Clinician Youth ACT
Clinician Youth ACT
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Clinician Youth ACT
Licensed Social Workers or Mental Health professionals are eligible for $7500 signing bonus!
Work related travel reimbursed at predetermined rates
As a Clinician in the Youth ACT program you will help children avoid hospitalizations and outofhome placements by providing intensive communitybased services to these youth and families. The youth served by Youth ACT have not found success in traditional mental health and community treatment. Our Clinicians are part of a tightknit multidisciplinary team that meets daily to provide medication treatment therapy skill building and psychoeducational support to youth and families to meet all of their needs. You will report to the Director of Youth ACT and you will work Monday Friday onsite with required travel to clients home. Some early evening hours may be required to support client needs.
Responsibilities:
- A shared caseload and ample supervision and support to provide intensive services to the 36 youth and families that the team serves overall meeting the client where they are in the community rather than in a clinical office setting.
- Specialized training in the Youth ACT model as well as the principles of personcentered planning motivational interviewing traumainformed care social determinants of health cultural competence implicit bias and many other best practices.
- A lead role in providing services to clients/families such as:
- Risk Assessment
- Substance Abuse Screen/Assessment
- Suicide Assessment
- Mental Health needs assessment
- Social Needs Screening Health Leads
- Comprehensive Psychosocial Assessment to include diagnosis and needs to develop a treatment plan (IAP)
- Child and Adolescent Strengths and Needs Assessment
- Close collaboration with collateral providers involved in the lives of the youth and family
- Opportunities to provide holistic care to the youth and family system via individual group and family counseling modalities.
- Communitybased work so flexibility in scheduling and opportunity to be out in the community rather than tied to office setting.
Requirements and Education:
- Masters degree is needed in this position.
- NYS professional licensure required: LMSW LCSW LMHC LCAT or LMFT may consider limited permits.
- One year postgraduate experience preferred.
- NYS drivers license as you will be communitybased and travel is required.
Benefits
- Health care package: medical dental and vision
- Tuition reimbursement
- Paid time off
- Holiday Pay
- 401 (K) plan
- Life Insurance
- Loan repayment assistance
- Free training/CEU opportunities
About Northern Rivers
At Northern Rivers Family of Services we work together to make a difference in our clients lives. Northern Rivers empowers children adults and families to change their lives and build stronger communities.
Northern RiversFamily of Services is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We hire great people from a variety of backgrounds not because it is the right thing to do but because it makes us stronger! All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race color religion sex orientation gender identity national origin veteran or disability status or any othercharacteristicprotected under applicable law. We cherishthe unique contributions of our diverse staff and are building a culture where everyone has the opportunity to do meaningful work.
Employment Type
Full-Time
