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Behavioral Health Counselor - Westchester

Northwell Health
place Queens Village, 11427
local_atm $66220 - $108180/Year
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Full Time
Experience:
Avoidant Personality Disorder
Medication Management
ECT
Families
Groups
Individuals

About Job

Job Description

Engages and provides care and support to Behavioral Health clients, patients, and/or families. Performs psychosocial assessment and care management. Plans, implements, and documents care and treatment. Collaborates with clinical and non-clinical team members and supports multidisciplinary team.

Job Responsibility

1. Assesses clients and conducts psychosocial assessment with family, significant others, and/or professional collaterals to determine patient conditions and needs.
2. Provides specialized therapeutic interventions, individual and/or group psychotherapy, as needed, as well as crisis counseling and intervention services, as appropriate.
3. Provides complex care management including identification and linkage to community services and resources, and/or access or transfer to a higher level of behavioral health care (e.g. partial hospitalization, inpatient hospitalization) as appropriate, and ensures patient moves along care continuum in a timely manner.
4. Promotes patient compliance and adherence to treatment as well as liaises with patient providers for collateral treatment.
5. Provides patients and families with the opportunity to engage in care and treatment as well as participates in developing and implementing new/revised approved programs, initiatives, techniques and/or protocols.
6. Completes documentation in accordance with policies and procedures of the organization, state and Federal regulations.
7. Collaborates with multidisciplinary team consisting of healthcare teams, patients and families to understand social and emotional elements related to diagnosis and treatment .
8. Performs related duties as required. All responsibilities noted here are considered essential functions of the job under the Americans with Disabilities Act. Duties not mentioned here, but considered related are not essential functions.

Job Qualification
  • Master's Degree required or equivalent combination of education and related experience.
  • Current License to practice as a Master Social Worker (LMSW), Clinical Social Worker (LCSW) or Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in New York State required, plus specialized certifications as needed
  • 1-3 years of relevant experience, required.
  • Previous pediatric experience, preferred.

This position requires one day on-site in Somers, NY and one day on-site in Tuckahoe, NY.

*Additional Salary Detail
The salary range and/or hourly rate listed is a good faith determination of potential base compensation that may be offered to a successful applicant for this position at the time of this job advertisement and may be modified in the future. When determining a team member's base salary and/or rate, several factors may be considered as applicable (e.g., location, specialty, service line, years of relevant experience, education, credentials, negotiated contracts, budget and internal equity).

The salary range for this position is $66,220-$108,180/year

Salary ranges shown on third-party job sites may not accurately reflect ranges provided by Northwell Health. Candidates should check Northwell Health Careers for accurate information and discuss salary/hourly details and our comprehensive benefits with a recruiter, if selected for an interview.

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Professional Field

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Patient Focus

Diagnoses

Avoidant Personality Disorder

Issues

Medication Management

Therapeutic Approach

Methodologies

ECT

Modalities

Families
Groups
Individuals

Practice Specifics

Settings

In-patient Non-Psychiatric
In-patient Psychiatric
Research Facilities/Labs/Clinical Trials
State/Federal Government
Home Health/In-home