About this role
Social Worker
* Rockaway Behavioral Health Clinic – Far Rockaway, NY
When you join the CCBQ Team, you will have an impact on the lives of many. For over 125 years, Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens has been providing quality social services to the neighborhoods of Brooklyn and Queens, and currently offers 160-plus programs and services for children, youth, adults, seniors, and those struggling with mental illness. Our Clinics are community-based which offer a professional and welcoming environment for both clients and staff. The Clinics provide psychotherapeutic and psychopharmacological therapy, as well as individual, group, family therapy, crisis intervention, medication management, case management and collateral sessions. Our staff members follow an approach to health care that emphasizes wellness, recovery, trauma-informed care, and physical-behavioral health integration.
Why you will enjoy being part of our team:
1. Competitive Salaries and Benefits
2. Educational Loan Forgiveness
3. Professional Development (CEUs)
4. High Quality Supervision
5. Opportunities for Advancement
STATEMENT OF THE JOB
The Agency has embraced the concept of a fully integrated system of care for all consumers of service. This requires that staff assess the client’s needs holistically and see it as their responsibility to connect the client with services needed both internal and external to the Agency, regardless of the door through which the consumer enters the system.
Under the direction of a designated LCSW Clinical Supervisor, the MSW Social Worker is responsible for direct service to clients in the Agency’s outpatient mental health programs. All services are to be delivered in a professional and ethical manner, consistent with best practice tenets. The MSW Social Worker will function as part of a treatment team, maintains mandated levels of service, participates in Agency meetings as required and fully comply with Agency policies and procedures.
The MSW Social Worker will perform initial interview, crisis intervention, and ongoing therapy with individuals, groups and families. The MSW Social Worker will adhere to all standards of contract compliance, audit readiness, Agency policies and procedures, and all other regulatory requirements. The MSW Social Worker will work as a member of a team to help ensure the overall integrity and welfare of the Agency.
• Meet Agency requirements for qualitative and quantitative contacts with clients. Includes conducting intake interviews, rendering diagnoses in accordance with DSM criteria, providing crisis intervention, providing psychotherapy in various treatment modalities, conducting telephone referrals, providing advocacy, case management and referrals.
• Ensure that referrals are made to appropriate internal and external services as required to meet the needs of the consumer and their families.
• Provide direct service: Conduct individual, family, marital and group therapy as dictated by the client’s clinical needs.
• Participate in in-service trainings and attend relevant workshops/conferences at the request of or with the permission the Clinical Supervisor and/or Clinical Manager.
QUALIFICATIONS
•Master’s degree in social work from a nationally accredited institution.
• Must apply for LMSW license as soon as eligible.
• Must obtain and maintain all licensure/certifications for which employee is educationally and professionally eligible in NY State.
• Obtain NPI immediately upon employment.
• Bilingual Spanish/English; Russian/English; Creole/English; Chinese/English; Korean/English speaking preferred.
• Frequently lifts and/or moves up to 10 pounds.
• Able to travel to multiple locations within the five boroughs as needed.
BENEFITS
We offer competitive salary and excellent benefits including:
• Generous time off (Vacation/ Personal Days/ Sick Days/ Paid Holidays annually)
• Medical,
• Dental
• Vision
• Retirement Savings with Agency Match
• Transit * Flexible Spending Account
• Life insurance
• Training Series and other additional voluntary benefits.
For more information on our organization, please visit our website at: www.ccbq.org EOE/AA.
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Other facts
About Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens
For over 125 years, Catholic Charities Brooklyn and Queens has been providing quality social services to the neighborhoods of Brooklyn and Queens, and currently offers 160-plus programs and services for children, youth, adults, older adults, and those struggling with mental illness. As one of the largest faith-based developers of affordable housing in the country, Catholic Charities provides more than 4,500 units of housing for low-income older adults, families, and the formerly homeless, throughout Brooklyn and Queens. With the country reeling from an economic crisis, countless members of our community in Brooklyn and Queens have turned to Catholic Charities for assistance. In response, we increased our efforts to address issues of poverty and promote justice in the communities we serve, thereby empowering families and individuals to achieve greater self-sufficiency.
What you'll do
- The MSW Social Worker is responsible for direct service to clients in outpatient mental health programs, including conducting intake interviews and providing therapy. They will work as part of a treatment team and ensure compliance with agency policies and procedures.
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