Clinical Social Worker - School Based - Consultation Center (61287)

UNIVERSITY SETTLEMENT SOCIETY OF NEW YORK•New York, NY

48d•$55,000 - $56,000•Onsite

About The Position

University Settlement partners with 40,000+ New Yorkers in Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn every year to build on our collective strengths as we achieve healthy, stable, and remarkable lives. For nearly 140 years, we’ve fought poverty and systemic inequality by building highly effective social services in collaboration with our neighbors. Established in 1886 as the first Settlement House in the United States, we bring the values of that movement into the 21st century by meeting New Yorkers where they live, listening deeply to all perspectives, and creating space for responsive cooperation. Joining with our neighbors to make stable foundations where people of all ages can grow and pursue their dreams, we build community strength. We infuse a commitment to civic engagement, equality, and communal action into each of our programs, which include early childhood education, youth development, healthy aging, mental health and wellness, English classes for adult immigrants, community centers, and the arts. The Clinical Social Worker provides mental health services to children and their families with Axis I diagnoses utilizing a variety of treatment modalities on-site at Satellite School location. In this role, you will provide case management as linkage referrals, as needed, and maintain appropriate documentation of all services rendered. The Clinical Social Worker will report to the Open Access Clinical Supervisor. This position is pro-rated to follow the Board of Education 10-months school calendar

Requirements

LMSW/LCSW from accredited graduate school of social work.
Experience working with children / adolescents and families
At least 1-year post graduate experience required
Bilingual Spanish or Mandarin preferred
Excellent customer service and interpersonal skills, including effective written and verbal communication
Demonstrated leadership, including effective decision-making and problem-solving experience
Ability to manage multiple tasks in a busy school environment
Ability to exercise initiative and manage time efficiently.
Must be self-efficient
Good communication and organizational skills

Responsibilities

Provides mental health services to a caseload of children/adolescents in individual, group, collateral, and family modalities
Provide services onsite at a designated school(s) during school hours up to 5-days weekly for 10-months annually
Provide services to a caseload of 25 to 35 clients with a productivity benchmark of 30 sessions weekly.
Provides these mental health services with an awareness of, and respect for, diversity of culture, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation. This knowledge shall be incorporated into therapeutic practice
Accepts referrals from school social workers, guidance counselors and whomever the principal deems appropriate and initiates contact as appropriate
Master and utilize computerized treatment systems (AWARDS) for all aspects of client record-keeping/charting, toward assuring all documentation is maintained in comprehensive, organized, and timely manner
Coordinates intake evaluations: scheduling of psychiatric evaluation, writing psychosocial summary, determining initial DSM IV diagnosis, assessing need for psychiatric referral
Writes daily progress notes, initial treatment plans, and quarterly treatment summaries for all individuals on caseload
Develops (with clients) measurable short-term and long-term treatment goals with action plan and completion time frame on a quarterly basis
Helps individuals on caseload (and their parents) access appropriate entitlement benefits and needed resources/concrete services
Establishes and maintains cooperative relationships with coworkers, school staff and community partners of the school as indicated
Provides 24-hour emergency coverage on a rotating basis, to all current clinic patients as per program policy guidelines
Maintains individual case records for caseload, assuring that necessary reports are in place, all documents are filed appropriately
Completes discharge summary and completes case record documentation for those clients who discontinue services in an appropriate timeframe
Records billable and non-billable visits/services daily
Fulfills all documentation required by Department of Education for funding purposes
Participates in weekly case conferences and supervision
Participates in community-building activities sponsored by program and agency and encourages participants to support these activities
If desired, can provide services onsite at the Consultation Center clinic or in the community with the CFTTS program when school is closed
Follow the Board of Education calendar regarding school closings, when taking vacation or PTO
Other duties as assigned