Primary Clinician/Outreach and Recruitment Coordinator
About The Position
The Research Foundation for Mental Hygiene, Inc. is seeking to fill the full-time position of Primary Clinician/Outreach and Recruitment Coordinator on the OnTrackNY team. The OnTrackNY Program is an innovative treatment program at South Beach Psychiatric Center Coney Island/Sheepshead Bay clinic. The program serves adolescents and young adults who are within two years of experiencing the onset of non-affective psychosis. The Primary Clinician/Outreach and Recruitment Coordinator will work 1.0 FTE as part of a small multidisciplinary team providing coordinated and assertive treatment in the earliest stages of illness.
Requirements
- Licensed Masters or Ph.D. in an appropriate field (social work, psychology, mental health counseling).
- At least 1 year of experience as a clinician providing recovery-oriented, community-based mental health services.
Nice To Haves
- Two or more years experience working with adolescents and young adults experiencing psychosis.
Responsibilities
- Recruit patients for program through community education and presentations at potential referral sources.
- Serve as primary contact person for referral sources.
- Establish and maintain database of referral sources with up-to-date contact information.
- Conduct telephone and in-person eligibility screening of patients referred to program.
- Refer patients ineligible for program to other appropriate community providers.
- Attend weekly team meetings.
- Participate in ongoing training and supervision.
- Rotate on-call responsibilities with other team members.
- Serve as the Primary Clinician for a subset of program participants.
- Serve as the point person for the participant and their family.
- Provide services in the community (off-site) as needed based on participant and family preferences.
- Conduct needs assessments.
- Engage in safety planning and wellness management planning with participants.
- Connect participants and families with the services and supports they need.
- Provide behavioral interventions and take an especially active role in the family support domain.
- Conduct clinical assessment to determine the participant's level of social functioning and substance use via a shared decision making (SDM) framework.
- Provide Social Skills Training, Substance Abuse Treatment, Behavioral Activation, Coping Skills Training, and Psychoeducation.
- Provide Psychoeducation regarding first episode psychosis (FEP) and the goals of the OnTrackNY program.
- Provide supportive therapy.
- Develop and modify treatment using a shared decision-making process with clients.
- Work with participants and family for transition from the team to other services and supports and ensure stable links at discharge.
Benefits
- Excellent Benefits Package
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
