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INWOOD COMMUNITY SERVICES, Inc. 651 Academy St. Fl 2nd. New York, NY 10034 Join a dynamic and caring group of community-based mental health clinicians at Inwood Community Services. www.inwoodcommunityservices.org Job Title: Bilingual Mental Health Therapist, LMSW, LCSW, LMHC, Full-time, New York Department: ICS Family Life Center Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic (CCBHC) Reports To: Project Director, ICS Family Life Center CCBHC Date Available: Immediately (currently Hybrid) Summary of Position: The Bilingual Mental Health Therapist is an essential part of the clinical team providing trauma-informed, person-centered, and culturally competent traditional and evidence-based approaches in treatment interventions. Working within an Illness Management and Recovery approach, the clinician/therapist is on the treatment team, with behavioral health case managers, a nutritionist, a psychiatrist, a peer, and data manager/coordinator. Responsive to and part of the CQI plan of the CCBHC, ensuring the accuracy, timeliness, and integrity of clinical protocols, EHR charting, and data collection requirements of the Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) ICS Family Life Center CCBHC grant. This position is federally funded and as such COVID vaccination is required with very rare exceptions based on religious or medical exemption. Summary of the Agency: Inwood Community Services is a not-for-profit community-based organization founded in 1979, 501(c)(3), that provides extensive programming for children, adolescents, adults and families in COUNSELING; LITERACY; YOUTH SERVICES; AND PREVENTION. ICS is an NHSC Student Loan Repayment Site and a student loan Public Service Loan Forgiveness federal program site. The duties of the Bilingual Therapist/Clinician are as follows: ● Provide individual, family, and group treatment including traditional and evidence-based approaches to children and adolescents ages 5 to 17 and adults. ● Provide trauma-informed, person-centered, and culturally competent service ● Administer clinical assessments that inform treatment and comprise clinical outcomes as needed ● As a treatment clinician, will complete a comprehensive person-centered and family-based assessment and treatment plan, within 30 days of admission; and annually thereafter. Alerts for due dates will be provided by data manager/coordinator and EHR/AWARDS ● Collaborate with the program’s case manager for identified prevention and concrete needs of the client and the family, i.e. housing, insurance, parenting skills, etc. ● Collaborate with the program's nutritionist for identified needs in regard to metabolic syndrome and cardiac risk, i.e. weight, diabetes, HBP, etc. ● Participate in clinical team meeting ● Stay abreast of clients psychiatric and non-psychiatric medication, and update on the EHR ● Responsive to and part of the evaluation and CQI operations plan of the CCBHC ● Ensure timely and accurate entry on EHR/AWARDS for charting, clinical measures, and surveys ● Attend trainings relevant to program and position (receive 1 year paid training to become certified in Trauma-Focused CBT) ● Take on other assignments as per the changing needs of the ICS’s CCBHC Qualifications: ● Licensed: LMSW, LCSW or LMHC required ● Minimum of two (2) years in a behavioral health setting w children ≥ 5 yrs and adults ● Must be highly organized and detail oriented with strong ability to multitask ● Must be highly computer literate, and proficient in Microsoft Office ● Experience with AWARDS preferred but not required ● Bilingual Spanish required. Employment: ● Annual Salary: $65,000 to $70,000 commensurate with experience, plus major medical, dental, retirement plan, life insurance, annual leave, sick leave, holidays ● Hours per week: 35 hours (5 days/week; 7 hours/day) ● Certified NHSC Student Loan Repayment Site ● ICS qualifies as a public services site for Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) To Apply: Submit a resume (optional cover letter) with qualifications to: Mariab@inwoodcs.org Dr. Maria Bernales-Korins, Project Director, ICS Family Life Center CCBHC Inwood Community Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer http://inwoodcs.org/