Find & Apply For Mental / Behavioral Health Social Worker Jobs in Dix Hills, New York

SPECIFIC RESPONSIBLITIES

Deliver intensive interventions, including individual, family, and relationship-focused counseling, to support emotional and behavioral management, problem-solving, and the development of social, daily living, and independent living skills for increased stability and community adaptation. Provide crisis avoidance services by helping children/youth and families recognize and manage triggers, develop crisis plans, and access appropriate support to maintain stability. Offer intermediate-term crisis management through relationship-based support to families after a crisis, restoring stability in alignment with the crisis management plan. Conduct rehabilitative psychoeducation to educate children/youth and families on strategies to reduce the impact of symptoms, emotional disturbances, substance use, and stressors on daily functioning, recovery, relationships, and community integration. Facilitate strengths-based service planning to help children/youth and families identify strengths, resources, and goals to address mental health needs using natural support. Provide rehabilitative support aimed at restoring and reducing the impact of behavioral health symptoms or emotional disturbances on daily living. Deliver rehabilitation interventions and collaborative, hands-on training to build developmentally appropriate skills, support self-management of symptoms, and strengthen community integration through partnerships and mutual supports across home, work, school, and personal interests. Ensure services are provided individually or in groups, following trauma-informed, culturally, and linguistically competent practices, with coordination among all treatment providers. Maintain responsibilities such as timely documentation, participation in required meetings and training, immediate reporting of incidents, adherence to agency and regulatory standards, and upholding family choice and voice throughout all aspects of care. Perform all duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS

Bachelor's degree and three years of applicable experience in children's mental health, addiction, and/or foster care/child welfare/juvenile justice or other related human services field, and no certification in an Evidenced Based Practice. Bilingual (Spanish) applicants, encouraged to apply.

RELATIONSHIP WITH OTHERS

Lead with a sense of shared governance, listening to all stakeholders. Work with a sense of social responsibility; taking initiative to create a positive work environment for all Communicate openly, respectfully, and intentionally. Illustrate emotional intelligence by acknowledging the importance of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Possess a strong belief in people's ability to grow and change; forge a mutually respectful partnership with people served and their families. Ability to set limits and maintain helping role of practitioner and to intervene appropriately.

SCOPE OF RESPONSIBILITY

All providers must practice within their scope of responsibility based on service being provided, i.e. CPST, PSR, Peer Supports. Must meet billing targets of 25 billable hours/100 billable units weekly. Experience Required 3 year(s): experience in children's mental health, addiction, and/or foster care/child welfare/juvenile justice or other related human services field Education Required Bachelors or better Equal Opportunity Employer This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/poster) notice from the Department of Labor.