Child Life Specialist
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Position Overview
Location:Brooklyn New York 11207
J Train Van Siclen Avenue
C Train Van Siclen Avenue
SCOPE OF ROLE:
Provides direct services to Supportive Crisis Stabilization Center 24 hr program.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Provide strength based Person centered traumainformed Social determinants of health assessments of
childrens biological educational psychological and social needs. - Engage is collateral visits with health professionals school personnel and is able to make necessary
referrals for mental health daycare and summer camps. - Coordinate activities designed to meet the individual needs of children (e.g. infant stimulation toddler
training teen programs after school programming parent/child interactions etc. - Attends staff meetings inserving training case conferences and weekly clinical meetings.
- Provide weekly and monthly reports
- Provide crisis intervention to children and parents.
- Support families in their child care efforts both in structured and unstructured
- Complete all progress notes treatment planning written assessments and other required documentation.
- Help the child/ family get ready for tests or procedures (Medical/Mental Health).
- Help the child develop coping skills and manage distractions.
- Provide behavioral Interventions (e.g. reward good behavior; prevent negative behavior).
- Provide family support; support for brothers and sisters.
- Provide Play that fits your childs level of understanding.
- Therapeutic play (e.g. roleplaying and storytelling)
- Provide support for grief and loss.
Additional duties as assigned
Qualifications
REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
- Masters degree and LMSW/LMFT required
- Experience working with people diagnosed with mental illness and people struggling with
substance use and coOccurring disorder. - Experience working within a respite/residential or crisis 24 hr program
- Effective written and oral communication skills.
- Computer literacy skills (Excel Teams Windows Outlook)
- Experience working with children/youth and /or Families
- Ability to work evenings and/ or weekends
- Knowledge of substance use and mental illness as it relates to working with families Youth/children
and adults. - Effective interpersonal and written communication skills and ability to work as a member of an
interdisciplinary team; able to relate with diverse staff; customer service focus in interactions with
diverse client population. - Ability to document professional clinical notes within appropriate timelines and input in EHR system. Bilingual English/Spanish speaking preferred
Company Overview
Join a team of employees who cares about the wellbeing of others. We believe in fostering a culture built
on our core values: respect integrity support maximizing individual potential and continuous quality
improvement.
S:US is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive
consideration for employment without regard to race color religion sex disability age sexual
orientation gender identity national origin veteran status or genetic information. S:US is committed to
providing access equal opportunity and reasonable accommodation for individuals with disabilities in
employment its services programs and activities including allowance of the use of services animals.
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Required Experience:
Unclear Seniority
Employment Type
Full-Time
