Social Worker (Lmsw/Lcsw)

Callen-Lorde Community Health Center • Brooklyn, NY

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About The Position

Callen-Lorde Community Health Center is seeking a compassionate and dedicated Social Worker (LMSW/LCSW) to join its Behavioral Health team. The position provides individual psychotherapy to patients and members of their families of choice, as well as family/couple and group psychotherapy. The social worker also assesses medical patients seeking behavioral health services, provides crisis intervention, and makes referrals within Callen-Lorde or to external services as appropriate.

Depending on clinic needs, the social worker may work in an Article 28 clinic providing short-term therapy using evidence-based models or integrated behavioral health assessments and referrals, or in an Article 31 clinic providing evidence-based therapy or walk-in therapy through an open-access model. The role includes collaboration with behavioral health management, psychiatry, primary care, and care coordination teams, as well as participation in program development, quality improvement, and agency on-call services. The position may also include clinical, administrative, and documentation supervision of assigned staff.

Callen-Lorde provides comprehensive LGBTQ+ healthcare and related services regardless of ability to pay, and promotes health education, wellness, research, advocacy, and education. Its mission is to provide sensitive, quality care targeted to New York’s lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender communities in all their diversity.

This is a full-time position with some evening hours. The Behavioral Health Clinic is open Monday through Friday. Salary depends on experience. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance; no-cost life insurance; short- and long-term disability insurance; a Flexible Spending Account; commuter benefits; paid time off; and a 403B retirement savings plan.

Requirements

• Master’s degree in Social Work and New York State licensure as an LMSW or LCSW.
• Knowledge of LGBT- and HIV-related health and mental health issues and concerns.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and oral communication skills.
• Computer literacy and ability to maintain ongoing documentation in an electronic charting system (EPIC).
• Commitment to the mission of Callen-Lorde Community Health Center.
• Ability to work with diverse populations and handle multiple simultaneous tasks.
• Ability to work independently while remaining team-focused.
• Ability to remain calm, focused, and helpful under stress.
• Excellent attention to detail.

Nice To Haves

• At least one year of post-Master’s clinical experience working with adult individuals and groups.
• Experience working in a New York State Article 31 and/or Article 28 outpatient practice setting.
• Bilingual Spanish/English.

Responsibilities

• Provide comprehensive behavioral health services within the LMSW/LCSW scope of practice.
• Conduct assessments and facilitate appropriate referrals.
• Provide crisis intervention services when needed.
• Provide individual, family/couples, and group psychotherapy.
• Collaborate with behavioral health management, psychiatry providers, primary care providers, and care coordinators.
• Maintain current productivity standards through patient scheduling and monitoring.
• Participate in program development and quality improvement initiatives.
• Write letters for patients seeking gender-affirming surgery as appropriate.
• Participate in agency on-call services.
• Provide clinical, administrative, and documentation supervision to staff as assigned.

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical plan, including a low-cost option for the employee and eligible spouse/domestic partner and/or family.
• Dental insurance.
• Vision insurance.
• No-cost life insurance.
• Short- and long-term disability insurance.
• Flexible Spending Account.
• Commuter benefits.
• Generous paid time off plan.
• 403B retirement savings plan.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level