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Therapist (LCSW)

Long Island City, NY 11101

Department: Social Work Job Number: 5952 Pay Rate: $75000-80000 Employment Type: Full Time

Job Description

Our client, a Federally Qualified Health Center (FQHC) with a mission to provide care to all who walk through their doors regardless of ability to pay, is hiring a Licensed Clinical Social Worker.

Responsibilities:
  • Performs Mental Health Assessments for patients to ascertain their diagnoses and establish treatment plans
  • Provides individual and group counseling and psychotherapy
  • Provides crisis intervention and/or counseling to diffuse conflicts among patients
  • Completes medical forms and documentation related to patient care including any necessary to facilitate transfer, and if indicated, referrals to outside programs or psychiatric clinics
  • Makes and/or tracks all referrals to other mental health agencies and providers
  • Works collaboratively with specialists for consultation and referral purposes
  • Works with others on the intake team to help determine whether or not a patient would be best helped by this organization or another agency
  • Meets with other clinical staff to review cases
  • Maintains confidential case files, including documenting requests for confidential information
  • Follows the clinical chart review policies and procedures
  • Works in a team environment
  • Provides workshops for families on communication and other family-related issues
  • Coordinates emergency responses, including a team to minimize patient's danger to self and others, direct discussion with EMS/FDNY regarding patient's condition, referral to psychiatric or medical emergency departments and follow-up while patient is in the emergency department or upon release
  • Maintains ultimate responsibility for directing the course of the patient's mental health care and treatment plan within the scope of his/her expertise
  • Encourages health promotion, disease prevention, and health maintenance
  • Provides patient advocacy, as appropriate for the site
  • Participates in case-conference and case management activities
  • Collaborates with the Registration and Scheduling Departments to ensure appropriate patient scheduling and flow
  • Collaborates with the Medical Records Department to ensure appropriate documentation procedures; discuss such issues with organizations clinical staff
  • Observes, implements, and promotes the federal regulations as defined by HIPAA and Policies and Procedures as defined by the organization
Requirements:
  • Unrestricted New York State Clinical Social Worker license
  • 2+ years’ clinical experience preferable
  • Familiarity with word processing and other computer applications
  • Ability to speak Spanish and/or other languages preferable
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Meet Your Recruiter

Andrea Gould
Recruiter

Andrea Gould is a highly motivated self-starter with 6 years of experience in healthcare. She began her career as a direct care worker at an inpatient psychiatric facility. Andrea then moved on to become the Program Coordinator of the Adult Unit. In this role, she helped manage nursing staff to ensure quality patient care and was a point of contact for physicians, social workers, and nurse practitioners.

Learn more about Andrea, Tal Healthcare Employee Biography

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