Behavioral Health Clinician

Location:  74 Saint Marks Place , New York, NY 10003

PURPOSE: The Kaplan House (Manhattan) provides therapeutic and support services to adolescents ages 16-21 years old, who are referred to us through ACS and the Juvenile Justice system. Our residents have experienced significant trauma, resulting in behavioral, emotional, and functional/ development issues. Kaplan House offers an extensive independent living skills program, including vocational preparation, and educational services that assist youth towards reaching independence. POSITION OVERVIEW: The Behavioral Health Clinician is a key member of the therapeutic team at Kaplan House. They are responsible for providing necessary, culturally sensitive clinical interventions within the realm of the program. The Behavioral Health Clinician works closely with the medical, milieu, psychiatric and fair futures staff, to ensure appropriate evaluations, treatment interventions and safety planning for the youth. KEY ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS (List the functions that are essential to achieve the goals): • Meet with assigned residents for weekly sessions, engage and remain in contact with their parents, ensure medical, psychiatric, recreational services are provided. • Collaborate with the Fair Futures team re: vocational/ Educational and housing services. • Identifying and providing access to specific concrete services and community resources. • Engage families in planning for service. • Advocate, as necessary, with external resources such as mental health providers, treatment facility, FCLS, community members etc. on behalf of the residents. • Provide individual, family, and group counseling both on-site at Kaplan House for young men 16-21 years old. • Liaise between program, family court, ACS, case planners, youth’s family members, and relevant community members. • Attends other planned ACS and school conferences, as well as court hearings. • Facility weekly therapeutic groups. TEAM PROCESS: • Participate in weekly team meetings, and may lead the meeting on occasion. • Prepare integrative treatment plan, based on all assessments from the other professionals. • Ensure follow-up as necessary from meetings. • Conduct meetings to ensure proper treatment, progress in program and coordination of goals. • Provide psychoeducation and intervention support to Direct Support Professionals. • Work with Direct Support Professionals to enhance communication and collaboration between them and the clients’ families. • Provide crisis intervention, as needed. • Other duties as assigned. Title: Behavioral Health Clinician Exemption class: Hourly Depart/Program: Children’s Residential /Kaplan House FT / PT: Full Time Depart/Program Code: 2240 Total Hours: 35 Hours Wkly Report to: Social Work Supervisor Starting Salary: TBD Job Description Rev: July 2024 Job Code: Location: Manhattan Vacation: 3 WKS DOCUMENTATION: • Complete paperwork, including case notes, FASPs, PHR’s and court reports, in a timely manner. • Complete psychosocial assessment within the first 30 days of youth’s admission. • Participate in audit preparation. CORE COMPETENCIES: · Commitment to recovery-oriented trauma-informed practice · Embraces youth-guided family-driven care · Promotes teamwork · Takes initiative, self-starter · Good interpersonal communication and collaboration skills · Solution focused and strengths base approach. · Uses Data to Inform & Guide Practice · Values and Demonstrates Cultural Competency · Values professional development and participation in clinical supervision and training EDUCATIONAL/TRAINING REQUIREMENTS: · License Masters in Social Work (LMSW), License Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT), Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) or Licensed Creative Arts Therapist (LCAT) with a minimum of one year of relevant experience with similar population, · Valid Driver’s License required. · Spanish speaking a plus. SALARY: $74,000 -

BENEFITS: Medical Dental Vision Access to CEU's with no cost to you! PTO EBA’s mission is to support families and strengthen communities through the high-quality implementation of evidence-based programs (EBPs). As a ‘production company’, we focus on the implementation issues back stage so that EBPs and community-based providers can be the ‘stars’ on stage. Over the past 15 years, EBA has served multiple states and counties in the areas of juvenile justice, child welfare, and behavioral health.

EBA offers a team of professionals with backgrounds in social services, juvenile justice, evidence-based programs, information technology and human resources. EBA’s interdisciplinary team brings a combined total of more than 150 years of experience in clinical services and program management related to community-based and evidence-based programs.

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