JOB SUMMARY
The OnTrackNY Program is an innovative treatment program at ICL. The Team Leader will work as part of a small multidisciplinary team providing coordinated and assertive treatment in the earliest stages of illness.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: List all essential job duties. (To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty listed satisfactorily with or without a reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with a disability to perform the essential duties unless this causes undue hardship to the agency.)
- Provides overall supervision to the team and is responsible for allocation of staff time.
- Ensures all team members are informed of issues involving participants and their families.
- Monitors caseload size and coordinates program intakes and discharges.
- Facilities weekly team meetings and provide training and supervision of the IPS specialist and recovery coach.
- Makes rotating call schedule for after-hours coverage by team members.
- Rotating on-call responsibilities with other team members.
- Serves as the primary clinician for a subset of program participants.
- In this role of Primary Clinician the Team Leader will: Serves as the point person for the participant and their family; Conduct needs assessments; Engages in safety planning and wellness management planning with participants; Connects participants and families with the services and supports they need; Provide behavioral interventions and take an especially active role in the family support domain.
- Conducts clinical assessment to determine the participants level of social functioning and substance use via a shared decision making (SDM) framework
- Provides Social Skills Training Substance Abuse Treatment Behavioral Activation coping Skills Training And Psycho-education.
- Provides psycho-education regarding first episode psychosis (FEP) and the goals of the OnTrackNY program; Provides supportive therapy; Develop and modifies treatment using a shared decision-making process with clients.
ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- Effective problem-solving skills
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Ability to work with diverse individuals
- Ability to create and compose written materials
- Ability to effectively and efficiently respond to questions from persons served
- Ability to facilitate a meeting
- Ability to present information to persons served and other employees
- Ability to work with residents families and staff in a caring and respectful manner and with due understanding of and consideration for cultural differences
- Ability to serve as a role model to clients including modeling appropriate interpersonal interactions appearance demeanor
- Ability to effectively use computer software
- Willingness to continually learn and apply knowledge and willingness to participate in in-service training and development activities.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
LMHC; LMSW; NYS licensed Clinical Social Worker or Ph.D clinician in appropriate field (Social work psychology); Two years of supervisory experience; Experience working with adolescents and/or young adults with serious mental illness. Experience in community-based mental health services
JOB SUMMARYThe OnTrackNY Program is an innovative treatment program at ICL. The Team Leader will work as part of a small multidisciplinary team providing coordinated and assertive treatment in the earliest stages of illness.ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: List all essential job duties. (To perform this job...
JOB SUMMARY
The OnTrackNY Program is an innovative treatment program at ICL. The Team Leader will work as part of a small multidisciplinary team providing coordinated and assertive treatment in the earliest stages of illness.
ESSENTIAL JOB FUNCTIONS: List all essential job duties. (To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential duty listed satisfactorily with or without a reasonable accommodation. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with a disability to perform the essential duties unless this causes undue hardship to the agency.)
- Provides overall supervision to the team and is responsible for allocation of staff time.
- Ensures all team members are informed of issues involving participants and their families.
- Monitors caseload size and coordinates program intakes and discharges.
- Facilities weekly team meetings and provide training and supervision of the IPS specialist and recovery coach.
- Makes rotating call schedule for after-hours coverage by team members.
- Rotating on-call responsibilities with other team members.
- Serves as the primary clinician for a subset of program participants.
- In this role of Primary Clinician the Team Leader will: Serves as the point person for the participant and their family; Conduct needs assessments; Engages in safety planning and wellness management planning with participants; Connects participants and families with the services and supports they need; Provide behavioral interventions and take an especially active role in the family support domain.
- Conducts clinical assessment to determine the participants level of social functioning and substance use via a shared decision making (SDM) framework
- Provides Social Skills Training Substance Abuse Treatment Behavioral Activation coping Skills Training And Psycho-education.
- Provides psycho-education regarding first episode psychosis (FEP) and the goals of the OnTrackNY program; Provides supportive therapy; Develop and modifies treatment using a shared decision-making process with clients.
ESSENTIAL KNOWLEDGE SKILLS AND ABILITIES:
- Effective problem-solving skills
- Effective interpersonal skills
- Ability to work with diverse individuals
- Ability to create and compose written materials
- Ability to effectively and efficiently respond to questions from persons served
- Ability to facilitate a meeting
- Ability to present information to persons served and other employees
- Ability to work with residents families and staff in a caring and respectful manner and with due understanding of and consideration for cultural differences
- Ability to serve as a role model to clients including modeling appropriate interpersonal interactions appearance demeanor
- Ability to effectively use computer software
- Willingness to continually learn and apply knowledge and willingness to participate in in-service training and development activities.
QUALIFICATIONS AND EXPERIENCE:
LMHC; LMSW; NYS licensed Clinical Social Worker or Ph.D clinician in appropriate field (Social work psychology); Two years of supervisory experience; Experience working with adolescents and/or young adults with serious mental illness. Experience in community-based mental health services
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