health policies and procedures to providers, institutions, agencies, recipients, and other concerned individuals.
• Participate fully in Behavioral Health departmental meetings and other agency meetings as warranted
• Assist in behavioral health departmental tasks, including programmatic and infrastructure design, implementation, and evaluation.
• Act as an administrator within a Social Services organization
• Certified to supervise students in the field of Social Work at different levels of education, undergraduate and graduate
• Ability to provide supervision and oversee a wide range of staff activities including all-inclusive documentation such as psychosocial evaluation/assessment, diagnosis, counseling and crisis intervention in an environment that requires a high degree of independent decision making.

Professional Qualifications and Personal Qualities

• Masters in Social Work
• Licensed in NYS as a Clinical Social Worker in good standing
• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to be compassionate and firm and maintaining confidentiality at all times
• Knowledge of community resources
• Ability to solve problems, make decisions, resolve conflicts and listen
• Ability to deal calmly in crisis situations.
• Proven ability to work collaboratively well with diverse groups
• Proven ability to handle multiple tasks effectively under pressure
• Strong organizational skills, detail-oriented, and efficient
• Maturity, integrity, and sound judgment